Category Archives: Technology foresight

Is technological change really accelerating? Depends – real or perceived change?

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

I’ve just come across this rather dated blog post (from 2006) by Tom Coates in which he is lambasting people for “rhetoric of endless insane change at a ludicrous rate.” The point he wants to make is that the changes … Continue reading →

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Affordances, education and future technologies

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

I see on my stats that this article is starting to get a lot of hits. This is part of a work in progress. My thoughts on affordances are evolving as I continue to explore the topic. A couple of things are … Continue reading →

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Why doesn’t Google want me to have the nice things?

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

One of the things that I do in my work is to encourage people to be aware of the technological changes taking place around them and try to get ahead of the change; to think about future possibilities for education, … Continue reading →

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Hypothetica does foresight – an illustrative hypothetical case of CHAT analysis

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is part two of a two-part article. See part one, Technology foresight and organizational change: A CHAT perspective, here. For the sake of illustration, let’s consider what the application of Engeström’s extended CHAT framework to a technology foresight program (TFP) … Continue reading →

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Technology foresight and organizational change: A CHAT perspective

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is part one of a two-part article. See the second part, Hypothetica does foresight – an illustrative hypothetical case of CHAT analysis, here. Foresight researchers and evaluators tell us that technology foresight programs (TFP) produce outcomes in three stages: the … Continue reading →

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Four unexpected ways artificial intelligence will influence education – Are we ready for this?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Tryggvi Thayer

Stephen Hawking recently published a brief op-ed on artificial intelligence (AI) in the Independent. In it he discusses possible implications of rapidly developing AI and the need to prepare for the changes it will bring. Media decided to put its … Continue reading →