UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE) - Do you know about Dubai's new Museum of the Future? It opened on 22 February 2022

Name of new museum:

Museum of the Future

 

Focus of this museum: 

To reimagine the future, we must be open to new possibilities. Join us on a journey to 2071. Pioneer new worlds and ways of living, and return to shape today’s world for the better. 

For more information, visit the Museum of the Future website:

https://museumofthefuture.ae/en

The world in 2022: Beginning of the end of the pandemic? 5 essential flags to watch (by Clem Sunter) [News24, January 2022]

Title:

The world in 2022: Beginning of the end of the pandemic? 5 essential flags to watch

 

Author:

Clem Sunter

Scenario Planner and Futurist, South Africa

 

Published:

News24, 11 January 2022

https://www.news24.com/news24/columnists/clemsunter/clem-sunter-the-world-in-2022-end-of-the-beginning-of-the-pandemic-5-essential-flags-to-watch-20220111

 

From the article:

Will we be better prepared for the next pandemic? Will see another conflict on the level of World War Three? Clem Sunter breaks down essential flags to watch which indicate how the external world may evolve in 2022.

Post-pandemic Higher Education: Perspectives from University Leaders and Educational Experts in the United Arab Emirates [Scholarly Article - Higher Education for the Future, 2021]

Title:

Post-pandemic Higher Education: Perspectives from University Leaders and Educational Experts in the United Arab Emirates 

 

Authors:

Sanaa Ashour, Ghaleb A. El-Refae & Eman A. Zaitoun

 

Published:

Higher Education for the Future, 21 April 2021

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23476311211007261

 

Abstract:

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity to rethink higher education. This study focused on analysing experiences from three higher education institutions (HEIs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since the onset of the crisis and explored how university leaders and professors in these institutions imagine post-COVID-19 higher education. The study aimed to find out whether the pandemic has been a factor that has helped to legitimize online teaching and learning as a universal mode of delivery across different fields of studies, or if the Zoom fatigue has shown its limitations. In addition, the research investigated what transformations university experts predict and their vision for the future of higher education. The study found that many lessons learnt during the period of forced adoption of distance education will be used by universities to enhance and expand online learning provisions. This shift will be driven by the investments the universities have made in distance education and the increased familiarity of the students, staff and institutions with e-learning. The study participants foresee that more sophisticated forms of hybrid campuses will be a more appropriate model for the future, if face-to-face (F2F) classrooms do not return.

 

The Netflix generation won't want to own cars – here's how the auto industry can adapt (by Dr Andy Palmer) [Business Insider, June 2021]

Title:

The Netflix generation won't want to own cars - here's how the auto industry can adapt

 

Author:

Dr Andy Palmer

 

Published:

Business Insider, 28 June 2021

https://www.businessinsider.com/auto-industry-adapt-to-netflix-generation-not-owning-cars-2021-6?IR=T

 

From the article:

*  Ex-Nissan COO Dr Andy Palmer argues subscription models could be the future of car use.

* In this op-ed, he says Millenials and Gen Z are already used to such models in other areas of life.

* They could combine the flexibility of rentals with the benefits of ownership, he writes.

 

NEW BOOK (October 2020) - A life on our planet: my witness statement and a vision for the future by David Attenborough

Title:

A life on our planet: my witness statement and a vision for the future

Author:

David Attenboroug

Published:

Ebury Publishing, October 2020

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/life-our-planet-my-witness-statement-and-vision-future/9781529108286

ISBN:

9781529108286

From the book description:

A legacy-defining book from Sir David Attenborough, reflecting on his life's work, the dramatic changes to the planet he has witnessed, and what we can do to make a better future.   

 

See the world. Then make it better.

Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute - In the future, touchscreens will be obsolete. This lab designs what’s next [Digital Trends, 3 May 2020]

Title:
In the future, touchscreens will be obsolete. This lab designs what’s next 

Author:
Luke Dormehl

Published:
Digital Trends, 3 May 2020]
https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/figlab-computer-interfaces-of-the-future/

From the article:
"Located in a solar-powered, century-old building on the western side of Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh campus, FIGLAB, as it is affectionately called, boasts three studios loaded to the gills with everything from high-tech sensors to CNC milling machines and laser cutters."

