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Norwegian professor says that teachers must be on Facebook to understand students
Legislators in Missouri, USA, recently passed a law that forbids teachers from socializing with students using social web sites. Meanwhile, Arne Krokan, a Norwegian professor specializing in technology and society, claims that teachers must be on Facebook if they are … Continue reading
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Eurydice’s valuable data for studying education in Europe
The European Commission’s Eurydice website, a useful resources for information on educational systems in Europe, has a “Facts and Figures” page that provides valuable data for calibrating information to make accurate comparisons between countries. The page includes data such as. … Continue reading
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Strategic ambiguity in Finnish policy on ICT for education
This is a presentation that I gave at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES 2011) conference in Montreal, QC, May 5, 2011. Finland’s educational policy environment: The role of strategic ambiguity in policy communication. on Prezi
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Project Tomorrow: The case for technology foresight in education
On April 1, 2011, Project Tomorrow released its report based on a survey of students, parents, teachers and school administrators on technology use in learning and education. Project Tomorrow’s study shows that there is an increasing gap between US educators’ … Continue reading
Foresight and policy-making – Addressing the need for theoretical frameworks
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, technology foresight started out as a method for facilitating long-term planning and policy primarily in relation to research & development (R&D) and innovation policy. In the last decade there has been and increasing focus … Continue reading
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Anticipated ICT futures and education: Background info for a scenario construction exercise.
This essay is part of the preparatory phase for a scenario construction exercise regarding ICT and education. It looks at future developments of ICTs and how they will affect education. Sorry about the missing references. I will add the reference … Continue reading
