Posts Tagged ‘ University of Minnesota ’

John W. Moravec, Ph.D.

12/8/2006
John Moravec

About me I am a faculty member in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development and the Innovation Studies/Master of Liberal Studies graduate programs at the University of Minnesota. I am a co-initiator of the Invisible Learning project; a co-founder of the Horizon Forum, a roundtable on the future of education at all levels; [...]


Horizon Forum on educational technology

11/22/2006

Join us for the next Horizon Forum meeting! Tuesday, December 12, 12-3 p.m. Room 303, Coffman Memorial Union University of Minnesota, East Bank Campus 300 Washington Avenue, S.E. Minneapolis Dr. Scott McLeod, Director of the University Council for Educational Administration Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), will discuss the skills [...]


Building a Leapfrog University v5.0

10/12/2006

Arthur Harkins and I yesterday released “version 5.0” of our Building a “Leapfrog” University series. The document provides recommendations gathered from the University of Minnesota community on steps the University may take to transform into one of the top universities in the world. The recommendations generated by this activity run parallel to and complement the [...]


Horizon Forum: Integrating technology and innovation in schools

10/9/2006

Join us for this year’s first meeting of the Horizon Forum! The Horizon Forum is a “mold breaking” round-table initiated by the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Minnesota to facilitate action-oriented discussions on how we may design outstanding educational futures for Minnesota. Dr. Tom Tapper, Superintendent of Owatonna Public Schools, [...]


The Memo v4.0: Building a “Leapfrog” University

5/17/2006

Date: May 17, 2006 To: All Participants From: Arthur Harkins and John Moravec Subject: Building a “Leapfrog” University: Renovating Undergraduate Education (Version 4.0) “A Noble Quest” (as suggested by Robert Giampietro, retired VP, Target Corp.) A new paradigm founded on the convergence of globalization, the rise of knowledge societies, and accelerating change is emerging. This [...]


ULA Workshop with Verna Allee

2/11/2006

(Cross-posted from the ULA blog.) Our workshop with Verna Allee on February 1 was a great success! If you registered for the workshop and would like an electronic copy of the handout materials, please send a request by email to ula@umn.edu.


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ICTs for Peace and Reconciliation

While doing research with Dr. Edward Brantmeier, I ran across this interesting information from Cole and Crawford (2007) in an article called “Building peace through information and communication technologies.” The table below details some of the authors’ main points. Ways of Promoting Peace and Reconciliation through ICTs Examples of ICTs Provide information Internet connectivity Mobile [...]


Blidget: Blog meets widget

This seems like a good idea. From Crunch Gear: Widgetbox, a marketplace for Web widgets, now lets you quickly and easily build a widget for your blog. Called Blidgets, they combine the power of RSS feeds with the “easy page integration of widgets.” The Blidget Maker auto-discovers RSS feeds, images and descriptions for the blog [...]


A Manoa makeover

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!!!


Horizon Forum comments thread

Use this space to post your comments regarding the Horizon Forum and leapfrogging in PreK-17 education.


Creating Schools of the Future through Systems Thinking

Upcoming Urban Leadership Academy workshop in Minneapolis: Creating Schools of the Future through Systems ThinkingFebruary 1, 2006 Verna Allee, Verna Allee and Associates Verna Allee, M.A., is recognized worldwide for her work as a pioneer in the field of knowledge management. She is a practitioner, thought leader, author, and frequent keynote speaker on value networks, [...]


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