Prof. Roni Aviram
Educational futurist and philosopher of education, Roni (Aharon) Aviram’s interests focus on the impact of ICT on education and society, and on formulating macro and micro level strategies for the optimization of the impact of ICT on education and higher-education in light of Humanistic values. Aviram has published numerous articles on these subjects, as well as several books on the desired future of education and ICT-based education. He is the chair of the
Center for Futurism in Education at Ben-Gurion University, whose long term goal is to contribute to the design of desired educational futures by way of critically structuring theoretical as well as practical change processes in education, and in particular those that are driven by incorporation of ICT. Aviram has led pioneering Israeli and European projects and think-groups focused on the “merger” of ICT and education, the radical change of the school, educational systems and higher education, and the formation of virtual lifelong learning environments enhancing human development and flourishing. For Aviram, the best uses of ICT in any educational or lifelong learning framework would be those enhancing personal autonomy and participatory belonging, which are the two values he takes as the cornerstones of Humanism and Humanistic education. Aviram’s latest book,
Navigating through the Storm: Education in Postmodern Democratic Society, is forthcoming from Sense Publishes.