A new education program for the future

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilla Kristiansen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Critical Question ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Transdisciplinary Education ◽  
Healthcare Practice ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
New Education ◽  
Insight Into

‘´A new education program for the future´ is set in a time when, even though the SDGs have not been achieved in the time allocated for them, working towards the goals and aspirations expressed in them remains as important as ever. Insight into the interconnected nature of society, health and environment and the need for long-term, transdisciplinary thinking and action has led to the creation of a new health and sustainability Bachelor program. Transdisciplinary education and communication have become the new normal and one can feel an excitement growing from the exchange. The expanded understanding of healthcare that underpins this kind of education and practice amplifies critical question to physiotherapy as we move towards new healthcare futures: Will we hold on to physiotherapy as it always has been, or will we change it? Will we oppose or contribute to the creation of new approaches to healthcare practice and education? What will be our contributions to the complex social and environmental challenges of healthcare today and in the future? What futures are we willing to imagine, and which ones are we willing to help come to life?

The utility of relationships in the creation and maintenance of an event portfolio

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Kelly ◽  
Sheranne Fairley
Keyword(s):  
Process Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose Event portfolios promote synergies among events and stakeholders within a destination in order to maximise resources. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of relationships in the creation and maintenance of an event portfolio using the four stages of Parvatiyar and Sheth’s (2000) process model of relationship marketing: formation, management and governance, performance evaluation, and evolution. Design/methodology/approach Nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with tourism and government stakeholders involved in the creation and maintenance of an event portfolio within a single destination. Findings The destination outlined clear strategic goals through an event strategy. An Events Board was established to bring together key stakeholders from tourism, events, and government to oversee the development of an event portfolio. The Events Board gave advice to relevant tourism and government stakeholders on which events they should provide funding. Developing relationships was not a stated objective, but the Events Board realised the importance of relationships to create and maintain the destination’s event portfolio. Long-term funding contracts were used as a mechanism to establish relationships and were an impetus for interaction. Relationships were also maintained through dedicated staff who managed the relationships between the destination stakeholders and the events. Practical implications Understanding factors that contribute to the successful creation and maintenance of event portfolios can inform destination stakeholders who are responsible for generating tourism through events. Originality/value Limited research has examined the creation and maintenance of event portfolios. This study provides insight into the central importance of relationships in creating and maintaining an event portfolio.

Speculations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlindo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Human Species ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Evolution Of Technology ◽  
Technological Singularity ◽  
The Creation

This chapter, the last chapter in the book, presents some far-fetched ideas about the future of technology and the human species. It starts by discussing the concept of technological singularity, an even that would create a discontinuity in the evolution of technology. The idea that mind uploading may one day become possible leads many people to believe that the singularity will one day happen, making it possible to eradicate death entirely. Approaches such as cryonics, that aim at preserving bodies until the singularity arrives, are considered and discussed. The creation of digital minds also raises complex questions about the possible future existence of intelligences much superior to those of humans, leading to the problem of how to deal with such intelligences. Finally, the chapter analyses the possible relations between digital minds, the long term future of technology and how these questions may be related with Fermi’s paradox: if there are many intelligences in the galaxy, how come we never met any?

The long-term future of dentistry

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Earl Howe
Keyword(s):  
Oral Health ◽  
National Health Service ◽  
Health Service ◽  
National Health ◽  
Coalition Government ◽  
Health Minister ◽  
Pilot Programme ◽  
The Future ◽  
Insight Into

Dentistry in the National Health Service (NHS) is undergoing some of the most significant changes in its history as the pilot programme continues to shape the dental contract of the future. Lord Howe, Health Minister, has been at the helm of the transformation since taking responsibility for oral health and dentistry policy when the coalition government formed in 2010. Now, two years into an extraordinary journey, he gives his insight into the progress and hopes for the long-term future of dentistry.

scholarly journals Closing the Future: Environmental Research and the Management of Conflicting Future Value Orders

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-262 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jenny Andersson ◽  
Erik Westholm
Keyword(s):  
Research Program ◽  
Environmental Research ◽  
Major Research ◽  
The Future ◽  
Future Value ◽  
The Creation

