Category Archives: Education

Augmented reality and education

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

Earlier this summer I co-developed and co-led a seminar at the University of Minnesota with Dr. Arthur Harkins about augmented reality and the future of classroom-based education. My presentation is here: “Learning in augmented reality”. Augmented reality is the capability … Continue reading →

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Becta’s closing: Loss of an important leader in research

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

If anyone wants to retain copies of the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency’s (Becta) excellent research and reports, they might think about hurrying over to the website. As a result of cutbacks in the UK, the agency will stop … Continue reading →

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Still *trying* to have fun with the OLPC

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

My daughter (9 yrs) has been playing around with the OLPC laptop for about a week now. Her progress has been fairly predictable. The computer really is very easy to figure out. She’s especially drawn to the mutlimedia applications that … Continue reading →

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Robot teachers in S. Korea

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is quite interesting. S. Koreans are developing “robot teachers” to function as teaching assistants in public schools. Apparently they are working fairly well. A recent project showed that elementary school students working with these robots in an english class … Continue reading →

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m-learning or m-somethingelse?

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

I rather quickly skimmed over this paper on “m-learning” after listening to a presentation on m-learning at a conference I recently attended. The concept certainly isn’t new to me. m-learning has been getting a lot of attention recently, so the … Continue reading →

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Having fun with OLPC

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

I finally get to have a little fun with an OLPC laptop. Borrowed this from an institute at the university and plan to follow my daughters path of discovery over the weekend. I’ll probably post some reflections afterwards.

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