Ed Futures

About the Book

Throughout history, we have been trying to grasp, celebrate, and even reject advances in technology. Numerous science fiction films and literary works have paid homage to the possible futures looming. However, such futures and technologies present interesting situations for us in education. The community of educators, policymakers and technologists are worried by thoughts of children interacting with intelligent robots instead of teachers, and facing permanent unemployment because of automation. However, the future cannot be reduced to this fear and Ed Futures is an attempt to speculate worlds where education and technology are brought to life by very human connections. These worlds break into parts of society where we least expect it, and aims to open this important conversation on the impact of new technologies on education to a larger audience through storytelling. By speculating various futures in each story and making bare the politics of a changing world, our hope is to create a starting point for anyone and everyone to engage in creating a responsible future of learning. What is your learning future?

About the Author

Brought together by a passion for science fiction and a hungry curiosity for emerging technologies, Stavros N Yiannouka, Deena Newaz, and Vesta Gheibi came together to speculate the future of education. Stavros leads WISE as the CEO of the global think tank from Qatar Foundation. He actively engages with decision-makers around the world to encourage best practices in education systems that are geared towards a more inclusive future. Deena Newaz designs content for youth development programs and coaches education initiatives in the education and development sector. Vesta Gheibi produces content that spreads ideas worth sharing in education. Together they have extensive knowledge of the global education sector, and they have experiences from all around the world. They hail from Cyprus, Bangladesh and Iran, and have lived in Singapore, the UK, Australia, and Qatar.