This paper examines a struggle over the future use of Nordic forests, which took place from 2009 to 2012 within a major research program, Future Forests—Sustainable Strategies under Uncertainty and Risk, organized and funded by Mistra, The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research. We explore the role of strategic environmental research in societal constructions of long-term challenges and future risks. Specifically, we draw attention to the role played by environmental research in the creation of future images that become dominant for how societies structure action for the long term. We also show that this process is on several accounts problematic. Research labeled “strategic” or “relevant” is intended to manage long-term risks and challenges in a sustainable way, by taking into account the “open” and “plural” nature of the future. The case of Future Forests suggests, rather, that by contributing to the emergence of dominant future images, environmental research is entangled with a process of gradual consensus creation around what may be highly selective or biased narratives of the long term, which may conceal or postpone key forms of future conflict.

scholarly journals Inclusive security architecture in the Middle East: peculiarities of functioning and Prospects for expansion

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Danila Sergeevich Krylov
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Security Architecture ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation

This article explores the prerequisites for the creation and peculiarities of functioning of the inclusive security architecture in the Middle East. This system of ensuring and maintaining peace was established by Russia, and currently includes two cross-regional Middle Eastern powers – Turkey and Iran. The author analyzes the potential of involving new actors — Saudi Arabia and Israel – into the functioning of the security architecture. The article employs the method of SWOT-analysis for determining the advantages and disadvantaged of the inclusive security architecture in the Middle East, as well as outlining the major threats and capabilities of the system. The novelty of this research lies in giving definition to the concept of “inclusive security architecture”; assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the inclusive security architecture created by Russia in the Middle East; outlining the major threats and vulnerabilities of the system, as well as the potential attraction of new actors therein. The author also highlights the peculiarities of the key five pairs of conflict relations in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia — Iran, Saudi Arabia – Turkey, Saudi Arabia – Israel, Israel – Iran, and Israel – Turkey), the nature of which Russia should take into account within the framework of long-term planning. The conclusion is made that in the future, the inclusive security architecture may become one of the key pillars of peace and security in the Middle East, and gradually mitigate the conflicts in this region.

scholarly journals Repositioning People in Creative Futures: A Method to Create Sound Advice with Exploratory Scenarios

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Guillermo Velasco ◽  
◽  
Rafael Popper ◽  
Ian Miles ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Future Scenarios ◽  
Policy Decisions ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Near Future ◽  
As If

Foresight scenarios are not only useful presentational devices to show that many aspects of the future are open. Scenarios are means for generating advice that helps policymakers initiate actions in the present or near future that will be of long-term significance. Despite the influence that such advice may have on policy decisions, the Foresight literature has paid very little attention to the creation of policy recommendations. Though reports of scenario exercises frequently conclude with lists of recommendations that follow from the study, there is very little explication of the process whereby advice is elicited from the examination of these future scenarios. This paper addresses this gap, examining how the generation of recommendations is related to the development of scenarios within multiple future repositioning workshop settings. It focuses on the fluency and originality of these recommendations, and how this is influenced by repositioning participants in highly transformational scenarios. Repositioning is the process whereby participants are invited to imagine themselves playing roles in hypothetical future contexts, and on that basis to make decisions or devise strategies as if they actually were immersed in these circumstances. The method proposed and the findings of the case study have implications for why and how this future repositioning approach can be incorporated as a ‘key feature’ in the design of Foresight activities. The aim is also to raise awareness of the need for more exploration of Foresight recommendation methodology.

scholarly journals Tourism in Hawaii 1776‐2076: futurist Jim Dator talks with Ian Yeoman

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Dator ◽  
Ian Yeoman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
Unstable Environment ◽  
Personal Insight ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose Futurist Jim Dator provides a personal insight of how he “sees” the past, present, and futures of Hawaiian tourism. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach Ian Yeoman interviews one of the world's most prominent and respected futurists, Professor Jim Dator, from the Futures Research Center of the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Political Science Department. Findings Like a climatologist, futurists discuss long‐term futures which are very uncertain, controversial, and often frightening stories. The past tells how the present occurred. Understanding that story is essential before considering the future. The growth of tourism is a fabulous story dependent on many developments whose future is uncertain. The tourism industry may want a “more of the same” trajectory of continued economic growth but a number changes are on the horizon which Dator calls “The Unholy Trinity,” namely the end of cheap and abundant energy; a profoundly unstable environment and a dysfunctional global economic system. Dator concludes that no government now governs satisfactorily, and so the future of tourism is extremely precarious and uncertain. Originality/value The interview provides both insight into how tourism has evolved and foresight of what could occur in the futures. Central to the interview is Dator's identification of the Unholy Trinity, Plus One, that suggests that the future will not neither be like the present nor like the future the tourism industry has hoped for in terms of continued economic growth. The originality and value of Dator's frank views are thought provoking, going beyond present wisdom and comfort.

