The faint whisper of the air leaking from the higher education “bubble” turned into an audible hiss earlier this month when the American Council of Education (ACE) announced it was certifying five free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). As this accreditation trend grows, the hiss will become a gale force wind that will leave only [...]
The air leaking out of the higher education bubble has just increased from a faint whisper to an audible hiss. Yesterday, the American Council of Education announced it will begin offering college credit for five different MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). This is significant because what makes MOOCs so unique is that they are offered [...]
1. "There's a tsunami coming." Stanford President, John Hennessey discussing the future of online education. 2. "We are reinventing education. This will change the world." Anant Agarwal, Head of edX, discussing the new consortium in this article. (Agarwal also called edX "the biggest change in education since the invention of the printing press" is this [...]
The picture to the right is one of my favorite science photographs. The reason is because the similarity between a tiny brain cell (only micrometers wide) and a massive galaxy in the universe (billions of light years wide) is remarkable. Perhaps this is just a cosmological coincidence but I prefer to believe there is a [...]
As a professional futurist and business forecaster one of my main responsibilities is to prepare people and organizations for the future. To do this, I try to heighten their awareness. There are a number of ways to accomplish this goal but the best and most powerful method is to simply be on the alert for [...]
Given all the talk about “fiscal cliffs,” budget ceilings, deficits, crumbling bridges, struggling schools and gridlock—both traffic and political, the list of issues confronting government leaders can appear daunting and the future bleak. It isn’t. Here are ten trends transforming government that promise a brighter tomorrow: 1. The Internet of Things. For the past year, [...]
In the early 1960's, Andy Warhol made experimental music videos with the Velvet Underground. Today, thanks to low-cost computers, the Internet and platforms such as YouTube, millions of people are making their own music videos. In this same way, in New York City and other locations, innovators are today experimenting with 3D manufacturing. Tomorrow, millions [...]
In its annual "5 in 5" prediction, IBM says that by 2017, we will see the rise of cognitive computers -- machines that can experience the world in a manner comparable to five senses. The video at the bottom of this post provides a brief description of "the rise of cognitive computing" but here are [...]
Dear Readers: In 2012, I published my latest future-related book, Foresight 20/20: A Futurist Explores the Trends Transforming Tomorrow (written with able assistance of fellow futurist Simon Anderson). The book was shaped in no small way by the thoughts, ideas and writings of numerous other futurists, thinkers and authors. As a small token of my [...]
Last month, I published my annual list of predictions for 2013 and although we are only three days into the new year my prediction that a leading retailer would begin to experiment with driverless vehicles appears close to happening. In this case, Navia, the creator of a driverless electric shuttle, has designed a vehicle capable [...]
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