Category Archives: ICTs

Technology foresight in educational policy and planning

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

One of the problems that plagues educational and other social policy regarding technology, is that it tends to chase technology in a hopeless game of cat and mouse. Policy is formulated based on currently existing technology (or what is in … Continue reading →

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Augmented reality and education

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

Earlier this summer I co-developed and co-led a seminar at the University of Minnesota with Dr. Arthur Harkins about augmented reality and the future of classroom-based education. My presentation is here: “Learning in augmented reality”. Augmented reality is the capability … Continue reading →

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Becta’s closing: Loss of an important leader in research

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

If anyone wants to retain copies of the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency’s (Becta) excellent research and reports, they might think about hurrying over to the website. As a result of cutbacks in the UK, the agency will stop … Continue reading →

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Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

The World Economic Forum has just published its Global Information Technology Report for 2009-2010. There’s some interesting movement on the accompanying Network Readiness Index. A few E. Asian countries are continuing their upward move, most notably Hong Kong and Taiwan. … Continue reading →

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Still *trying* to have fun with the OLPC

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

My daughter (9 yrs) has been playing around with the OLPC laptop for about a week now. Her progress has been fairly predictable. The computer really is very easy to figure out. She’s especially drawn to the mutlimedia applications that … Continue reading →

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m-learning or m-somethingelse?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

I rather quickly skimmed over this paper on “m-learning” after listening to a presentation on m-learning at a conference I recently attended. The concept certainly isn’t new to me. m-learning has been getting a lot of attention recently, so the … Continue reading →

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