Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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- Hvers konar gervigreind: um þýðingar
- Competence Frameworks for Futures Education and Sustainable Development Education: A Comparison
- Could science fiction be used as a data source for educational research?
- Augmented reality in education: A discussion long overdue
- Addendum on affordances and educational technology
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Author Archives: Tryggvi Thayer
Hvers konar gervigreind: um þýðingar
Ég held að þetta sé fyrsta grein sem ég birti hér á Education4site á íslensku. Vanalega hef ég birt íslenskar greinar á Upplýsandi tæki, vef mínum á bloggkerfi Mbl.is. Ég hef h.v. engan áhuga á að pósta efni mitt þar … Continue reading
Competence Frameworks for Futures Education and Sustainable Development Education: A Comparison
Edit (Jan. 20, 2023): An expanded peer-reviewed article based on the research described here has been published. See here:Thayer, T. (2023), “Identifying similarities and differences in sustainability education and foresight and futures education: a comparative analysis of competence frameworks”, On the Horizon, … Continue reading
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Could science fiction be used as a data source for educational research?
A fascinating and inspiring article came up in my Google Scholar search recently, Learning from Foundation: Asimov’s psychohistory and the limits of organization theory. In it, the authors, Nelson Phillips & Stelios Zyglidopoulos, argue for and demonstrate the use of science … Continue reading
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Augmented reality in education: A discussion long overdue
The recent Pokémon Go rage has brought a lot of attention to the possibilities for using augmented reality (AR) in teaching and learning. This is great and very welcome. AR has a lot of obvious potential for enhancing teaching and learning, … Continue reading
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Addendum on affordances and educational technology
This is an addendum to an article that I previously posted on affordances in April, 2016. As I’ve continued to explore the topic of affordances, there are a couple of things in the original article that I’ve reconsidered and need … Continue reading
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Trump Jr.’s claims about school choice are hogwash
Donald Trump Jr. had this to say about education in his speech at the RNC in Cleveland last night: “You know why other countries do better on K through 12? They let parents choose where to send their own children … Continue reading
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