- Mar 2021
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Why the future book never arrived? I might posit that the book we want needs more context about us (perhaps a commonplace book?). If it had this then it could meet us where we are and help to give us the things we need.
An Algebra text would be dramatically different things to a 4th grader, an 8th grader, and a college math major. It could still be the same book, but hide or reveal portions of it's complexity depending on our background and knowledge of its subject.
Perhaps it would know our favorite learning modalities and provide them based on whether we're motivated by stories, audio, video, data visualizations, or other thoughts and ideas.
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- Feb 2021
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en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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The eyes of the Fair are on the future—not in the sense of peering toward the unknown nor attempting to foretell the events of tomorrow and the shape of things to come, but in the sense of presenting a new and clearer view of today in preparation for tomorrow
The importance of looking ahead but not trying to predict the future
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It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of "Dawn of a New Day", and it allowed all visitors to take a look at "the world of tomorrow".
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www.computerhistory.org www.computerhistory.org
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With side-by-side displays, the never-built Memex desk would have let a user compare and create links between microfilm documents.
In 1948, Vannever Bush predicted the web using a conceptual prototype called the memex.
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www.computerhistory.org www.computerhistory.org
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Researcher Alan Kay, believing “the best way to predict the future is to invent it,” mocked up a wirelessly connected tablet-like computer for kids in 1968. His “dynamic book,” or Dynabook, was among the most influential computers never built.
Alan Kay predicts tablet (iPad) in 1968.
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- Sep 2020
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But the academic experience could be continually refined and improved with the level of obsession that a company like Apple puts into improving every aspect of their customer experience.
Echos a similar idea of "stickiness" that I wrote about back in 2011.
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There are two polar opposite narratives about the future of higher education that are both gaining traction at the moment.
To extend the discussion, let's connect Michael's post to another thoughtful thinker about the future of higher education, Bryan Alexander. Specifically, two of Bryan's posts from roughly the same time (late September 2020):
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I believe that the bulk of institutions that will truly succeed going forward will not be those that win online, but on the contrary, those that do a good job establishing, maintaining, and conveying unique local experiences. Schools must reach inward to provide rich, meaningful, lasting, engaged experiences for their constituencies so people come, stay, and come back. Online, we call this “stickiness” and that will be EDU’s new metric for success: how sticky are you?
I was reminded of this idea of "stickiness" that I wrote about long ago while reading Michael Feldstein's excellent recent 21 Sep 2020 post on the future of higher education during the time of COVID: Reports of Higher Education’s Death Have Been Moderately Exaggerated.
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bryanalexander.org bryanalexander.org
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Next I’ll offer some reflections.
For other, related reflections on the same topic, see Michael Feldstein's 21 Sep 2020 post, Reports of Higher Education’s Death Have Been Moderately Exaggerated.
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bryanalexander.org bryanalexander.org
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In other words, what might the world look like if the pandemic continues at around the present level for several years?
For another perspective, see Michael Feldstein's 21 Sep 2020 post, Reports of Higher Education’s Death Have Been Moderately Exaggerated.
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- May 2020
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www.mbenedikt.com www.mbenedikt.com
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For as science fiction writer William Gibsonacutely observes, the future does not arrive all at onceeverywhere
He also added that the future is already here, but only for a small number of us.
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- Mar 2019
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er.educause.edu er.educause.edu
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we are simultaneously living along two curves
Or maybe even better: along three, negotiating curves, like Gramsci's idea of residual, dominant, and emergent cultures.
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- Feb 2019
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educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com educationaltechnologyjournal.springeropen.com
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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Re-lease
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- Sep 2018
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www.dissentmagazine.org www.dissentmagazine.org
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jump-start a sputtering capitalism
Because socialist regimes never had pollution or any other problems.
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- Nov 2017
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www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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In our culture, talking about the future is sometimes a polite way of saying things about the present that would otherwise be rude or risky.
For once, this lede isn’t buried.
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