Introduction

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prompt: "provide illustration for "Once upon a time, a book had been made, a book which contained all the other books ...", grayscale, in style of Gustav Doree

Once upon a time, a book had been made, a book which contained all the other books, including its own construction & programming manual ...

What is this talk about ?

narrative education

embedded, "walled-garden" AI tutoring systems

AIED artefacts (both education-with-AI as well as education-about-AI artefacts)

magic

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” (Arthur C. Clark, 1962)

What is this talk NOT about ?

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prompt: "a woman teacher shows a raised middle finger to EdTech industry, cloud platfrom business men and other educational snake-oil sellers"

ChatGPT

cloud-based / online-learning solutions & "platforms"

EdTech "products"

"educating" millions of "customers"

Homo narrans

The concept of Homo narrans, or "the storytelling human," posits that humans uniquely create meaning and social bonds through narratives, using stories to interpret experiences, ACQUIRE KNOWLEDGE, and define cultural values.

Beyond simple communication, storytelling allows humans to explore moral ideas, link events into coherent sequences, and build collective identities.

Unlike other species, humans shape their personal and social worlds through narratives, making storytelling as essential as rationality or survival instincts. Homo narrans thus frames humans as storytellers, with narrative at the heart of both individual and collective consciousness.