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(re)thinking education: what lies ahead?
The Knowledge Economy Forum (KEF) in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a non-profit organization that facilitates collaboration among politicians, researchers, and industry experts to advance societal and economic progress in areas such as innovation and education. The document highlights various historical misconceptions about technology and innovation, underscoring the importance of adaptability and forward-thinking in societal development. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of technology as a tool for social impact, with a focus on student-led learning experiences.
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- 1. Prince of SongklaUniversity, Hat Yai, 12th of December 2019 Arminas Varanauskas, [email protected]
- 3. Knowledge Economy Forum(KEF) is a professional non-profit, located in Vilnius, Lithuania with more than 50 members representing research, innovation and education areas. KEF brings together politicians, researchers, industry experts and citizens, and acts as a think-tank / debate platform for country’s societal and economical progress in the areas of knowledge society, innovation and education.
- 6. Everything that canbe invented has been invented. Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the US patent office in 1899 (neteisingai priskiriama).
- 7. I think thereis a world market for maybe five computers Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM in 1943
- 8. The horse ishere to stay but the automobile is only a novelty—a fad. The president of the Michigan Savings Bank advising Henry Ford's lawyer not to invest in the Ford Motor Co., 1903.
- 10. "Lee DeForesthas said in many newspapers and over his signature that it would be possible to transmit the human voice across the Atlantic before many years. Based on these absurd and deliberately misleading statements, the misguided public ... has been persuaded to purchase stock in his company ..." -- a U.S. District Attorney, prosecuting American inventor Lee DeForest for selling stock fraudulently through the mail for his Radio Telephone Company in 1913.
- 11. "To placea man in a multi-stage rocket and project him into the controlling gravitational field of the moon where the passengers can make scientific observations, perhaps land alive, and then return to earth - all that constitutes a wild dream worthy of Jules Verne. I am bold enough to say that such a man-made voyage will never occur regardless of all future advances." -- Lee DeForest, American radio pioneer and inventor of the vacuum tube, in 1926.
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- 24. 24 hours perweek (doubled in decade) 2617 per day 63 per day (+16 from last year) 171 per day
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- 53. Focus –improving condition of our world Social impact and consequences Environmental impact and consequences Technology as tool Student as leading learner (SCL)
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- 55. Classroom is notlocation. It is experience.