Ep48: Stefan Popenici, Academic & Educational Researcher

Today my guest is Stefan Popenici, an Academic & Educational Researcher. In this episode we find out more about Stefan’s early studies and learning in educational psychology including the cultural and educational value of folk tales and mythology. We also chat about the intriguing and emerging phenomenon of Artificial Intelligent (AI), and its implications for education. We explore Stefan’s recent research publication, a book called Artificial Intelligence and Learning Futures: Critical Narratives of Technology and Imagination in Higher Education. As part of this, we discuss the concept of intelligence and how information might be closely linked to, but might also quite disconnected from, meaning and understanding. We chat about the role of assessment, as well as some of the contexts in which AI might be used, the ideologies that inform and influence these technologies, and with this, some of the associated risks, possibilities, and opportunities. Of course, central to our conversation is the importance and value of human factors. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/popenici/ https://popenici.org/ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-2945 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003266563/artificial-intelligence-learning-futures-stefan-popenici