Categorizing 4.0 technologies within the context of education 4.0

Abstract

Today, the implementation of current and emerging technologies (also known as 4.0 Technologies) to carry out core processes in education has taken high relevance. We find a lack of references on how designers and educators can easily recognize, describe, and apply these technologies. In this work, we propose a categorization of 4.0 Technologies that can help designers and educators better understand how 4.0 Technologies can be integrated into the design of educational systems within the context of Education 4.0. Therefore, five generic categories were identified: (i) Connectivity, (ii) Digitalization, (iii) Datafication, (iv) Smartification, and (v) Virtualization, which are also divided into partial and specific technologies. To illustrate the proposed categorization, we present a case study involving a hologram teacher and a decision-making center.