Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Category Archives: Knowledge development
Strategic ambiguity in Finnish policy on technology in education
I teleported (or “jaunted” as Alfred Bester would have it) to Iceland yesterday morning to deliver a presentation at the University of Iceland’s yearly conference on educational research and development. In my presentation I described some of my research on … Continue reading
“Booksprints” – fast track to rigorous open educational resources
A group of Finnish mathematics researchers, teachers and students got together this past weekend (Sept. 28-30, 2012) to produce a mathematics textbook in three days. They’re not quite done, but at almost 130 pages so far, they’re pretty darn close! … Continue reading
Posted in Education, ICTs, Information Society, Knowledge development, Technology foresight
Tagged OER, Open Education Resources
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How do we get from foresight to policy? Identifying knowledge gaps.
I’ve allowed myself the dubious luxury of not strictly adhering to academic practice concerning references, since this is not strictly an academic forum. For those who are interested in references much of this is based on the excellent Handbook of … Continue reading
Foresight and educational planning: Engaging stakeholders to construct preferred futures.
Foresight (or “technology foresight”) is a future-oriented approach to policy planning. Foresight programs involve the use of multiple futuring methods, such as scenario construction, Delphi surveys, trends analysis, etc., to engage diverse groups of stakeholders in activities that promote the … Continue reading
This is not the future of learning.
A video produced by Good Magazine and the Unversity of Phoenix titled “Future Learning” (see video below) has been making the rounds on the Internet. In the video a bunch of so-called “eduvators”, that are likely well-known to anyone involved … Continue reading
Institutions do change in response to technology. Just not the right change…
Richard Noss, professor at the Institute of Education, University of London, has an article up on the “Centre for Education Research and Policy’s” website where he puts forth two claims: We lack technology constructed specifically to support learning. Educational institutions … Continue reading
