Digital Transformation towards Education 4.0

• Published in: Informatics in education Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 283 - 309
• Main Authors: OLIVEIRA, Katyeudo K. de S, Souza, Ricardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Vilnius Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla 2022; Vilnius University Press; Institute of Mathematics and Informatics; Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; Vilnius University
• Subjects: Anthropogenic factors; Climate; Climate Change; Climate effects; COVID-19; Digital Transformation; Drivers; Education; Education 4.0; Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Educational technology; Experimentation; ICT Information and Communications Technologies; Information Technology; Interdisciplinary Approach; Knowledge Economy; Learning; Learning Experience; Pandemics; Pedagogy; Portuguese; Skill Development; Skills; Soft Skills; Students; TADEO method; Teaching Methods; Technological Literacy; Technology Uses in Education; Transformations; TADEO method; Education 40; digital transformation; drivers; climate change
• ISSN: 1648-5831; 2335-8971
• DOI: 10.15388/infedu.2022.13

The digital transformation of teaching processes is guided and supported by the useof technological, human, organizational and pedagogical drivers in a holistic way. Education 4.0aims to equip students with cognitive, social, interpersonal, technical skills, among others, inthe face of the needs of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and global challenges, such as mitigating the causes and effects of climate change based on people’s awareness. This work presentsthe development and experimentation of a method, called TADEO – acronym in Portugueselanguage to Transformação Digital na Educação (digital transformation in education), to guidethe design and application of teaching and learning experiences from groups of drivers of thedigital transformation in education, aiming to achieve Education 4.0 objectives. The TADEOmethod was applied in the context of classes of basic subjects of elementary and higher education to increase students’ understanding of climate change through the development of projectsto mitigate environmental problems caused by anthropogenic action and, at the same time, exercise students the soft and hard skills required by 21st century learning and work. The results ofthe evaluations of students and educators participating in the teaching and learning experiencesguided by the TADEO method point to the achievement of the expected purposes.