Category Archives: Information Society

Creating old meaning: When new concepts are repurposed to mask an absence of change.

Posted on August 25, 2011 by admin

Michael Fullan (see The New Meaning of Educational Change) argues that the key to educational change is the creation of new, shared meaning to define novel contexts that help us address issues of concern. Through the decades we’ve seen a … Continue reading →

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Bits and pieces from around the web

Posted on August 24, 2011 by admin

Here’s a quick summary of interesting things that I’ve been posting on my facebook page recently that are no less relevant to this blog. Here’s an interesting article looking at the Summerhill School through the experiences of former students. The … Continue reading →

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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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The Delphi survey method: Towards a cheap, “quick & dirty” approach for educational organizations

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

In this article I describe my process of discovering the Delphi survey method for technology forecasting and future planning. I draw from some of the available scholarly literature to describe how the Delphi method has evolved. In particular, I discuss … 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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