Hybrid learning networks in the educational ecosystem
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Hybrid Learning Networks; Generative Artificial Intelligence; Teacher trainingAbstract
Hybrid Learning Networks (HLN) are networks that intentionally combine physical and digital spaces, configuring themselves not as neutral infrastructures, but as an epistemic condition of contemporary educational knowledge. This study investigates how future teachers develop critical awareness through the collaborative design of digital resources and narrative artefacts supported by generative AI, in a laboratory experience that transforms a civic museum into an inclusive learning space. Qualitative analysis reveals a shift from a naive view of technology to a sophisticated stance, where teachers consciously negotiate between human agency, technological affordances and environmental constraints. The research emphasises how pedagogical transformation requires conscious co-construction oriented towards inclusion and educational justice, rather than simple technological adaptation.
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