Constructing Optimal Futures for Education - Technology Foresight in Educational Policy and Planning

Thayer, Tryggvi

doi:10.18261/issn1891-943x-2014-02-05

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“…As a result, the accessible technology is improved by building capacity of the individuals to cover the process together with practical organisation of online activities. Similarly, by planning with accessible solutions, and digital infrastructure, the process of ensuring accessibility to online platform needs positive support of global bodies, governments, and civil society organisations to facilitate appropriate creation and dissemination of accessible technologies (Thayer, 2014).…”

Section: Implications Of Studymentioning

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Between accessibility and adaptability of digital platform: investigating learners' perspectives on digital learning infrastructure

Huda

2023

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PurposeThe massive expansion of digital platform has been responsible for the widespread progressive engagement created amongst learners and educators. The practice of requiring student feedback on online learning services ensures that teacher education continues to advance its strategic approach to online learning. This paper aims to examine the level of accessibility and adaptability of digital technology with particular focus on Malaysia, by elaborating the value of superior learning service and practical adaptability of online learning during the pandemic era.Design/methodology/approachThis study was conducted using qualitative approach of data collection, namely via structured interview. The listed respondents included 30 higher learners who participated in the study by providing feedback on the issues encountered during the research process.FindingsThe findings revealed that the strategic enhancement of digital accessibility continued with digital adaptability to sources of learning services would contribute to advancing achievement of digital learning pathway.Practical implicationsIncreasing accessibility to digital platforms in digital learning system can help to shape the digital environment. Digital expansion can create unlimited boundaries for online knowledge acquisition.Social implicationsThe social implication refers to acquiring the abilities developed through online engagement with peers by actualising and exploring information together with continuous inter-connectedness of sharing pathway in online platform. The instructor would need to give a proportional gateway to make learners experience the digital environment for future education.Originality/valueThis study aims to assess the value of developing accessibility of digital technology for students' online learning services during the pandemic and beyond. A well-structured plan would enable digital learning capabilities and mutual accessibility amongst learners. This can allow digital abilities to be transformed into collaborative teamwork amongst learners.

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Section: Implications Of Studymentioning

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Between accessibility and adaptability of digital platform: investigating learners' perspectives on digital learning infrastructure

Huda

2023

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“…Útkomur og afurðir framsýnisáaetlana ráðast að miklu leyti af þeim aðferðum sem notaðar eru og hópunum sem taka þátt. Almennt eru þaer þó af þrennu tagi (Havas o.fl., 2010;Schartinger o.fl., 2012;Tryggvi Thayer, 2014). Í fyrsta lagi eru efnislegar afurðir sem birtast í skýrslum og upplýsingum sem er miðlað til stefnumótenda.…”

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Framsýni og menntakerfi: Mótun menntastefnu með framtíð að leiðarljósi

Thayer¹

2022

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Í greininni er fjallað um áhrif framtíðafræða og framsýnisáætlana á menntakerfi og mótun menntastefnu til lengri tíma. Sagt er frá rannsókn þar sem kannað var hvaða langtímaáhrif þátttaka fulltrúa aðila, sem koma að mótun menntastefnu í framsýnisáætlunum um framtíð menntunar, hefði á aðra í þeirra daglega starfsumhverfi. Rannsóknin náði til tveggja framsýnisáætlana: Ísland 2020 áætlunarinnar og eftirfylgnisaðgerð um framtíð menntunar sem Mennta- og menningarmálaráðuneytið stóð fyrir árið 2013. Gögnum var safnað á árunum 2017 og 2018 með rafrænni könnun og hálfopnum viðtölum og var ætlunin að kanna hvaða breytingar höfðu átt sér stað í starfsumhverfi þátttakenda á þeim tíma sem hafði liðið frá þátttöku þeirra í framsýnisáætlununum. Gögnin voru greind út frá menningarsögulegri starfsemiskenningu Engeströms og almennri kerfiskenningu. Rannsóknin leiddi í ljós að langtímaáhrif framsýnisáætlana mótast mjög af viðhorfi þátttakenda til framtíðarinnar og þekkingu þeirra og reynslu af framtíðafræðum og framtíðamiðaðri stefnumótun. Reynslumeiri þátttakendur gátu haft meiri kerfisleg áhrif í sínu starfsumhverfi sem jók líkurnar á að horft væri til framtíðar og langtímamarkmiða í stefnumótun. Niðurstöðurnar sýna mikilvægi þess að framsýnisáætlanir séu vandlega undirbúnar með tilliti til vals á þátttakendum, miðlun upplýsinga um markmið áætlana og fræðslu um tilgang og aðferðir framtíðafræða. Ennfremur þarf að tryggja að framsýnisáætlanir séu skipulagðar með kerfislega hegðun aðila innan menntakerfisins og hvernig þau bregðast á kerfislegan hátt við breytingum og nýjum upplýsingum.

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“…One approach to achieving greater citizen participation can be found in a reformulation of planning processes. In this paper an inclusive policy design approach is applied to a smart planning process (Gandy, Baker, Zeagler, 2017), that employs the use of 'personas,' a tool consisting of imagined (constructed) "characters" that reflect a composite of shared individual traits (Fuglerud, et al, 2020;Thayer, 2014). Personas have been created using participatory design methods in the specific context of electronic waste disposal planning for a smart city (Wanderley & Bonacin, 2019).…”

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“…'Personas,' are a tool consisting of imagined (constructed) "characters" that reflect a composite of shared individual or group traits (Schultz & Fuglerud, 2020;Thayer, 2014). Personas can enhance the 'smart' engagement of citizens, capturing their social beliefs, dignity and capacity for action, thereby providing the means of capturing underrepresented voices in a multidimensional profile (Wilson, et al, 2018).…”

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Personas, the Pandemic, and Inclusive, Synthetic, Smart City Planning

Farmer

Bricout

Baker

et al. 2022

International Journal of E-Planning Research

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In the era of COVID-19 planners, and more broadly, city administrators and policy makers, have learned to cope with the accelerated pace of change, the broad band of uncertainty, and the need for rapid decision-making strategies. This, in the context of ever more diverse communities and greater reliance on technology as an effective response to the social and public health challenges of the pandemic. “Smart” cities harness distributed communication and service delivery technologies to enhance the quality of urban life. The voices of citizens from marginalized and under-served populations, such as older adults and people with disabilities, are vital to the development of inclusive smart cities. In this paper expanding an inclusive policy design approach is proposed that uses ‘personas’ to actively engage those citizens.

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Constructing Optimal Futures for Education - Technology Foresight in Educational Policy and Planning

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

Between accessibility and adaptability of digital platform: investigating learners' perspectives on digital learning infrastructure

Between accessibility and adaptability of digital platform: investigating learners' perspectives on digital learning infrastructure

Framsýni og menntakerfi: Mótun menntastefnu með framtíð að leiðarljósi

Personas, the Pandemic, and Inclusive, Synthetic, Smart City Planning

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