John Moravec is a faculty member in the Innovation Studies and Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs and coordinator of the Leapfrog Institutes at the University of Minnesota. He is the principal of Education Futures LLC; a co-founder of the Horizon Forum, a roundtable on the future of education at all levels; and is the editor of Education Futures (ISSN 1940-0934, http://www.educationfutures.com).

Dr. Moravec is concerned about human capital development as society approaches an increasingly complex and ambiguous future. Technological change drives social change, and its impact is accelerating exponentially. Our schools, universities, and other institutions must leapfrog ahead of this curve for all people to compete in highly globalized, knowledge- and innovation-based societies. His work focuses on exploring this “New Paradigm” and the new approaches to leadership and human capital development required. His approach is global in scope, and he actively collaborates with colleagues in the United States, Latin America, China, and Europe.

Dr. Moravec is the author and co-author of several articles, including “A New Paradigm of knowledge production in higher education” in On the Horizon (2008). His research and action scholarship agenda are focused on the convergence of globalization, knowledge society, and accelerating change in education; and building positive futures for “preK–21″ education.

In the past, he has served as a project manager and analyst at Wells Fargo, served a consultant to K-12 school districts, and has worked with multiple international, nongovernmental organizations. Dr. Moravec earned a PhD in comparative and international development education from the University of Minnesota, a master’s degree in international management from the University of St. Thomas, and a bachelor’s degree in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C.

Consulting

Take advantage of John Moravec’s expertise on innovation in education and knowledge-producing institutions. Dr. Moravec provides fee-based professional speaking, consulting and training for globally-focused educational institutions, businesses and governments that seek to innovate and lead in a world of accelerating change. Consulting activities include:

1. Informing leaders with a futures perspective of “what’s next”
2. Customized professional development programs and on-site workshop delivery
3. Futures research and strategic assessments, including organizational evaluation and refocusing of organizational goals and processes
4. Facilitation of strategic planning sessions
5. Custom simulations

Contact

John Moravec, Ph.D.
2112 Garfield Avenue #6
Minneapolis, MN 55405

tel: +1 415 230 0042
Email: john@educationfutures.com
Skype: johnmoravec
Twitter: @moravec

Upcoming presentations and talks

• November 2, 2009, talk/presentation, Education Futures NL, Amsterdam
• November 4, 2009, keynote talk, i+i Conference, Lunteren, Netherlands
• November 20, 2009, talk/presentation, School of Vocational Teacher Education, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki

Recent media interviews

• VPRO International. (2009, March 23). Hoogvliegen in laagland. Tegenlicht/Backlight.
• Youso, K. (2009, Feburary 21). Approaching Singularity. StarTribune.

Selected recent publications

• Moravec, J. W. (2009). ¿Y ahora, qué? [What now?]. In Balaguer Prestes, R. (Ed.). Plan Ceibal: Los ojos del mundo en el primer modelo OLPC a escala nacional [Ceibal Plan: The eyes of the world in the first OLPC model at the national level] (pp. 153-161). Montevideo: Prentice Hall – Pearson Educación.
• Moravec, J. W. (2008). A New Paradigm of knowledge production in higher education. On the Horizon, 16(3), 123-136.
• Harkins, A. M., Kubik, G. H., & Moravec, J. W. (2008). Creative time synchronizations: Proximal and grounded pasts, presents and futures. Theory of Science, XXX/2008(1), 143-157.
• Moravec, J. W. (2008). Technological applications of Leapfrog. Futures Research Quarterly, 24(1), 59-67.
• Moravec, J. W. (2006). Chaordic knowledge production: A systems-based response to critical education. Theory of Science, XV/XXVIII(3), 149-162.
• Harkins, A. M., Moravec, J. W., & Kubik, G. (2006). Facilitating 21st Century education: Leapfrogging culture and time through simulational learning. Global Leapfrog Education, 1(1), 15-22.

Selected presentations available online

• Moravec, J. W. (2008, September 26). Toward Society 3.0: A New Paradigm for 21st century education. Invited keynote lecture presented at ASOMEX Technology Conference: Education for Children of the 21st Century Conference, Monterrey, Mexico.
• Moravec, J. W. & Cobo, C. (2008, April 16). Conferencia open source: De la información al conocimiento innovador [Open source conference: From information to innovative knowledge]. Paper presented at the Standing Academic Update Seminar of the Coordinating Office for Open University and Distance Education, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.
• Moravec, J. W. (2007, December 6). Minnesota higher education in the New Paradigm of knowledge production: Findings and discussion of a Delphi study. Paper presented at La Universidad en México en el Año 2030: Imaginando Futuros Conference, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.
• Moravec, J. W. (2007, October 30). La experiencia norteamericana del seminario internacional: “Desde la información al conocimiento innovador” [The North American experience in an international seminar: “From Information to Innovative Knowledge”]. Paper presented at FLACSO 50th Anniversary Conference, Quito, Ecuador.
• Harkins, A. M., Moravec, J. W. & Kubik, G. (2007, July 31). Youth futures: Projecting the roles of disruptive technologies, anticipatory knowledge, and continuous innovation. Paper and workshop presented at World Future Society annual conference, Minneapolis, MN.
• Harkins, A. M. & Moravec, J. W. (2007, May 31). Designing education for sustainable innovation: Anticipating the Singularity. Invited paper presented at the Journal of Teacher Education and Training Conference, University of Debrecen, Hungary.
• Moravec, J. W. (2007, April 19). The Leapfrog Principle: Strategies for global leadership in Chinese teacher education. Invited keynote paper presented at International Conference on Teacher Education, Anqing Teachers College, Anhui, China.
• Moravec, J. W. (2007, March 12). Teaching and leading in the 21st Century: A New Paradigm of knowledge production. Invited paper presented at Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales [Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences], Mexico City, Mexico.
• Harkins, A. M. & Moravec, J. W. (2006, July 13). Facilitating transformative education: Redesigning time and culture in simulational curricula. Paper presented at the Pacific Circle Consortium 30th Annual Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
• Harkins, A. M. & Moravec, J. W. (2006, May 31). Meaningful knowledge production by 21st century youth. Paper presented at the Second International Conference on Youth and Education for the 21st Century, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.
• Moravec, J. W. & Takeuchi, A. (2005, March 25). The role of academic professionals in the university of the future: A comparative pilot study. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society 49th Annual Conference, Stanford University.