In western philosophy, there is a strong tendency to separate common sense from emotion. The school system is one of the most apparent examples of this profound misapprehension. Professor Peter Gärdenfors writes: ”Without emotional evaluation of different activities and their consequences, our will would not have any direction.” This means …
Cognitive science shows that the more senses involved when you are learning the more you remember. With this conclusion, a well-developed digital learning environment will become a perfect starting point for learning. This is improved by the prospects of developing content that besides qualitative knowledge-creation also intend to empower the …
Scenario-based learning in different forms of role-play simulations has a great potential to transform major parts of school education. Similarly, to what it has done with professional learning in accordance with the progress of digital technologies. As the basic pedagogy is focusing on to get an understanding of dynamics and …
Pedagogical innovation is driven by discoveries in neurological research and teaching-skills-development research. In addition, today pedagogical innovation to a large extent takes place in interplay with the development and use of edtech. The last contribute and sometimes is critical to be able to implement the latest findings of pedagogical innovation …
The seeds to an extended virtual reality future for all kinds of contents are already growing and where there is content there is also a growing ground for different kinds of marketing innovation. In addition, it is a new field of gold for great storytellers as technology improves. VR Content …
Maria Bot is a socially advanced AI Android teaching assistant that with Professor William Barry, education futurist and AI ethicist, during the past months has formed the first human-Robot-teaching-team. They are teaching about UN Sustainability Goals as well as artificial intelligence etc. During Covid-19 pandemic, 10 000 people all over …
Swedish authorities, employers’ organizations, the unions, and business are joining forces to combat unemployment in the shadow of covid-19. In a pilot project, they are now launching a hub for learning and competence development with free digital courses. The project is financed by the EU Social Fund. Besides combating the …
On August 19, the first innovation district of Norway was launched called Oslo Science City by Prime Minister Erna Solberg. Where the vision is that the area should be a melting pot for innovation, competence, research, and venture capital. The Prime Minister said the following at the opening: “I say …
Research from Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University School of Medicine shows that the company of a friend and a gamified application is the best environment to reach your exercising goals. This means that social interaction and gamification triggers healthier living. Where the main …
In natural science, a lab is a common part of the education to experiment, explore, calculate, ask and answer questions in a trial and error mode. But in the humanities sciences, this form of learning by doing pedagogy is very rare. Since before the breakthrough of digital technologies development of …
