Abstract
Implementing an Emerging Technology (ET) is a difficult task due to people lacking ET-related knowledge and skills or having skeptical and negative attitudes towards the ET. As learners construct their understanding about an ET and develop related skills by actually passing through the ET Innovation Process (IP) stages (Awareness, Acceptance and Adoption), it could be useful to provide them with training that imitates certain IP stages. Using Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Robotics (AIER) as the example ET, we designed a two-day workshop to lead learners (n = 16) through the AIER IP Awareness stage, and a six-week training course with eight contact days to simulate the AIER IP Acceptance stage to learners (n = 10). Using online surveys and quantitative content analysis methods we confirmed that the workshop format increased the AIER-related self-confidence and general knowledge in 78% of participants, while the training course helped more than half of the participants to construct usable knowledge about a specific AIER and to see its possibilities in their specific work-place contexts. This paper is the pilot of using the Technology-Enhanced Learning Innovation Process (TELIP) model, first tested on a STEAM innovation, outside the educational context, for developing appropriate training approaches for specific ET IP stages.
Highlights
The emerging technologies of the 21st century are expected to have a great impact on society [1]
Our first research question was “Is workshop an appropriate training format for leading people to and through the Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Robotics (AIER) innovation process Awareness stage in a way that ensures learners’ positive future expectations towards AIER?” To answer this question we examined the participants’ responses to the online survey and their essays
More than half of the participants managed to construct usable knowledge about the UR3e robotic arm and became able to offer suggestions for using the robotic arm in their work (e.g., “25+ years of experience in industrial automation, as a physicist I can usually offer something practical”), and about half of the participants considered their knowledge about the robotic arm as adequate
Summary
The emerging technologies of the 21st century are expected to have a great impact on society [1]. Emerging Technologies (ETs) can make people’s lives easier and more meaningful, but they will potentially present several challenges that need to be addressed One of these challenges is to equip today’s workforce with the necessary skills and knowledge that would make it easier for the workers to embrace ETs. The educational system plays an important role in developing basic skills and increasing the supply of specific skills, often acquired throughout the career. The surveys were filled in by 10 participants, of these seven were employed, two were unemployed and one was a university student. Half of these persons were looking for a job or for a new professional challenge.
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