The folks at the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies completely redesigned their Web page. Now up-to-date, continuously updated, Blogger-embedded, and visually appealing, it’s a great leap forward among academic sites on futures. Long live Web 2.0!!!

Inside Higher Ed reports Harvard is investigating interdisciplinary (and some would argue transdisciplinary) models of knowledge production and distribution. The school’s Science Committee issued a report with recommendations that include: transforming undergraduate science education in a hands-on environment, adjust graduate student funding structures to encourage interdisciplinary research, and infuse interdisciplinary practice into the new Allston [...]

Arthur Harkins and I deivered a presentation on “Facilitating 21st Century Education: Leapfrogging Culture and Time through Simulational Learning” at the 30th Annual Pacific Circle Consortium meeting at Mexico City on July 13. Read on for the abstract or download the PowerPoint slides.