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	== Reflection on Process and Final Presentation ==		== Reflection on Process and Final Presentation ==

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	For the final day of class, I will ask you to prepare, in your groups, a final presentation (with group slide deck) that explores ‘take away points’ for the Wikimedia project: How was this future of education inspired by your observations in the present? What process did you go through to construct your future narrative? What challenges did you face in imagining the ‘future’ of education? Which course ideas/texts (may have) guided your thinking in some way?		For the final day of class, I will ask you to prepare, in your groups, a final presentation (with group slide deck) that explores ‘take away points’ for the Wikimedia project: How was this future of education inspired by your observations in the present? What process did you go through to construct your future narrative? What challenges did you face in imagining the ‘future’ of education? Which course ideas/texts (may have) guided your thinking in some way?

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==

	~~[[Speculative Issues]]~~

	This week we shift to a collaborative storytelling project using MediaWiki (the same basic coding platform as Wikipedia). There are a lots of wikis out there, and your school board tech should be able to set you up (or even install) one of these free systems on the server.		This week we shift to a collaborative storytelling project using MediaWiki (the same basic coding platform as Wikipedia). There are a lots of wikis out there, and your school board tech should be able to set you up (or even install) one of these free systems on the server.

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==

			[[Speculative Issues]]

	This week we shift to a collaborative storytelling project using MediaWiki (the same basic coding platform as Wikipedia). There are a lots of wikis out there, and your school board tech should be able to set you up (or even install) one of these free systems on the server.		This week we shift to a collaborative storytelling project using MediaWiki (the same basic coding platform as Wikipedia). There are a lots of wikis out there, and your school board tech should be able to set you up (or even install) one of these free systems on the server.

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	"Futures studies is the systematic study of '''possible''', '''probable''' and '''preferable''' futures."		"Futures studies is the systematic study of '''possible''', '''probable''' and '''preferable''' futures."

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	"Futures studies is the systematic study of '''possible''', '''probable''' and '''preferable''' futures."		"Futures studies is the systematic study of '''possible''', '''probable''' and '''preferable''' futures."

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Science Fiction and Elements of World Building

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	Content (95%): Use world building techniques and processes of extrapolation, etc, (covered in class) to imagine the future of education in the form of a wiki page. To begin, you need to identify the larger, overarching problems facing education, schools, and youth '''today''' - and then consider a future condition or "state of affairs" in relation to these challenges or current problems - be them social/cultural, ecological, institutional (schools), pedagogical, and or technological. Consider (educational) questions related to equity, access, inclusion, diversity, and social justice.		Content (95%): Use world building techniques and processes of extrapolation, etc, (covered in class) to imagine the future of education in the form of a wiki page. To begin, you need to identify the larger, overarching problems facing education, schools, and youth '''today''' - and then consider a future condition or "state of affairs" in relation to these challenges or current problems - be them social/cultural, ecological, institutional (schools), pedagogical, and or technological. Consider (educational) questions related to equity, access, inclusion, diversity, and social justice.

			Step 1: Build the world together (using encyclopedic format).
			Step 2: Create narrative pages (individual) (see below).

	Consider the conditional term: '''"What if?"''' and review the handouts to help.		Consider the conditional term: '''"What if?"''' and review the handouts to help.
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	'''Technical Expectations'''		'''Technical Expectations'''

	Create (as a group) a '''collaborative''' future world 'home page' using the Wikimedia '''~~encylopedia~~ format/genre''' of description. Think 2000-3000 words range as a group.		Create (as a group) a '''collaborative''' future world 'home page' using the Wikimedia '''encyclopedia format/genre''' of description. Think 2000-3000 words range as a group.

	Create Your '''Individual''' Pages that link from your home page: Each individual page should be in story form: a first-or third-person account of living in this world that reflects on the educational/learning aspects as well as other facets of the the world (e.g., using a found 'memoir', a 'found' diary, or a news story about someone living in this world). Think 1000 words for a story, if you go over a bit, fine, though 1,500 words MAX.		Create Your '''Individual''' Pages that link from your home page: Each individual page should be in story form: a first-or third-person account of living in this world that reflects on the educational/learning aspects as well as other facets of the the world (e.g., using a found 'memoir', a 'found' diary, or a news story about someone living in this world). Think 1000 words for a story, if you go over a bit, fine, though 1,500 words MAX.

	Ensure you address aspects of learning and education: What is the relation between schools/education and the world you have built? What and how do people learn? Where, when do people we learn? How is curriculum understood/used (if there is one)? What tools are utilized? What is the role of the teacher (if there is one)?		Ensure you address aspects of learning and education: What is the relation between schools/education and the world you have built? What and how do people learn? Where, when do people we learn? How is curriculum understood/used (if there is one)? What tools are utilized? What is the role of the teacher (if there is one)? What about issues related to inclusion and access and equity?

	* '''Tip''': Do not project too far into the future (in order to consider present concerns as well)		* '''Tip''': Do not project too far into the future (in order to consider present concerns as well)
	* '''Tip''': Avoid dystopian or ~~utopian~~ extremes: consider ~~preferrable~~ futures as well (not only 'what if', but perhaps also what might be a preferable future, and how would we go about creating the foundations for such a future today?		* '''Tip''': Avoid dystopian or Utopian extremes: consider preferable futures as well (not only 'what if', but perhaps also what might be a preferable future, and how would we go about creating the foundations for such a future today?

