Upcoming event: October 31, 2008 Mexico City, Mexico Conference website: www.e-competencies.org The Knowledge Society demands that we leapfrog ahead in our education systems, build a new digital literacy, and improve soft skills (creativity, innovation, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, among others) that could help all…
From eSchool News — Author Daniel Pink discusses what it will take for students to succeed in an outsourced and automated world–and how schools should change their approach to education accordingly:
At yesterday’s Horizon Forum meeting at the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota, Dr. Steve O’Conner, Director of Instructional Services for Owatonna Public Schools, presented an overview of an initiative in a classroom in Washington Elementary School where a fifth…
World Competitiveness. For the first entry of my guest-blogging, this topic would not be too bad, I suppose. Thus, World Competitiveness. According to World Competitive Yearbook 2007 by IMD (International Institute for Management Development), Japan is now ranked in the 24th place, sliding out of…
Australia’s Computerworld jumps on the futures bandwagon, and provides insight into the 21st century (in stark contrast to what others are writing on the future). In an interview with British Telecom futurist Ian Pearson, a few daring predictions emerged: 1. “Thinking” is going to seem…
Education Futures is the repository of Global Leapfrog Education (formerly ISSN 1933-0200). Contents available online are Volume 1, Number 1 (December 2006): Editors Welcome: Arthur Harkins and John Moravec Learning 2.0: Juan Cristobal Cobo Romani (reviewed by Suzanne Miric) Facilitating 21st Century Education: Leapfrogging Culture…
I sent an email out to a few folks with a short question: Which trend will have the greatest impact on education in the 21st century? [ ] Globalization [ ] Rise of the knowledge society [ ] Accelerating change [ ] Other: _______ The…
Arthur Harkins and I delivered a presentation on “Meaningful knowledge production by 21st century youth” at the 2nd International Conference on Youth and Education for the 21st Century at Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX on May 31. Read on for the abstract or download the…