scholarly journals To Zoom or not to Zoom: Japanese and Ukrainian students’ attitudes towards online language learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 255-260
Author(s):  
Jaime Selwood ◽  
Kateryna Nykytchenko
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Online Privacy ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Online Language Learning ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Insight Into

This paper reports on research that aimed to provide initial insight into how university students in two different countries, Japan and Ukraine, coped with greater use of videoconferencing software and whether this resulted in any issues surrounding their online privacy. To facilitate learning under the COVID-19 pandemic, instructors and learners had to speedily adapt to a ‘new normal’ of intense videoconferencing online learning. However, did this rapid implementation of online learning negatively impact students’ privacy? The findings presented in this reflective paper suggest that despite initial concerns, students who participated in the research exhibited low-level concerns regarding the impact of videoconferencing software on their online privacy. Although, students’ privacy concerns did grow when presented with long-term or permanent use of online learning as an integral part of a language learning structure.

Accelerating Digital Transformation in E&P Business

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anak Karim
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
The Future ◽  
Energy Companies

Abstract As a resourced based economy, Malaysia relies heavily on the energy oil, and gas industry - a critical sector contributing to the economic growth of the Malaysian economy; which makes up in the range of 20% - 25% of the total gross domestic product (GDP) of Malaysia as of 2017. No analysts can properly predict prices of the future, with the highs and lows of crude and natural gas and renewables as the fuel of the future and are perhaps new way of things. This "new normal" in which countries, including Malaysia, must learn to adapt in a more agile manner to the "new way of work" of increased productivity and efficiency (de Graauw, McCreery, & Murphy, 2015). In adapting to the new normal, measures of increased productivity must continue to be pushed forward and implemented. Energy companies and services provider still need to continue with exploration and development (E&P) operations and activities to meet long term strategic objectives and demands of the nation, in line with the aspirations of the national oil company, however, it needs to add more value to every dollar spent as margins have continued to shrink and reduce profit margins of energy producers. This is where Digital Transformation comes into play and the urgency for implementation has gone from novelty solutions to critical business survival. Changing industry trends such as Industrial Revolution 4.0 have made it more prevalent than ever to make better use of capital at a time when productivity is essential. At the same time, the industry needs to continue to explore and develop to meet long-term demands, which continues to grow albeit slower than before.

Medijpratība Latvijā: iedzīvotāju aptaujas rezultāti (2019) un nākotnes uzdevumi

2021 ◽  
pp. 267-280
Author(s):  
Klinta Ločmele
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Problem Situations ◽  
The Future ◽  
Literacy Survey ◽  
The Media ◽  
New Education

The article aims to present the latest results of the media literacy survey of the Latvian population, compare them with the indicators of 2017, and outline the future tasks for successful media literacy development in Latvia based on the identified problem situations. The results of the 2019 research were obtained in a representative survey of the Latvian population. It was conducted by the Latvian Council of Science project “Latvian Media Ecology: Analysis of the Changes Caused by the Fourth Industrial Revolution” No. lzp-2018/2-0260. To explain the context, the article begins with an explanation of the concept of media literacy, a brief overview of the development of media literacy in Latvia over the past five years, and a description of the media literacy of the Latvian population. Although some media literacy indicators of the Latvian population have improved in terms of self-assessment, there are still results that indicate the need to intensively continue media literacy education and address it more purposefully to certain groups of society. In the second part, the author offers a vision of some future tasks in the process of promoting media literacy in the field of project topics and media literacy strategy and policy planning. The first task is to encourage children and young people to think critically in evaluating Youtube and other social media content. The second highlights the need to reach the population with a low level of education. The third draws attention to the need to successfully integrate the media literacy issues included in the new education standard into students’ daily work and provide lifelong learning for teachers. The fourth task for the future is to design long-term projects, also thinking about measuring their effectiveness.

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