NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition
NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition
The NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition is a collaborative effort between the NMC and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). This 12th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education.
Six key trends, six significant challenges, and six important developments in educational technology are identified across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years, giving leaders and practitioners a valuable guide for strategic technology planning. The report aims to provide these leaders with more in-depth insight into how the trends and challenges are accelerating and impeding the adoption of educational technology, along with their implications for policy, leadership and practice.
Key Trends Accelerating Technology Adoption in Higher Education
Long-Term Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years
- Advancing Cultures of Change and Innovation
- Increasing Cross-Institution Collaboration
Mid-Term Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for three to five years
- Growing Focus on Measuring Learning
- Proliferation of Open Educational Resources
Short-Term Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for the next one to two years
- Increasing Use of Blended Learning
- Redesigning Learning Spaces
Significant Challenges Impeding Technology Adoption in Higher Education
Solvable Challenges: Those that we understand and know how to solve
- Blending Formal and Informal Learning
- Improving Digital Literacy
Difficult Challenges: Those we understand but for which solutions are elusive
- Personalizing Learning
- Teaching Complex Thinking
Wicked Challenges: Those that are complex to even define, much less address
- Competing Models of Education
- Rewarding Teaching
Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
View the work that produced the report at http://www.horizon.wiki.nmc.org/.
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Source: NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Higher Education Edition – http://www.nmc.org/publication/nmc-horizon-report-2015-higher-education-edition/
