Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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- Hvers konar gervigreind: um þýðingar
- Competence Frameworks for Futures Education and Sustainable Development Education: A Comparison
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- Augmented reality in education: A discussion long overdue
- Addendum on affordances and educational technology
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Author Archives: Tryggvi Thayer
The problem with the “future of education”
There’s been a lot of interest in the future of education in recent years. We see this in the “schools of the future”, “classrooms of the future”, funding opportunities to develop “Education for Tomorrow” and numerous foresight programs focusing on … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Future, Technology foresight
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OMNI, visionary magazine of yore, is now available online
The Internet Archive has made available several, if not all, issues of OMNI Magazine which was first published in 1978 and continued with some breaks and, eventually, as an online magazine til 1998. OMNI Magazine published a unique blend of … Continue reading
Who will help me make-up the future after Iain Banks is gone?
Iain (M.) Banks, creator of one of the grandest and most provocative contemporary visions of the future, has announced that he has terminal cancer. Banks is a well-known Scottish writer who publishes under both Iain Banks (his own brand of … Continue reading
Seamless technology integration in a program designed by and for high school students
I came across a video recently about a program offered at Monument Mountain Regional High School in Great Barrington, MA, a public school where high school students have the option of completing their final year with an independent study program. The … Continue reading
Nokia’s getting ahead of the 3D printing learning curve
Funny how things fall into your lap: A few days ago, I posted an article on the potential impacts of 3D printing on manufacturing, consumer behaviors and education. I suggested that cheap at-home 3D printing will require designers to consider … Continue reading
How 3D printing will change everything – including education
Edit: This article is getting a lot of attention so I’ve decided that some more background info on 3D printing is in order since I only briefly describe the technology. For more info see these TED Talks on 3D printing: … Continue reading