{"id":26736,"date":"2012-02-02T10:35:06","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T15:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=26736"},"modified":"2012-02-02T10:39:16","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T15:39:16","slug":"worldfuture-2012-master-courses-these-are-the-types-of-courses-that-colleges-and-universities-need-to-be-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2012\/02\/02\/worldfuture-2012-master-courses-these-are-the-types-of-courses-that-colleges-and-universities-need-to-be-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"WorldFuture 2012 Master Courses &#8212; these are the types of courses that colleges and universities need to be offering!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfs.org\/content\/worldfuture-2012\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wfs.org\/Upload\/pictures\/WorldFuture2012Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"353\" height=\"108\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfs.org\/content\/worldfuture-2012\/master-courses\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>From &#8220;WorldFuture 2012 Master Courses&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Why take a master course?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Become better equipped to choose from various methods when facing a particular challenge.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about primary and secondary research methodologies, examine classical futuring techniques, including scenario planning, trend and product forecasting, crisis preparedness, and transformation and hyper-change sensitivity.<\/li>\n<li>Develop critical thinking, listening, and observational skills.<\/li>\n<li>Increase your ability to enhance planning today to better anticipate obstacles and opportunities in the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WorldFuture 2012 Master Courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>C-1 Introduction to Futures Studies<\/li>\n<li>C-2 Foresight Educators Boot Camp<\/li>\n<li>C-3 Wiser Futures: Using Futures Tools to Better Understand and Create the Future<\/li>\n<li>C-4 Society 3.0: Technology Transformations in Society, Work, and Higher Education<\/li>\n<li>C-5 The Human Dynamics of Creation to Effect Change<\/li>\n<li>C-6 Identifying and Exploring Security\u2019s Futures and What Can Be Done to Prepare<\/li>\n<li>C-7 An Insider&#8217;s Guide to Foresight Consulting: A Case Study Approach<\/li>\n<li>C-8 Futurist Writers&#8217; Workshop<\/li>\n<li>C-9 Scenario Planning: How to Build and Use Scenarios<\/li>\n<li>C-10 Weak Signals and Minitrends: Foundations for Truly Innovative Organizations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><em><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">When the world is moving at 180 miles per hour, we can&#8217;t be looking 5-10 feet ahead of the race car.\u00a0 The necessity of peering out into the horizon is key. Students need to develop the ability to pulse-check a variety of factors and landscapes.\u00a0 They need to develop an appreciation for developing <em>potential<\/em> <em>future<\/em> <em>scenarios<\/em> and then figuring out their responses\/plans to these scenarios. This also applies to those of us working in higher education&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfs.org\/content\/Ivory_Towers\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>especially these days!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2564\" title=\"daniel-christian-thepacehaschanged\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/daniel-christian-thepacehaschanged1.jpg\" alt=\"The pace has changed significantly and quickly\" width=\"480\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/daniel-christian-thepacehaschanged1.jpg 480w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/daniel-christian-thepacehaschanged1-150x110.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. From &#8220;WorldFuture 2012 Master Courses&#8221; Why take a master course? Become better equipped to choose from various methods when facing a particular challenge. Learn about primary and secondary research methodologies, examine classical futuring techniques, including scenario planning, trend and product forecasting, crisis preparedness, and transformation and hyper-change sensitivity. Develop critical thinking, listening, and observational [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[324,72,37,36,35,206],"tags":[730,606,587,586,585,676],"class_list":["post-26736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curriculum","category-daniel-s-christian","category-future","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-trends","tag-curriculum","tag-daniel-s-christian","tag-future","tag-future-of-higher-education","tag-game-changing-environment","tag-trends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26736"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26745,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26736\/revisions\/26745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}