Latest Trends in Educational Technology
Use Identified in 2015 Horizon Report
This is the analysis on Horizon Report for 2015 on examines
emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in teaching,
learning, and creative inquiry in schools.
The report identifies six key trends, six significant
challenges, and six important developments in educational technology across
three adoption horizons spanning over the next one to five years, giving campus
leaders, educational technologists, and faculty a valuable guide for strategic
technology planning. The report provides higher education leaders with in-depth
insight into how trends and challenges are accelerating and impeding the
adoption of educational technology, along with their implications for policy,
leadership, and practice.
“The release of this report kicks off the 14th year of the
NMC Horizon Project, which has sparked crucial conversations and progressive
strategies in institutions all over the world,”says Larry Johnson, Chief
Executive Officer of the NMC. “We are so appreciative of ELI’s continued
support and collaboration. Together we have been able to regularly provide
timely analysis to universities and colleges.”
“This year’s report addresses a number of positive trends
that are taking root in higher education,” notes ELI Director Malcolm Brown.
“More institutions are developing programs that enable students and faculty to
create and contribute innovations that advance national economies, and they are
also reimagining the spaces and resources accessible to them to spur this kind
of creativity.”
Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education
Technology Adoption
The NMC Horizon Report of 2015 Higher Education Edition identifies
“Advancing Cultures of Innovation” and “Rethinking How Institutions Work” as
long-term impact trends that for years affected decision-making and will
continue to accelerate the adoption of educational technology in higher
education over the next five years. “Redesigning Learning Spaces” and the
“Shift to Deeper Learning Approaches” are mid-term impact trends expected to
drive technology use in the next three to five years; meanwhile, “Growing Focus
on Measuring Learning” and “Increasing Use of Blended Learning” are short-term
impact trends, anticipated to impact institutions for the next one to two years
before becoming commonplace.
Significant Challenges Impeding Higher
Education Technology Adoption
A number of challenges are acknowledged as barriers to the
mainstream use of technology in higher education. “Blending Formal and Informal
Learning” and “Improving Digital Literacy” are perceived as solvable
challenges, meaning they are well-understood and solutions have been
identified. “Competing Models of Education” and “Personalizing Learning” are
considered difficult challenges, which are defined and well understood but with
solutions that are elusive. Described as wicked challenges are “Balancing Our
Connected and Unconnected Lives” and “Keeping Education Relevant.” Challenges
in this category are complex to define, making them more difficult to address.
Important Developments in Educational
Technology for Higher Education
Additionally, the report identifies bring your own device
(BYOD) and learning analytics and adaptive learning as digital strategies and
technologies expected to enter mainstream use in the near-term horizon of one
year or less. Augmented and virtual reality technologies and maker spaces are
seen in the mid-term horizon of two to three years; affective computing and
robotics are seen emerging in the far-term horizon of four to five years.
Reference: http://facdevblog.niu.edu/2016horizonreport
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