Short Article: The Top 6 Trends in Education for 2020 (with an American focus)

Title:
The Top 6 Trends in Education for 2020

Author:
Kajeet

Published:
Kajeet, 23 December 2019

From the article:
"In anticipation of what's to come in the new year, we're highlighting six of the 2020 education trends that are sure to be top of mind for teachers, students, parents, and administrators."

To read this article:
https://www.kajeet.net/extracurricular/the-top-6-trends-in-education-for-2020

TED Talk (video): The Power to Think Ahead in a Reckless Age

Title:
The power to think ahead in a reckless age

Presenter:
Bina Venkataraman

Presented at an Official TED Conference, April 2019

Presentation description:
In a forward-looking talk, author Bina Venkataraman answers a pivotal question of our time: How can we secure our future and do right by future generations? She parses the mistakes we make when imagining the future of our lives, businesses and communities, revealing how we can reclaim our innate foresight. What emerges is a surprising case for hope - and a path to becoming the "good ancestors" we long to be.

To watch this video:
https://www.ted.com/talks/bina_venkataraman_the_power_to_think_ahead_in_a_reckless_age?language=en

MIT REPORT - The Work of the Future: Shaping Technology and Institutions

Title of report:
The work of the future: shaping technology and institutions

Published by:
MIT's Task Force on the Work of the Future, Fall 2019 Report

From the report:
MIT President Rafael Reif convened the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future in the spring of 2018. Its goals are to understand the relationships between emerging technologies and work, and to explore strategies to enable a future of shared prosperity. The Task Force is co-chaired by Professors David Autor and David Mindell, with Dr Elisabeth Reynolds as Executive Director; its members include more than twenty faculty drawn from twelve departments, as well as a dozen graduate students. The Task Force has also been advised by boards of key stakeholders from industry, academia, education, labor and pilanthropy. For the past year, the Task Force has been working to bring grounded, empirical understanding and insight into the ongoing debate about what is occurring today and what we can expect in the next decade.

Alarmist rhetoric animates today's public conversation about technology and work: Robots are taking our jobs. AI will mean the end of work. Three-fourths of all jobs will be automated. Prepare for mass unemployment. Robots can't take your job if you're retired.

These forecasts may be unduly grim, but they reflect valid underlying concerns. Technological and economic shifts are created social pain in wide swaths of industrialized economies. The last four decades of U.S. history showed that even if technological advances deliver rising productivity, there is no guarantee that the fruits of this bounty will reach the typical worker - and the uncertainty is greater still for women and minorities. These disccouraging facts may help to explain why, despite the tightest U.S. labor market in decades, a substantial majority of people believe that emerging technologies will magnify inequality and make high-paying jobs harder to fnd.

With these uncomfortable truths in mind, MIT's Task Force on the Work of the Future aims to identify a constructive path forward - grounded in evidence of what is happening today, deploying deep expertise in technology and the social sciences, and applying reasonable assumptions and extrapolations to anticipate what might happen tomorrow.

This report will not provide definitive answers, but instead aims to enable decision-makers to ask the right questions. Due to the urgency of the topic, we offer preliminary insights that may help to frame public debate and public policy as Task Force members conduct deeper analyses and deliver a final report.

To read this report:
https://workofthefuture.mit.edu/sites/default/files/2019-09/WorkoftheFuture_Report_Shaping_Technology_and_Institutions.pdf

Articles on the Future of Education

Here are some views on the future of education:

Reinventing education for the future of work
by Adi Gaskell
April 2, 2019
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/adigaskell/2019/04/02/reinventing-education-for-the-future-of-work/#684439491421

Five predictions for the future of education
by Jeff Rubenstein
January 24, 2019
Link: https://www.emergingedtech.com/2019/01/five-predictions-for-the-future-of-education-in-2019/

Envisioning the future of education and jobs
by David Ross
January 24, 2019
Link: https://www.gettingsmart.com/2019/01/envisioning-the-future-of-education-and-jobs/

Trends shaping education 2019 - OECD says countries should use global mega-trends to prepare the future of education
January 21, 2019
Link: http://www.oecd.org/education/ceri/trends-shaping-education-2019-oecd-says-countries-should-use-global-mega-trends-to-prepare-the-future-of-education.htm

Three education trends that will revolutionized the workplace in 2019
by Anant Agarwal
January 2, 2019
Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anantagarwal/2019/01/02/three-education-trends-that-will-revolutionize-the-workplace-in-2019/#4b7525f66363