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Category Archives: Technology foresight
New York Times crowd-sources futuring on computer technology
The New York Times is crowd-sourcing the projection of futures for computing. The NYT has set up an interactive timeline that allows readers to take part in a futuring activity on the computer technologies. The feature was published early in … Continue reading
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Seems that the Internet isn’t as bad a place as some would have us believe
Some interesting research results are coming out that suggest that perceived problems concerning youths’ use of information and communication technologies (ICT) may not be as dire as has been suggested. An article published in the most recent issue of the … Continue reading
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Opið hvernig? Hið “opna” og myndun þekkingarsamfélaga
This is a presentation that I made on Open Educational Resources and the concept of “openness” in Reykjavík, Iceland, November 2011. There is an english translation of the text in the works below the slide show. Erindi flutt á Ráðstefnu … Continue reading
What makes a “future-oriented” policy? Towards a framework for identifying and analysing policies.
I have often emphasized the need for future-oriented policies in education as a response to rapidly increasing change to the extent that if I were to be asked, “Tryggvi, what are you all about?”, that would be the gist of … Continue reading
Interesting research on youths’ circumvention of age restrictions on social networking sites
danah boyd, et al. have published an interesting paper on their research youths’ use of social networking. In light of evidence showing that youth routinely circumvent age restrictions for the use of social networking technologies, the researchers decided to examine … Continue reading
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What can we learn from Finnish education: A reaction to Diane Ravitch
This morning (Oct. 12, 2011) Diane Ravitch tweeted about an article on the “Bridging Differences” website that describes some of what she learned on her recent visit to Finland (anyone who follows Ravitch’s tweets will have known about this visit). … Continue reading
