Category Archives: ICTs

Norwegian professor says that teachers must be on Facebook to understand students

Posted on August 22, 2011 by admin

Legislators in Missouri, USA, recently passed a law that forbids teachers from socializing with students using social web sites. Meanwhile, Arne Krokan, a Norwegian professor specializing in technology and society, claims that teachers must be on Facebook if they are … Continue reading →

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My response to Clay Shirky regarding his claims about news as a public good

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

Clay Shirky recently published an article on his blog about the impact of information technology on news publishing. As is often the case with Shirky’s writings, it’s been causing considerable waves on the Internet. Basically, Shirky’s point is that there … Continue reading →

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Eurydice’s valuable data for studying education in Europe

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

The European Commission’s Eurydice website, a useful resources for information on educational systems in Europe, has a “Facts and Figures” page that provides valuable data for calibrating information to make accurate comparisons between countries. The page includes data such as. … Continue reading →

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Strategic ambiguity in Finnish policy on ICT for education

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

This is a presentation that I gave at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES 2011) conference in Montreal, QC, May 5, 2011. Finland’s educational policy environment: The role of strategic ambiguity in policy communication. on Prezi

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Project Tomorrow: The case for technology foresight in education

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

On April 1, 2011, Project Tomorrow released its report based on a survey of students, parents, teachers and school administrators on technology use in learning and education. Project Tomorrow’s study shows that there is an increasing gap between US educators’ … Continue reading →

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Foresight and policy-making – Addressing the need for theoretical frameworks

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, technology foresight started out as a method for facilitating long-term planning and policy primarily in relation to research & development (R&D) and innovation policy. In the last decade there has been and increasing focus … Continue reading →

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