The objective of the article was to perform a literature review to analyze the use of megatrends as an analytical framework in various areas of economic and social discourse. Following SALSA methodology, the scope of the research covers peer reviewed articles published between 2010 and 2018. The results show that the concept of megatrends has been utilized in analyzing the impact of fundamental economic and social changes in three main areas: foresight studies of selected industries, analyses of existing and anticipated changes in management and business practices, and other socioeconomic topics. The content of the most frequently used megatrends covered: technology developments, environmental changes, demographic shifts, urbanization, and changes in geopolitics. The most coherently defined megatrends that are frequently envisaged to exercise influence on the contemporary world, and are expected to continue to do so in the future, are: digitization and development of ICT and related technologies, urbanization growth, scarcity of resources and climate changes.
musique après la révolution numérique : opportunités et contraintes pour l'industrie du disque Résumé : La révolution numérique est un phénomène assez récent, elle a cependant influencé très fort les industries créatives, parmi lesquelles l'industrie du disque. Assimilée souvent au piratage et donc considérée comme nocive aux productions musicales, elle a pourtant apporté des solutions positives aux auteurs, producteurs et distributeurs de la musique enregistrée. Dans le texte, à part le piratage, nous allons présenter quelques opportunités qui ont vu le jour sous la révolution numérique et qui se sont offertes aux acteurs de l'industrie du disque, devenant la source de profonds changements dans ce secteur du marché.
The purpose of the paper is to analyse whether open educational resources (OER), perceived by their enthusiasts as a key factor to economic, social and environmental progress, are a sufficient element to trigger a revolution in education - the world education systems suffering from the process of McDonaldization which impedes them from evolving towards the XXI century “creative school” structure. The analysis, based on a number of surveys conducted and published in Poland between 2013 and 2015 (Poland being in fact used as a case study) reveals, firstly, that the usage of OER is less frequent and common than it is supposed to be. Secondly, these resources serve as a complement to the traditional methodologies rather than a source of creative change, their real potential remaining undiscovered. Last but not least, to flourish, this potential demands a switch of paradigm at each level of the educational ecosystem, which principally means more freedom for teachers to create their own methodologies, including creative usage of OER, and ways of assessing students.
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