{"id":61626,"date":"2017-11-28T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T19:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=61626"},"modified":"2017-11-28T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T19:52:50","slug":"how-to-be-an-ed-tech-futurist-alexander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/11\/28\/how-to-be-an-ed-tech-futurist-alexander\/","title":{"rendered":"How to be an ed tech futurist [Alexander]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.1105media.com\/CampusTech\/2017\/CAM_1711\/SY_1711Q1_701924692.html#p=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to be an ed tech futurist<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from campustechnology.com by Bryan Alexander<br \/>\n<em>While no one can predict the future, these forecasting methods will help you anticipate trends and spur more collaborative thinking.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpts:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Some of the forecasting methods Bryan mentions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trend analysis<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Environmental scanning<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scenarios<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Science fiction<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/digital.1105media.com\/CampusTech\/2017\/CAM_1711\/SY_1711Q1_701924692.html#p=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61627 size-full\" title=\"Future trends in technology and education\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FutureTrendsInTechAndEducation-Nov-Dec2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FutureTrendsInTechAndEducation-Nov-Dec2017.jpg 812w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FutureTrendsInTechAndEducation-Nov-Dec2017-123x150.jpg 123w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FutureTrendsInTechAndEducation-Nov-Dec2017-768x939.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\"> I greatly appreciate the work that Bryan does &#8212; the topics that he chooses to write about, his analyses, comments, and questions are often thought-provoking. I couldn&#8217;t agree more with Bryan&#8217;s assertion that forecasting needs to become more realized\/practiced within higher education. This is especially true given the exponential rate of change that many societies throughout the globe are now experiencing.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>We need to be pulse-checking a variety of landscapes out there, to identify and put significant trends, forces, and emerging technologies on our radars. The strategy of identifying potential scenarios &#8211; and then developing responses to those potential scenarios &#8212; is very wise.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58695 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pulse-check.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pulse-check.jpg 485w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/pulse-check-150x83.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-58732 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Radar-DSCPurchased.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Radar-DSCPurchased.jpg 443w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Radar-DSCPurchased-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to be an ed tech futurist &#8212; from campustechnology.com by Bryan Alexander While no one can predict the future, these forecasting methods will help you anticipate trends and spur more collaborative thinking. Excerpts: Some of the forecasting methods Bryan mentions are: Trend analysis Environmental scanning Scenarios Science fiction &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; From DSC: [&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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,26,322,356,819,115,302,823,159,72,9,501,32,215,210,37,36,35,3,419,180,74,7,14,245,505,23,62,76,44,166,105,20,195,206,214,253,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century","category-3d","category-adjunct-faculty","category-artificial-intelligence-agents-llms-and-related","category-blockchain","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-credentialing","category-dangers-of-the-status-quo","category-daniel-s-christian","category-digital-video","category-e-publishing-related-items-epub-and-more","category-education-technology","category-educational-games-serious-games","category-emerging-technologies","category-future","category-future-of-higher-education","category-game-changing-environment","category-higher-education","category-ideas-teaching","category-innovation","category-leadership","category-learning-ecosystem","category-mobile-learning","category-mobile-technologies","category-mooc-massive-open-online-course","category-multimedia","category-online-learning","category-open-courseware-and-systems","category-pace-of-change","category-social-learning-networks","category-social-media","category-strategy","category-tools","category-trends","category-universities","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning","category-vision-possibilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61626","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=61626"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61632,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61626\/revisions\/61632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}