Tutorials, Tours and Seminars

-- a university of arizona course on methods and approaches for studying the future

Tutorials and tours are brief excursions to familiarize you with selected topics. Seminars are more in depth and are for specific class assignments and learning about the subjects listed. Workshops are related topics for background information and short courses are from other sites but on relevant topics. An Internet guide is available if you need to tune up your internet skills.

Tutorials

Tutorial 1 -- Futures in a Nutshell

Tutorial 2 -- Building Scenarios

Tutorial 3 -- Making Your Own Futures Study

 

Tours

Tour 1 -- A Quick Tour of this Class

Tour 2 -- Futures Relevant Web Sites Overview

Tour 3 -- Futures Readings

Tour 4 -- Visiting Some Distributed Learning Sites

 

Seminars

Seminar 1  --  Selected Books about the Future (brief reviews)

Seminar 2  --  Futures Techniques

Seminar 3  --  The Futures Literature

Seminar 4  --  Face-to-face Brainstorm/Feedback Sessions (example: Search Conference)

 

Workshops (related topics instructor prepared for other purposes)

Workshop 1  --  Digital/face-to-face/hybrid Learning (that is what we are doing in this class)

Workshop 2  --  Internet Search Techniques

Workshop 3  --  Learner Centered Education (partly used in this class)

 

Courses (for learning but also experiencing learning on the web)

Course 1 -- Rapids of Change (Introductory course in Transformational Studies) by Robert Theobald

Course 2 -- The Tree of Life (Learning about phylogeny and biodiversity) by David and Wayne Maddison

Course 3 -- Effective Scientific Presentations (techniques and suggestions) by Jeff Radel (Univ Kansas)

Course 4 -- Understanding Modern Biology (UA Biology Learning Center)

Course 5 -- World Lecture Hall (via University of Texas - pick your course)