# FT: Swarm Intelligence

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</div>## 2026 FT: Swarm Intelligence

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</td><td>Future Technology Possibility

</td></tr><tr><td>Series

</td><td>Immersive Futures Guild — Vision 2035

</td></tr><tr><td>Layer

</td><td>1 — Atomic Foresight Object

</td></tr><tr><td>Status

</td><td>Active

</td></tr><tr><td>Confidence

</td><td>Medium

</td></tr><tr><td>Workshop

</td><td>Circle of Scholars — January 2026

</td></tr><tr><td>Facilitator

</td><td>Circle of Scholars Workshop Team

</td></tr><tr><td>Tags

</td><td>swarm | distributed | collaboration | layer1 | ft

</td></tr><tr><td>Tally.so Form

</td><td>https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-ft-swarm-2026

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</div>Swarm intelligence approaches — distributed, decentralized problem-solving by large numbers of loosely coupled agents — are finding applications in collaborative learning environment design, crowd-sourced knowledge construction, and the management of large-scale virtual educational communities. This card examines the pedagogical and organizational implications of swarm approaches for immersive learning at scale.

Key Drivers / Contributing Conditions:

- Swarm algorithm application to collaborative knowledge systems
- Large-scale social VR community self-organization research
- Distributed AI processing in edge computing environments

Tensions Carried Forward to Part II:

- How should individual learning accountability be maintained in swarm-organized learning systems?
- Can swarm dynamics in immersive environments be governed to prevent harmful emergent behaviors?

Linked Scenarios / Strands: STRAND: Social &amp; Co-Regulated XR Learning | SCENARIO: Global Co-Creation

Ways of Knowing: Tree · Garden · Lantern

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</td><td>COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION FORM — FT: Swarm Intelligence

Submit case examples, methodological challenges, cultural perspectives, and proposed evidence criteria via: https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-ft-swarm-2026

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</div><div align="left" dir="ltr" id="bkmrk-part-ii-%E2%80%94-scope-and-"><table><colgroup><col width="624"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>Part II — Scope and Instructions

</td></tr><tr><td>This section collects community responses, case examples, and challenges to the Part I foresight snapshot above.

</td></tr><tr><td>It opens July 1, 2026 and undergoes synthesis review in September 2026, November 2026, and January 2027.

</td></tr><tr><td>Contributions are submitted via the Tally.so form above and appear in the registers below after editorial review.

</td></tr><tr><td>The Part I text is not modified in response to Part II contributions; it is versioned at the Annual Handoff review.

</td></tr><tr><td>Contribution categories: Case Example | Methodological Challenge | Cultural/Community Perspective | Proposed Evidence Criterion

</td></tr><tr><td>Ways of Knowing accepted: Tree (evidence) | Garden (practice) | Lantern (futures)

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</div>Tensions Open for Community Response:

- How should individual learning accountability be maintained in swarm-organized learning systems?
- Can swarm dynamics in immersive environments be governed to prevent harmful emergent behaviors?

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</th><th scope="col">Way of Knowing

</th><th scope="col">Contribution Summary

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>\[ Awaiting contributions — form opens July 1, 2026 \]

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