Edumonia

...the first task of futures research must necessarily be to critique the assumption that there is an inevitable future to which we must simply adapt or resist. Keri Facer and Richard Sandford’s 2010 article exploring the possible directions education might take 25 years into the future offers both an interesting look forward as well as a fascinating look back to see what possible worlds were in the minds of researchers a decade ago. The article is an informative piece of educational prognostication. Many of the trends and future challenges the authors identified have emerged as predicted - even the challenge of a post-crisis education dictated by a pandemic (that’s pretty specific!).😷 What really impressed me was the litany of critical insights and evaluative frameworks the authors provided to consider the possible futures of education intertwined with technology.  As the opening quote observes, when considering a future for education, particularly when it’s framed through the l...

  Courtesy  New York Times Questions for Consideration This is a really interesting topic. I'm wondering whether the author identified the age and gender differences in the research? How would different age groups and different genders perform differently? Do you feel that the researchers had enough structure around their research design to reach a solid conclusion? I would think that motivation (intrinsic or extrinsic) would play a huge role , but also badge types are many! The article I reviewed was a 2015 study titled, Tweeting Badges: User motivations for displaying achievement in publicly networked environments.  It explores why some online users choose to  display the badges they earn on social media. All of the questions I received were excellent and insightful. The two above really sparked my curiosity around gender and motivation as they relate to badge display, which remained unexplored in the article I selected.  The researchers in the...