Category Archives: Future

Competence Frameworks for Futures Education and Sustainable Development Education: A Comparison

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Tryggvi Thayer

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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Augmented reality in education: A discussion long overdue

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

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

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

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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Metaphors and technological change: A double-edged sword

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

Edit 07.09.21: I discovered some time ago that, at about the same time that I posted this article, the Futures journal published a special issue on metaphors in futures studies. There are subtle differences between my take and those of … Continue reading →

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Is technological change really accelerating? Depends – real or perceived change?

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

I’ve just come across this rather dated blog post (from 2006) by Tom Coates in which he is lambasting people for “rhetoric of endless insane change at a ludicrous rate.” The point he wants to make is that the changes … Continue reading →

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Arthur M. Harkins, Ph.D., Futurist: In memory of a dear friend and mentor

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

I learned this morning that my dear friend and mentor, Arthur Harkins, passed away yesterday. As a well-known futurist, commentator and professor, Art had the opportunity to touch a lot of people’s lives. Art was one of those natural born … Continue reading →

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