Preparing for the Thaw - Seven Questions to Make Sense of the Future
Mindset:
- Pause, think out loud and to place yourself in the future (2025)
- No need to justify your thoughts.
- Be intuitive or logical according to your preference.
- Take the questions as inspiration rather than limitation to your response.

Recording:
- Use brief phrases that paint a picture and are rich in keywords.
- Avoid qualifications, caveats, weasel words, etc
- Avoid abbreviations
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Questions for the Oracle about 2025
What do you see as critical uncertainties in the future of learning technology? Suppose you met an oracle with fore-knowledge of learning technology adoption and innovation, what questions would you ask?
A Favourable Outcome by 2025
Being optimistic but realistic, what kind of innovation in learning technology would you consider to be desirable? What would you like to see people doing with technology to benefit education?
An Unfavourable Outcome
As the converse, if things went wrong, what factors would you worry about? How might technology be misused? What kind of outcome would disappoint you most?
How Will Culture and Institutions Need to Change
Looking at the current culture and organisational structures of educational institutions, how might these need to be changed to help bring about your desired outcome?
Lessons from the Past
Looking back at the development of learning technology since 1995, what would you identify as the significant lessons learned?  Which dreams for  learning technology were thwarted or proved difficult in practice?
Decisions to be Made and Actions Taken
Looking forward, what would you see as priority actions which should be carried out soon? What should sector bodies such as LSIS and JISC invest in? How should learning technologists self-organise through ALT or otherwise?
If You Had a “Magic Wand”...
If you could make one thing happen, what would it be? If all constraints were removed and you became all-powerful, what would you do?
Which of the following do you see yourself as being
In which sectors do you work
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