A few years back, there was much talk about global journalism. Academic programs came to life, and they looked like one another: There were references to a new globalist mentality. There were references to the rise of new social media. There were, in short, a signal of some sort of change to come. And in that reflection, founding both academic papers and more professional accounts, was the idea that the
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As we are nearing the World Learning Summit June 14th – 16th; a few thoughts on how technology impacts on education and learning. We are all familiar with the debate on Massive Open Online Courses, and the history of MOOCs ascending, subsequent worries, commercialisation issues and more. We are familiar with the accelerating research and exploration on “flipped classroom”, and much more. But it still seems as if the way
Read MoreAre the media to blame for Trump´s success? Few have any doubt that Donald Trump is good at playing the media. With his extreme points of view, his sense of timing, shooting from the hip and sense of what triggers gut reaction, he hits one home run after the other. If media exposure were the main criterion for explaining Trump, it would be easy: No one else even comes close. But
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There is a university that most of us have never heard of, unless you have reason to, or come from a place near by; it is called the University of Moratuwa. At one point in time it was known as the Ceylon College of Technology. If from Sri Lanka, certainly if from Sri Lanka, you will know of the many prizes students from this university have won in international competitions
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Across the world, educators and thought leaders in education as asking themselves what is in store for education at all levels – from kindergarten through K12 and on to higher education. There are websites for all kinds of occasions and concerns. There are policy debates. Concerns with technology combine with concerns for organizational learning. One thing is that educators are faced with invitations and pressures to change; “innovation” is the
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A beagle – aka The Red Baron – often gets it right without even trying. Unlike the blues brooder himself – Charlie Brown – the beagle beats with an attitude — he knows how not to spend time or a dime on what you can´t change. So, here is one for me; yesterday at a meeting in Oslo, my research group Future Learning Lab got the endorsement of the ABELIA in the Norwegian Trade
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