Switching to a Networked System – Radically Transforming the Learning Environment
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https://doi.org/10.37205/TEL-hun.2025.2.06Keywords:
educational paradigm shift, network, posthuman learning environmentAbstract
The technological and social transformations of the 21st century have fundamentally changed the dynamics of human communication, learning, and
knowledge sharing. The former systems-based approach has been replaced by a network paradigm that emphasizes non-hierarchical, flexible, multifaceted, and
self-organizing structures. The new challenges of the digital age — such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and pervasive connectivity — are reshaping the foundations of education, prompting a rethinking of learning theories (behaviorism, cognitivism, constructivism, humanism, connectivism) within a networklike structure. The goal is not to establish a new dominant paradigm, but rather to integrate existing ones into a flexible, adaptive, and interdisciplinary learning ecosystem. This study offers a critical perspective on current educational practices and advocates for a more natural, net-work-based approach to learning —one capable of responding to the complexity and rapidly changing environment of even posthuman societies.
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