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Seven-session FTW sequence circling from far future through present to near future

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Description

The FTW is delivered as a series of seven sessions — Imagineering, Modelling, Role-play, Retrofit, Everyday, Futurefit and Requirements — each with a defined outcome recorded by facilitators. The sequence "starts in Box 4 in Table #2, examining new activity and technology in the far future", then circles through Boxes 3, 1 and 2 and back to 4, travelling from the far future to the present and near future. It is typically run as a half-day event with six to twenty participants plus two or three facilitators.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • A minimum of six and maximum 20 participants plus two or three facilitators
  • Approximately two hours for the first four sessions and approximately 90 minutes for the remaining three

Constraints

Target Learners

  • children and adults participating in technology design workshops

Learning Goals

  • envisioning future activities and deriving requirements for emerging technology

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Giasemi N. Vavoula and Mike Sharples. (2007). Future Technology Workshop: A Collaborative Method for the Design of New Learning Technologies and Activities. Pre-print, to appear in International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2007. https://www.ftw.org.uk
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title Seven-session FTW sequence circling from far future through present to near future
description The FTW is delivered as a series of seven sessions — Imagineering, Modelling, Role-play, Retrofit, Everyday, Futurefit and Requirements — each with a defined outcome recorded by facilitators.
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