ABSTRACT

Chapter 2 explores the fascinating story of how learning and technology have been integral to human development from our earliest human ancestry. Technology has enabled communication and, linked with our most human characteristic of intentional collaboration, is essential to human learning and development. Chapter 2 explores the role of learning and technology, focusing on specific historical developments that revolutionized our communication and expanded our knowledge-building capacities, from the time of our pre-linguistic and prehistoric ancestors until the present Knowledge Age.