What if digitally mediated management learning and education (MLE) – if advanced unreflexively at the current pace – transitions eventually into synthetic learning and education? In this keynote speech, I argue that when this occurs, synthetic learning will reduce our motivation and ability to acquire first-hand experiences and cope with vital adaptations in the real-world, both of which interfere with everyday (social) practises of managers at work. I propose two crucial mechanisms through which digitally mediated MLE can transform into its synthetic incarnation.
Is it our value preferences or technological determinism that influence whether digitally mediated MLE will move to an entirely synthetic incarnation?
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*Based on essay co-authored with Eimear Nolan from Trinity College Dublin.
On the dangers of synthetic learning and teaching in management education
