Learning in the Age of Hybridity
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 202
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 203
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For anyone who has sensed that education is shifting but can’t quite name how, Learning in the Age of Hybridity offers a fresh, human, and optimistic perspective.
The book grew out of my keynote at a Moodle Moot in Melbourne, Australia, where I tried to make sense of the societal shifts unfolding around us. Midway through the talk, I realized this wasn’t just a presentation, it was the beginning of a much larger story.
As a career educator, I have worked across classrooms, schools, and adult learning, witnessing firsthand the subtle but profound changes shaping how we learn, teach, and grow. We are living through a quiet unraveling of long-held assumptions about intelligence, achievement, identity, and the meaning of learning. From the hidden weight of constant competition to the uncanny ways artificial intelligence mirrors our thinking back to us, this book connects dots most of us didn’t realize were related.
Blending personal experience, research, and cultural insight, it explores education as a single, interconnected system shaped by the values we carry within it. Full of warmth, insight, and gentle humor, Learning in the Age of Hybridity is for anyone ready to see learning anew—and maybe even fall in love with it all over again.
Chapter 1: The Three Distinct Purposes of Education
Chapter 2: Pervasive Competition
Chapter 3: When Systems and Values Align: Lessons from the Enlightenment
Chapter 4: Misalignment: Learning in the Modern Age
Chapter 5: Standards and Proxies
Chapter 6. Archetypes of a Bygone Era
Chapter 7: Lessons from the Move to Online Learning
Chapter 8: Grimdark and Hopepunk
Chapter 9: The Age of Hybridity
Chapter 10: The Changing Role of the Teacher
Chapter 11: Artificial Intelligence and the Paradox of Narcissus
Chapter 12: Applying a Systems Lens in the Age of Hybridity
Chapter 13: Evolving Outcomes for Education
Chapter 14: The Role of Community
Chapter 15: The Promise of Portfolios
Chapter 16: Experiencing the Erdkinder model
Chapter 17: What First
Chapter 18: A Lifetime in Education
Jack Rice is an educator, leader, and keynote speaker who explores how learning is evolving in a changing world. His career has taken him across early childhood, K–12, and higher education in Canada, Australia, and the United States.
Guided by a view of education as an interconnected system, he approaches new trends in educational technology through a historical lens, often surfacing perspectives others overlook. He writes and speaks with warmth, curiosity, and a light touch, inviting fresh perspectives on education through innovative and hopeful approaches.
For anyone who has sensed that education is shifting but can’t quite name how, Learning in the Age of Hybridity offers a fresh, human, and optimistic perspective.
The book grew out of my keynote at a Moodle Moot in Melbourne, Australia, where I tried to make sense of the societal shifts unfolding around us. Midway through the talk, I realized this wasn’t just a presentation, it was the beginning of a much larger story.
As a career educator, I have worked across classrooms, schools, and adult learning, witnessing firsthand the subtle but profound changes shaping how we learn, teach, and grow. We are living through a quiet unraveling of long-held assumptions about intelligence, achievement, identity, and the meaning of learning. From the hidden weight of constant competition to the uncanny ways artificial intelligence mirrors our thinking back to us, this book connects dots most of us didn’t realize were related.
Blending personal experience, research, and cultural insight, it explores education as a single, interconnected system shaped by the values we carry within it. Full of warmth, insight, and gentle humor, Learning in the Age of Hybridity is for anyone ready to see learning anew—and maybe even fall in love with it all over again.
Chapter 1: The Three Distinct Purposes of Education
Chapter 2: Pervasive Competition
Chapter 3: When Systems and Values Align: Lessons from the Enlightenment
Chapter 4: Misalignment: Learning in the Modern Age
Chapter 5: Standards and Proxies
Chapter 6. Archetypes of a Bygone Era
Chapter 7: Lessons from the Move to Online Learning
Chapter 8: Grimdark and Hopepunk
Chapter 9: The Age of Hybridity
Chapter 10: The Changing Role of the Teacher
Chapter 11: Artificial Intelligence and the Paradox of Narcissus
Chapter 12: Applying a Systems Lens in the Age of Hybridity
Chapter 13: Evolving Outcomes for Education
Chapter 14: The Role of Community
Chapter 15: The Promise of Portfolios
Chapter 16: Experiencing the Erdkinder model
Chapter 17: What First
Chapter 18: A Lifetime in Education
Jack Rice is an educator, leader, and keynote speaker who explores how learning is evolving in a changing world. His career has taken him across early childhood, K–12, and higher education in Canada, Australia, and the United States.
Guided by a view of education as an interconnected system, he approaches new trends in educational technology through a historical lens, often surfacing perspectives others overlook. He writes and speaks with warmth, curiosity, and a light touch, inviting fresh perspectives on education through innovative and hopeful approaches.