Foresight Program Coordinator Andy Hines needs your help in exploring the future of learning 
and education! Hines says: “I firmly believe that the future needs a home in the academic space, thus I am pleased to join On the Horizon (OTH) as Editor-in-Chief and commit to a sharp focus on the future of post-secondary learning and education.”
“Our goal is to establish On the Horizon as the academic home for the future learning and education.”
There are so many exciting possibilities for the future of learning and education — from student-centered learning to MOOCs to Edtech to funding to policy and beyond. Yet there are also many obstacles on the pathway to better futures. We want to focus both on the emerging changes, the challenges, and the visions of the future and how it might be different.
Hines recently organized a special issue for OTH on the future of student needs. He added, “my first move is to bring aboard futurist colleagues with experience in this space, thus bringing on:
- Bryan Alexander, publisher of Future Trends in Technology and Education
- Jay Gary, Chair of the Assn of Professional Futurists and Assistant Dean of Online Programs at Oral Roberts University
- Katherine Prince, Sr. Director of Strategic Foresight at Knowledge Works
- Haley Glover, Strategic Director at Lumina Foundation.
So, what you can do? You can get involve as a:
Writer: submit a piece on some aspect of the future of learning and education
Reviewer: review submissions to make sure they align with our future focus and provide real value to readers (looks good in the resume!)
Guest editor: we do special issues in which you organize a team of contributors to do a deep dive on a particular topic
Tipster: let us know where the future is emerging, the hot conferences, blogs, websites, and most importantly the topics we should be covering
Email Andy Hines (ahines@uh.edu) on any of these topics!
