The New Media Consortium, in collaboration with EDUCAUSE, released the annual Horizon Report this January. The document describes trends and innovations in education and educational technology, providing detailed overviews, investigating relevance for teaching, learning, research, or creative expression, citing examples and supporting resources. It’s a fantastic overview of the state of the art(s), and should be considered required reading for anyone interested in the implications of technological development on the practices of teaching and learning.
This is the fifth annual report, and all previous reports are still available online for reference.
In the 2009 report, there are three time frames defined, with probable (or at least likely) developments described for each one:
- One year or less
- mobiles
- cloud computing
- Two to three years
- geolocation
- the personal web
- Four to five years
- semantic-aware applications
- smart objects
The report is available online in web page format, as well as a downloadable/printable PDF document.
