KnowledgeWorks - Map of Future Forces Affecting Education - Education Maps

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Smart Mobbing
Increase in skills of local businesses, health practitioners, parents, educators, and activists to form ad hoc groups to break the rules and catalyze change.

Smart mobbing becomes a primary social-networking skill Communities and families will become differentiated by their ability to catalyze collective action and mobilize resources for specific and targeted priorities. Smart mobs, self-organizing swarms, and other hybrid ad hoc groups will become familiar social forms that guide civic action and change in communities.

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Map Legend

Drivers
The vertical side of the left column of the map. These are six categories driving all trends, hotspots and dilemmas. Click on the purple bar for a definition of that driver.

Impact Areas
The horizontal axis of the map. These are five key areas of activity where major trends are revealed from different perspectives. Click on the purple bar for a definition of that impact area.

Hotspots
These are key trends that we think have broad impact on education and often make good starting points for exploring the map.

Dilemmas
These are issues that can't be solved with either/or thinking but require new strategies that go beyond simple problem solving.

Trends
Trends make up the core of the map. They are major shifts, new phenomena and concepts, and driving forces that will shape the future context of public education.

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