A new augmented reality system called Portal-ble developed by Brown University places virtual objects in the hands of the user by using a smartphone. The source code is now available for Android and the iPhone version is on the way. Jeff Huang, an assistant professor of computer science at Brown …
The purpose was to connect Istanbul and its neighbouring city Galata. It would have been by far the longest bridge at that time, 280 meters in total. However, the most impressive was Leonardo’s design that was completely different from bridges built-in 1502. When the design for the Istanbul-Galata bridge was …
What would you prefer, to investing in a Knowledge Management System or Crisis Management? Since when Factor X strikes the organisation either is prepared with the right knowledge or otherwise a crisis is waiting around the corner. I guess your answer is directed on to manage knowledge and creativity, if …
The Norwegian government boosting its efforts to transform and adapt the educational system to the digital society’s prerequisites. As one of the frontrunners in this development, besides e.g. Denmark and Finland, the government is now investing more in ICT-research for the digital transformation of the working life. Both when comes …
Skills development and learning design adapted for the digital society are to a large extent different from the 20th Century classroom and textbooks environment. Two reports from OECD and Nielsen Norman Group forms in this spirit solid stepping stones for the learning designer of the 21st Century. In the OECD …
In 2019 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report the question of how to manage the transformation are answered. Where the main pillars are to reinvent the organisation to become a social enterprise. Following that the focus should turn from employee experience to human experience. How to manage Human Capital This …
In our Swedish edition, we have published a series of stories about book publishing as a source of transformation both at the birth of the industrial society and now in pioneering years of the digital society. In the former transformation the focus of our stories was directed on two protagonists …
Removing National tests After some pilot projects on future assessments in school, the Danish Government is now planning to approve of removing national tests. With the goal to completely remove national tests on the lowest levels in primary school. Ten municipalities Aarhus, Albertslund, Esbjerg, Frederikssund, Hvidovre, Kerteminde, Næstved, Randers, Sønderborg …
A research study based on University of Michigan survey project “Monitoring the Future” that has run since 1975 shows that only 16% of US teenagers read books outside school education, while in the 1970s the number was 60%. TV and cinema show a similar decrease in attention from teenagers. At …
Last week the Federal Government of Germany decided on a new blockchain strategy. This also included education with the “IMPact Digital” project. Where the goal is to provide safe digitalisation and administration of certificates. As some of the main benefits of blockchain technology within education (and other sectors) is that it …
