Category Archives: Information Society

Strategic ambiguity in Finnish policy on ICT for education

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

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

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

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 →

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Internet governance in light of Egypt’s network shutdown

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

On January 27, 2011, in the midst of massive anti-government protests in Egypt, the Egyptian government initiated an unprecedented measure to disrupt network access to, from and within the country. Several network monitoring sites reported that at around midnight, almost … Continue reading →

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Anticipated ICT futures and education: Background info for a scenario construction exercise.

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

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 →

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Allow ICT in exams? Denmark’s simple approach

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

As information and communication technology (ICT) use has increased in education, there has been some discussion in recent years concerning the use of ICT during school exams. One of the main concerns regarding the use of ICT in education 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 →