Welcome to Education Futures

Pekka Ihanainen calls for a new mindset in education that take into consideration complex interactions between affordances of observability, solvability, and partakeability. Affordances for learning, he writes, “are functionalities composed by human subjects in their personal and social contexts and environments in which they make their living. Pedagogical affordances are those present in pedagogical events and situations, and they determine the qualities of learning possible in practices learners localize themselves.”

Jan 8, 2020

In societies where constant change is the norm, schools today must prepare students to be successful in environments and contexts that may differ greatly from what we experience today. But, are we really thinking about the future? With contributions from four continents, this book reveals a ‘snapshot’ of some of our best thinking for building new education futures. Diverse experiences, visions, and ideas are shared to help spark new thinking among educators and policymakers, provoke conversation, and facilitate new ideas for meeting human development needs in a rapidly transforming world.

Oct 6, 2019

This summer, Tologo Verlag released the German edition of Knowmad Society (in German: Die Gesellschaft der Wissensnomaden), edited by John Moravec. This edition took advantage of the Creative Commons license for the original text published in 2013, which includes contributions from John Moravec, Cristóbal Cobo, Thieu Besselink, Christel Hartkamp, Pieter Spinder, Bianca Stokman, Edwin de Bree, Christine Renaud, Ronald van den Hoff, and Sen. Gary Hart.

Sep 8, 2019

"For me, the goal in a ‘natural’ education lies at the intersection of affordances for high agency from the system and cultural orientations that encourage high self-efficacy among individuals. Unfortunately, the point of mainstream, industrial education is to limit affordances for both dimensions."

Jun 26, 2019

Whether a morning event, a week-long course, or even a month-long summer school, Education Futures can develop and deliver workshops and master classes on innovative approaches for education and creating the future of work for your institution.

Apr 3, 2019

The greatest obstacle in integrating technology in education is finding a purpose.

Mar 29, 2019

Education Futures founder John Moravec lead a diagnostic review the Secretary of Public Education’s digital citizenship program in Mexico, bringing together voices of students, teachers, and parents.

Dec 27, 2018

Today, Tomsk State University (TSU) released the Russian edition of Knowmad Society (in Russian: Общество Знаниевых Кочевников), edited by John Moravec. Taking advantage of the Creative Commons license for the original text published in 2013, the translated book was released to coincide with TSU's 140th anniversary.

Nov 30, 2018

As we look toward the future, the question for university communities everywhere is, can we transform our campuses to remain relevant for the next 50 years? In a technology-driven world, what can the university do that technologies cannot replicate?

Nov 26, 2018

A knowmad is a nomadic knowledge worker who is creative, imaginative, innovative, and who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere. Knowmads are valued for their individual-level knowledge, and create new value by applying what they know, contextually, to solve problems or generate new opportunities

Aug 22, 2018