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Deeper learning, dialogic learning, and critical thinking: research-based str…
Deeper learning, dialogic learning, and critical thinking are essential capabilities in the 21st-century environments we now operate. Apart from being important in themselves, they are also crucial in enabling the acquisition of many other 21st-century skills/capabilities such as problem solving, collaborative learning, innovation, information and media literacy, and so on. However, the majorit…
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- 9780367339586
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- xxii, 363 pages ; 24 cm
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- 370.1523 DEE d
The line: AI and the future of personhood
Chatbots like ChatGPT have challenged human exceptionalism: we are no longer the only beings capable of generating language and ideas fluently. But is ChatGPT conscious? Or is it merely engaging in sophisticated mimicry? And what happens in the future if the claims to consciousness are more credible? In The Line, James Boyle explores what these changes might do to our concept of personhood, to …
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- 9780262379670
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- 326 p., ill.
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- 126 BOY t
The ethics of entrepreneurship education
Entrepreneurship is now everywhere on college campuses: from classes and contests to accelerators and incubators spread across diverse departments and programs. These activities cultivate tomorrow's Facebooks and Googles but can also put profit in conflict with pedagogy. Should faculty keep information about student start-ups confidential? Should universities, or educators personally, invest in…
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- 9780262380478
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- xi, 209 p. : ill.
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- 174.4 JEN t
Morality and nationalism
This book takes a unique approach to explore the moral foundations of nationalism. Drawing on nationalist writings and examining almost 200 years of nationalism in Ireland and Quebec, the author develops a theory of nationalism based on its role in representation. The study of nationalism has tended towards the construction of dichotomies – arguing, for example, that there are political and c…
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- 9780415378994
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- 224 hlm
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- 320.5401
Transcending Modernity with Relational Thinking
This book explores the ways in which social relations are profoundly changing modern society, arguing that, constituting a reality of their own, social relations will ultimately lead to a new form of society: an aftermodern or relational society. Drawing on the thought of Simmel, it extends the idea that society consists essentially of social relations, in order to make sense of the operation o…
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- 9781000382679
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- 262p
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- Routledge Advances in Sociology
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- 302 DON
The German Chambers of Commerce and Industry : Self-governance, Service, the …
This open access book examines a particular factor in the enduring international success of German companies. Beyond industrial specialization, peaceful labor relations, local financial markets and the “miracle of the Mittelstand”, it focuses on a characteristic aspect of governance within the German economy: The Chambers of commerce and industry. Important characteristics of the Chamber sy…
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- 9783030707996
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- XIII, 385p. ill.
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- Practical Wisdom for Sustainable Organizations
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- 381.060943 EBE t
The Future Internet: Future Internet Assembly 2011: Achievements and Technolo…
In the near future, the high volume of content together with new emerging and mission critical applications is expected to stress the Internet to such a degree that it will possibly not be able to respond adequately to its new role. This challenge has motivated many groups and research initiatives worldwide to search for structural modifications to the Internet architecture in order to be able …
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- 1
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- 9783642208980
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- XVI, 465p
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- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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- 004.678 TFI m
Animals in our midst : the challenges of co-existing with animals in the anth…
This Open Access book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under Anthropocene conditions needs to be approached from a multitude of angles. This book offe…
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- 9783030635237
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- xv, 579p.; ill.
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- The international library of environmental, agricultural and food ethics
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- 179.3 ANI b
Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future : An Ecosystem Perspective on the…
This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as…
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- 9783030699789
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- 124 p
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- SpringerBriefs in Research and Innovation Governance,
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- 174.90063 STA
Assessment for experiential learning
Chan’s book explores the challenges in assessing experiential learning, deepens our understanding, and inspires readers to think critically about the purpose of assessment in experiential learning. Experiential learning has been studied and proven to be effective for student learning, particularly for the development of holistic competencies (i.e. 21st century skills, soft skills, transferabl…
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- 9781003018391
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- xxvi +353 p
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- 370.1523 CHA a
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