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Category Archives: Technology foresight
Foresight and policy-making – Addressing the need for theoretical frameworks
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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Internet governance in light of Egypt’s network shutdown
On January 27, 2011, in the midst of massive anti-government protests in Egypt, the Egyptian government initiated an unprecedented measure to disrupt network access to, from and within the country. Several network monitoring sites reported that at around midnight, almost … Continue reading
Anticipated ICT futures and education: Background info for a scenario construction exercise.
This essay is part of the preparatory phase for a scenario construction exercise regarding ICT and education. It looks at future developments of ICTs and how they will affect education. Sorry about the missing references. I will add the reference … Continue reading
Scenario planning: considering long-term impacts of decisions made in the present
In previous posts I said that I would, at some point, start posting some things here regarding methods used in technology foresight. Here is the first of these. It might make more sense to start with delphi methods, which really … Continue reading
Allow ICT in exams? Denmark’s simple approach
As information and communication technology (ICT) use has increased in education, there has been some discussion in recent years concerning the use of ICT during school exams. One of the main concerns regarding the use of ICT in education in … Continue reading
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Technology foresight: Learning from early attempts
Irvine & Martin’s (1984) seminal Foresight in Science: Picking the Winners, provides fascinating insights into early attempts at technology foresight. The authors describe a comparative case study of technology foresight in France, (what was then) West Germany, the US and … Continue reading
