Felicitas Macgilchrist|Heidrun Allert|Anne Bruch
Students and society in the 2020s. Three future ‘histories’ of education and technology
Leibniz Institute for Educational Media  Georg Eckert Institute|University of Göttingen|Kiel University|Leibniz Institute for Educational Media  Georg Eckert Institute
social science fiction paper imagines three possible futures education technology among important technologies emerging today dataaggregating technologies ai affective computing adaptive predictive software clouds platforms paper however directed specific technologies indeterminate sociotechnical configurations set 2040 offers three histories 2020s might students become smooth users improving pursuit frictionless efficiency within postdemocratic frame created large corporations ii digital nomads seeking freedom individualism aesthetic joy solopreneurs exploiting state regulations algorithmic rules stepping state deeply capitalist new economy iii participatory democratic ecological humans embedded collective agency see institutions spaces exploring equitable ways living paper reflects future research political educational technological decisions would make three fictional future histories less likely