The 2011 Horizon Report includes predictions on the technologies that will enter mainstream use in Higher Education over the coming years. I’m a bit sceptical of these predictions as they always seem overly optimistic. For 3-years in-a-row Mobiles have been listed as entering mainstream use in one year or less… (or more it seems).
This year’s report suggests the following will be entering mainstream use in:
One Year or Less
- Electronic Books
- Mobiles
Two to Three Years
- Augmented Reality
- Game-based Learning
Four to Five Years
- Gesture-based Computing
- Learning Analytics
The report also includes sections on Critical Challenges:
- Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession
- Appropriate metrics of evaluation lag behind the emergence of new scholarly forms of authoring, publishing, and researching
- Economic pressures and new models of education are presenting unprecedented competition to traditional models of the university
- Keeping pace with the rapid proliferation of information, software tools, and devices is challenging for students and teachers alike
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