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Bryan Alexander is an educational futurist who curates conversations with educational experts, visionaries, practitioners and researchers. On May 25th, 2023, he hosted a session focused on the Open Education Resource (OER) movement with David Wiley. You will read the work… Continue Reading →

NOTE: This activity is a module 3 learning activity. AI will have a significant impact on education, assessment and the very definition of what learning is. Carleton University is hosting a guest lecture with Dr. Alec Couros focused on the… Continue Reading →

For the Speculative Futures Assignment, all students will provide feedback on the narratives submitted by their peers. We will be using a technique called “4-Hat Feedback”. This approach to feedback is based on De Bono’s concept of Six Thinking Hats…. Continue Reading →

Our Module 4 Twitter chat was a great conversation, but went by way too quickly. So for Module 5, there will be another opportunity to engage in discussion on Twitter. This time, the chat will focus on the future of… Continue Reading →

Module 5 touches upon the hopeful possibility that the future of education is participatory, democratic and collective. For this activity, we return to a tool introduced in module 2: Social Annotation. For those who chose this activity, you may recall… Continue Reading →

Rheingold presents a bleak view on our own complacency in adopting technologies and technological practices that slowly erode our privacy and autonomy, that challenge equitable and democratic participation, or that support unethical entities merely out of convenience or “outright seduction… Continue Reading →

In her piece on the future of education, Watters (2014) discusses the importance of metaphor in developing a shared understanding of phenomenon. According to Lakoff & Johnson (2003) metaphors are “understanding and experiencing one kind of thing in terms of… Continue Reading →

In Module 5, we consider the future. The future for education and the future for humanity in general. They are tied together and both offer equal amount of hope and despair. Speculation is a powerful methodology for imagining (and creating)… Continue Reading →

In Module 4, we discussed the multiple meanings and approach to open education. Part of open pedagogy is significant changes to how (and why!) students are assessed. In fact, this is also one of the biggest challenges of implementing truly… Continue Reading →

As discussed in Module 4, Openness is about more than resources and access. Open Educational Practices redefine the boundaries of the class and allows learning to surpass the limitations of traditional learning environments. In this activity, we are going to… Continue Reading →