	Add images sourced from [https://creativecommons.org/ creative commons] or the web [put the link at the bottom of the page as a reference].		Add images sourced from [https://creativecommons.org/ creative commons] or the web [put the link at the bottom of the page as a reference].

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Collaborative World Building

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	== Collaborative World Building ==		== Collaborative World Building ==

	'''Using the hand-outs as blueprints''': you will (in groups 3) imagine the future of education via speculative storytelling and world building. Your task is to come up with, and agree upon, some central facets of this new world like: year, state of society/politics, role of schooling (or if there are no more formal schooling institutions, how do we learn?), impacts of technology (e.g., extrapolate on social media, virtual reality ['meta'], environmental issues, surveillance, social justice, transhumanism, politics, etc.) and related aspects of human life like identity, social roles, class structures, EDI (equity, diversity, ~~and~~ equality) and so on. You will need to get together and do some brainstorming to piece this world together.		'''Using the hand-outs as blueprints''': you will (in groups of 3) imagine the future of education via speculative storytelling and world building. Your task is to come up with, and agree upon, some central facets of this new world like: year, state of society/politics, role of schooling (or if there are no more formal schooling institutions, how do we learn?), impacts of technology (e.g., extrapolate on social media, virtual reality ['meta'], generative AI, environmental issues, surveillance, social justice, transhumanism, politics, etc.) and related aspects of human life like identity, social roles, class structures, culture/s and language/s, EDI (equity, diversity, equality, decolonization) and so on. You will need to get together and do some brainstorming to piece this world together.

	~~While~~ you extrapolate, consider the educational/learning practices and theories discussed in this course (or other courses) as resources for imagining/extrapolating.		What trends do you see in the present? Then, while you extrapolate, consider the educational/learning practices and theories discussed in this course (or other courses) as resources for imagining/extrapolating and world building. Toronto is your focus (not Mars).

	Once you have 'sketched out' a common world together, you will collaboratively write about what this world looks like, and how education/learning fits in, along with the rest. Course ideas/texts/theories might be used to guide your thinking in some way.		Once you have 'sketched out' a common world together, you will collaboratively write about what this world looks like, and how education/learning fits in, along with the rest. Course ideas/texts/theories might be used to guide your thinking in some way.

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Introduction

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	* As things are now, what might the future of education look like? (If we 'extrapolate' - or say 'what if?')		* As things are now, what might the future of education look like? (If we 'extrapolate' - or say 'what if?')
	* Why is the work of looking forward and imagining possibility important for us, both in and beyond school contexts?		* Why is the work of looking forward and imagining possibility important for us, both in and beyond school contexts?
	* Does considering possible futures help us think critically about the present, past and future?		* Does considering possible futures help us think critically about the present, past and future? Does, and how does, mapping possibility contribute to confidence and teacher agency, with regard to present and future challenges?

	== Collaborative World Building ==		== Collaborative World Building ==

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Science Fiction and Elements of World Building

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	Ensure you address aspects of learning and education: What is the relation between schools/education and the world you have built? What and how do people learn? Where, when do people we learn? How is curriculum understood/used (if there is one)? What tools are utilized? What is the role of the teacher (if there is one)?		Ensure you address aspects of learning and education: What is the relation between schools/education and the world you have built? What and how do people learn? Where, when do people we learn? How is curriculum understood/used (if there is one)? What tools are utilized? What is the role of the teacher (if there is one)?

			* '''Tip''': Do not project too far into the future (in order to consider present concerns as well)
			* '''Tip''': Avoid dystopian or utopian extremes: consider preferrable futures as well (not only 'what if', but perhaps also what might be a preferable future, and how would we go about creating the foundations for such a future today?

	Add images sourced from [https://creativecommons.org/ creative commons] or the web [put the link at the bottom of the page as a reference].		Add images sourced from [https://creativecommons.org/ creative commons] or the web [put the link at the bottom of the page as a reference].

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	'''Technical Expectations'''		'''Technical Expectations'''

	Create (as a group) a '''collaborative''' future world 'home page' using the Wikimedia '''encylopedia format/genre''' of description. Think ~~1500~~-~~2000~~ words range as a group.		Create (as a group) a '''collaborative''' future world 'home page' using the Wikimedia '''encylopedia format/genre''' of description. Think 2000-3000 words range as a group.

	Create Your '''Individual''' Pages that link from your home page: Each individual page should be in story form: a first-or third-person account of living in this world that reflects on the educational/learning aspects as well as other facets of the the world (e.g., using a found 'memoir', a 'found' diary, or a news story about someone living in this world). Think ~~500-~~1000 words for a story, if you go over a bit, fine, though 1,500 words MAX.		Create Your '''Individual''' Pages that link from your home page: Each individual page should be in story form: a first-or third-person account of living in this world that reflects on the educational/learning aspects as well as other facets of the the world (e.g., using a found 'memoir', a 'found' diary, or a news story about someone living in this world). Think 1000 words for a story, if you go over a bit, fine, though 1,500 words MAX.

	Ensure you address aspects of learning and education: What is the relation between schools/education and the world you have built? What and how do people learn? Where, when do people we learn? How is curriculum understood/used (if there is one)? What tools are utilized? What is the role of the teacher (if there is one)?		Ensure you address aspects of learning and education: What is the relation between schools/education and the world you have built? What and how do people learn? Where, when do people we learn? How is curriculum understood/used (if there is one)? What tools are utilized? What is the role of the teacher (if there is one)?