Author Archives: Tryggvi Thayer

AI and education

Posted on September 23, 2024 by Tryggvi Thayer

AI in education. It is, as we say in Icelandic “the topic of all topics” at the moment. Whether we like it or not, AI is here and is impinging on education and drastically changing the way people learn. No … Continue reading →

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Hvers konar gervigreind: um þýðingar

Posted on September 22, 2023 by Tryggvi Thayer

Ég held að þetta sé fyrsta grein sem ég birti hér á Education4site á íslensku. Vanalega hef ég birt íslenskar greinar á Upplýsandi tæki, vef mínum á bloggkerfi Mbl.is. Ég hef h.v. engan áhuga á að pósta efni mitt þar … Continue reading →

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Competence Frameworks for Futures Education and Sustainable Development Education: A Comparison

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Tryggvi Thayer

Edit (Jan. 20, 2023): An expanded peer-reviewed article based on the research described here has been published. See here:Thayer, T. (2023), “Identifying similarities and differences in sustainability education and foresight and futures education: a comparative analysis of competence frameworks”, On the Horizon, … Continue reading →

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Could science fiction be used as a data source for educational research?

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Tryggvi Thayer

A fascinating and inspiring article came up in my Google Scholar search recently, Learning from Foundation: Asimov’s psychohistory and the limits of organization theory. In it, the authors, Nelson Phillips & Stelios Zyglidopoulos, argue for and demonstrate the use of science … Continue reading →

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Augmented reality in education: A discussion long overdue

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

The recent Pokémon Go rage has brought a lot of attention to the possibilities for using augmented reality (AR) in teaching and learning. This is great and very welcome. AR has a lot of obvious potential for enhancing teaching and learning, … Continue reading →

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Addendum on affordances and educational technology

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is an addendum to an article that I previously posted on affordances in April, 2016. As I’ve continued to explore the topic of affordances, there are a couple of things in the original article that I’ve reconsidered and need … Continue reading →

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