Category Archives: Technology foresight

Affordances, education and future technologies

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

I see on my stats that this article is starting to get a lot of hits. This is part of a work in progress. My thoughts on affordances are evolving as I continue to explore the topic. A couple of things are … Continue reading →

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Why doesn’t Google want me to have the nice things?

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

One of the things that I do in my work is to encourage people to be aware of the technological changes taking place around them and try to get ahead of the change; to think about future possibilities for education, … Continue reading →

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Hypothetica does foresight – an illustrative hypothetical case of CHAT analysis

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is part two of a two-part article. See part one, Technology foresight and organizational change: A CHAT perspective, here. For the sake of illustration, let’s consider what the application of Engeström’s extended CHAT framework to a technology foresight program (TFP) … Continue reading →

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Technology foresight and organizational change: A CHAT perspective

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is part one of a two-part article. See the second part, Hypothetica does foresight – an illustrative hypothetical case of CHAT analysis, here. Foresight researchers and evaluators tell us that technology foresight programs (TFP) produce outcomes in three stages: the … Continue reading →

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Four unexpected ways artificial intelligence will influence education – Are we ready for this?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

Stephen Hawking recently published a brief op-ed on artificial intelligence (AI) in the Independent. In it he discusses possible implications of rapidly developing AI and the need to prepare for the changes it will bring. Media decided to put its … Continue reading →

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Smoothing space for collaboration and innovation

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Tryggvi Thayer

I delivered a keynote at an eTwinning workshop being held in Reykjavík, Iceland this weekend. My slides are below. The context (i.e. what I said as opposed to only what’s in the slides) is that knowledge creation is dependent on … Continue reading →

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