Dominic Orr

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team lead at http://atingi.org, former research lead at http://kiron.ngo, adjunct professor for ed http://ung.si / making education better, incl stuff on digitalisation
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Dominic OrrMar 13
I've been working on a project around data governance for the last 8 months - time for a blog on what I think data governance is... https://digimusingsblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/13/data-governance-is-always-a-tradeoff-the-question-is-whether-you-are-in-a-position-to-negotiate/
Data governance is always a tradeoff. The question is whether you are in a position to negotiate.*

Background: In my first blog on data governance, I argued that data governance is the political architecture through which societies decide who controls the conditions under which data becomes info…

digi-musings on education
Dominic OrrMay 5, 2025
We can get clarity, when we see AI as a normal technology - https://wp.me/p8Mj42-dr - on challenges and regulation
AI Futures: Questions are clearer, when we see AI as a “normal” technology

The past few weeks saw the release of two high-profile reports around AI: one mapping out possible AI development trajectories through 2027, and another examining the escalating energy demands of A…

digi-musings on education
Dominic OrrApr 13, 2025
2 very interesting reports this week - https://ai-2027.com/ and https://www.iea.org/topics/artificial-intelligence What the reports didn't focus on is v important: Energy-Water Scarcity Trade-offs, Governance Capacity Asymmetries (betw. countries, betw companies) and Decision-Making Power Imbalances (tech elites vs others).
AI 2027

A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

Dominic OrrApr 13, 2025
Elena Rossini ⁂Apr 13, 2025

I just watched the most brilliant TED Talk by Carole Cadwalladr "This is what a digital coup looks like"

🔗: https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like

It's filled with memorable, superb quotes about the broligarchy. A must see, to be shared widely.

But then I looked up Cadwalladr's online activity. She uses Bluesky for social and Substack for publishing. This is impossibly incongruous after her incendiary TED talk.

Honestly, it made me sad. One place is owned by crypto bros, the other is funded by A16Z...

Carole Cadwalladr: This is what a digital coup looks like

TED
Dominic OrrApr 1, 2025
Marina WeisbandMar 28, 2025
Dominic OrrMar 24, 2025
The situation around the insolvency of 23andMe in the US highlights the tension between data markets and data protection. While 23andMe claims "no changes to the way the company stores, manages, or protects customer data" during the sale process, the reality is that personal genetic information represents a valuable asset that might be sold on to other companies in the context of insolvency
Dominic OrrFeb 1, 2025
Everyone is talking about micro credentials in higher education across the globe, but why are relevant? I take a jobs-to-be-done approach from product management to the question. https://wp.me/p8Mj42-cQ
Jobs to Be Done (JTBD): Microcredentials for Student Needs

At atingi we are building a product, so we use product management approaches to determine what we focus on. One of the most interesting approaches I find we use is Bob Moesta’s Jobs To Be Don…

digi-musings on education
Dominic OrrJun 13, 2024

We are looking forward to the our data governance webinar offered in collaboration between GIZ, EstDev and Smart Africa on 19 June.

Join Dr Ott Velsberg, Chief Data Officer, Estonia, Prof Ndemo Bitango, Kenya's Ambassador to Belgium & EU, and Mr Osman Issah, Manager for Resilient and Inclusive Digital Infrastructure at Smart Africa for insightful talks and an interactive peer exchange session.

19.6.24 14-15.30 CET

To register, follow this link:

https://ee.kobotoolbox.org/x/qV0aumSK

Enketo Express for KoboToolbox

Dominic OrrMar 8, 2024
Some positivity for the weekend: Lets not be disheartened by the tone of the Munich Security Conference on "lose-lose" global partnerships, and instead be inspired to create a global learning planet, which supports a new generation of global citizens inclusive by age, gender, geography and background. https://digimusingsblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/a-learning-planet/
A learning planet

One of the key topics of the Munich Security Conference was that today the international, geopolitical approach of a zero-sum game has pushed back the idea of productive partnerships – the an…

digi-musings on education
Dominic OrrMar 7, 2024
Its a pleasure to hear Igor Lesko, Director of Operations for the Open Education Consortium @oeglobal
about his research on the influence of International Organisations on OE Policy across the globe. This is a student-led workshop in our Master Programme on Leadership in Open Education
#OERcamp
#OEWeek [email protected]