Last Wednesday, I sat down for an interview by Rob Wijnberg for VPRO’s Tegenlicht (Backlight) at the Lloyd Hotel in Amsterdam. For the episode that is to air on March 23, the question was asked, “what do education systems need to do to excel in the 21st century?” The program first interviewed Frank Furedi, who [...]
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Five predictions for 2009 …and more!
1/12/2009
Continuing a tradition that started last year, I am listing my predictions for the big stories that will impact the education world in 2009. My predictions from last year were hit-and-miss, but I did well overall. How will I fare this year? No Child Left Behind won’t get left behind. Contrary to all the data [...]
2008 in review: What happened to this year’s predictions?
12/21/2008
[Photo by darkmatter] At the beginning of this year, I released five predictions for global education in 2008. How did I do? It’s a mixed bag, ranging from being completely off to spot on… with some surprises, too! Prediction #1: Largely driven by the moderate success of OLPC, Linux will emerge as the platform of [...]
Beyond Current Horizons
11/24/2008
Dan Sutch at Futurelab (UK) alerted me to their new project, Beyond Current Horizons: Beyond Current Horizons looks at the future of education, beyond 2025. The aim is to help our education system prepare for and respond to the challenges it faces as society and technology rapidly evolve. What skills will children need for work? [...]
Road trip 3.0
11/12/2008
Posting at Education Futures has been somewhat sparse as I’ve been taking Education 3.0 and the Society 3.0 framework on a road trip in Latin America, China, and now: Czech Republic. Over the next few days, I will meet with faculty and students at Charles University (Prague), Masaryk University (Brno), and Metropolitan University in Prague. [...]
A million paper airplanes
8/12/2008
Futurelab, in collaboration with the UK’s Department for Children School and Families, has created Million Futures. The project aims to identify what people think are the biggest challenges facing education in the future. Visit this new website and write your thoughts about future life and learning on virtual paper planes which you can launch into [...]
Computers will revolutionize education?
8/6/2008
Dick Pelletier wrote a fun piece on the near future of education, built from computer-based technologies most people are already familiar with. He writes: These sophisticated new computers will understand ordinary everyday spoken words in English, Spanish, Chinese, or any major language, and will use avatars – on-screen images that could appear as Einstein, Columbus, [...]
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