Designing campus futures

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 29, 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 21, 2018

Daniel Navarrete is creating a short video, entitled We are all knowmads, where participants from around the world are invited to share a short video introduction of themselves and answer the question, how do you imagine a future created by all and for all in the 21st century society?

Jul 30, 2018

Education Futures is assembling a book (or series of short books) on emerging education futures: voices and experiences from around the world.

Jul 25, 2018

A Leapfrog University works ahead of the competition in teaching, research, innovation, and service. It avoids playing catch-up.

Jul 12, 2018

What will the future scenarios be within the next 5 years regarding new technologies in the public education sector in Uruguay? For this purpose, two panels (consisting of 20 participants internal to the program and 25 international experts external to the program) were set up to conduct a Delphi study.

Jun 10, 2018

We are rebuilding the Education Futures website from the ground-up, adopting a mobile-first approach for a leaner and more responsive experience.

May 25, 2018

Last March, we asked a deceptively simple question, does the future need schools? As we look 10, 20, or 50 years into the future, will ‘school’ be relevant?

May 17, 2018

We have some interesting research on the horizon.

Dec 29, 2017

Our schools, which are designed to prepare youth for static futures, need to be urgently repurposed to prepare all of society for the unknowable.

Dec 11, 2017

Education Futures founder Dr. John Moravec has embarked on a global tour to redesign mainstream education systems.

Nov 20, 2017

What if we could invisibilize learning?

Aug 28, 2017

John and Kelly Moravec discuss Diane Ravitch’s book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, which asks the questions: Is American education in crisis? Is the education system failing or declining? What actions should we take today to ensure positive futures?

Mar 29, 2017

John and Kelly Moravec discuss recent headlines in the news of importance to teachers in the United States, looking at how Ohio is thinking about approaching professional development and how Education Secretary Betsy DeVos seems to be communicating her view of teachers as professionals.

Mar 27, 2017

Our students waste a lot of time in school (and with homework) complying with compulsory tasks that do nothing to develop within them the skills they’ll need as they make their way in this ever-shrinking world – testing included. Opting out of a few high-stakes tests won’t change that.

Mar 13, 2017

In Episode 9 of the Education Futures Podcast, we spoke with Peter Hartkamp, author of Beyond Coercive Education: A plea for the realisation for the rights of the child in education.

Mar 2, 2017

We are pleased to introduce Education Futures Learns, a free professional development platform for educators, available at apps.educationfutures.com/moodle.

Feb 17, 2017

In this episode of the Education Futures Podcast, we chatted with Dr. Cristóbal Cobo, director of research at the Ceibal Foundation in Uruguay. He is an expert on Big Data in education, and he shared his thoughts in our exploration of Cathy O’Neil’s provocative book, Weapons of Math Destruction: How big data increases inequality and threatens democracy.

Feb 6, 2017

Education Futures and Fundación Ceibal (Uruguay) are pleased to share the outcomes of their 2-month research project for the Secretary of Public Education of the State of Puebla (“SEP-Puebla,” Mexico). Dr. John Moravec served as the primary investigator for the study La innovación educativa en Puebla: Las voces de los actores.

Feb 2, 2017