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- Inspiration: 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces affecting education.
I am posting/sharing this video because it has made an impact on my doctoral research.
KnowledgeWorks Foundation and the Institute for the Future present the 2006-2016 Map of Future Forces affecting education.
Created by a range of experts and analysts, the map is a forecast of the future of education. Watch the video that explores the map [...]
- Future Scenarios: Community Value Networks in Education
Map Node: Community Value Networks - Map of Future Forces Affecting Education - KnowledgeWorks Foundation
Public schools become hubs in value networks: Lower network-coordination costs make it cost-effective to meet the needs and desires of “long-tail” niche markets in industries as diverse as music, health, and education. Numerous and diverse niche markets of learners become targets [...]
- Past Perfect: Printing a Book
It is useful to reflect on past developments in a particular field in order to understand just how far we have come. When watching this video, on how books were printed in the mid-to-late 1940’s, it is fascinating to compare this to current publishing practices. I am curious how current educational practices will [...]
- Social Networking: PennStates Perspective
Social Networking in Higher Education | Terra Incognita - A Penn State World Campus Blog
I am collecting references and inspiration of trends emerging in education. Here is one reference:
Open educational resources and personalized learning environments are hot topics these days in higher education and you’ve seen many related discussions here on Terra Incognita about [...]
- Talks: Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
“Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity.”
Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far [...]
- Presentations: O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
The following presentations have been a source of insight and inspiration for me. Upon reflection one can make correlations with the ideas and concepts presented and extrapolate some possible directions we are heading regarding learning in the future.
Now in its seventh year, the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference hones in on the ideas, projects, and technologies [...]
- Video: Google Creative Sandbox 2008
This video gives a glimpse into the “Creative Sandbox” event which was “designed [by Google] to spark the imagination of [...] creatives by showing the best uses of Google products and creative possibilities in a high energy environment.”
This is very impressive. By viewing this I am convinced that the iPhone platform, coupled with Google [...]
- The Past Reflecting the Future: The Nokia Communicator
YouTube - The Saint (1997, Val Kilmer) - Nokia Communicator
- Video: Learning to Change, Changing to Learn
This is a MUST VIEW video.
- Colbert: Here Comes Everybody (including Clay Shirky)
The above video featuring Dr. Clay Shirky highlights a wonderfully concise explanation of the power of the Internet.
