HORIZON REPORT 2014
HIGHER EDUCATION
Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, Ed DNational University
School of Education, Associate Professor
Expert AdvisorHorizon Report
Higher Education, 2014
EDUCAUSENew Media Consortium
Executive Briefing to National University March 12, 2014
The New Media Consortium (NMC)Horizon Report
2014 Higher Education Edition
NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM and The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)
• Key Trends Accelerating Adoption1
• Significant Challenges Impeding Higher Education Technology Adoption
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• Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education
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Executive Summary Horizon Report Higher Education
Fast, Mid-Range, and Long-Range
Fast Trends: Driving changes in higher education over the next one to two years
– Growing Ubiquity of Social Media– Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning
Mid-Range Trends: Driving changes in higher education within three to five years
– Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment– Shift from Students as Consumers to Students as Creators
Long-Range Trends: Driving changes in higher education in five or more years
– Agile Approaches to Change– Evolution of Online Learning
Fast
Growing Ubiquity of Social Media
Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning
Is Blended Learning the Best of Both Worlds?
HapyakVoicethread
Faculty Community
Mid-Range Rise of Data Driven Learning and Assessment
Mid-Range Students as Creators
Long RangeEvolution of Online Learning
Significant Challenges Impeding Higher Education Technology AdoptionSolvable Challenges: Those that we understand and know how to solve• Low Digital Fluency of Faculty• Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching
Difficult Challenges: Those we understand but for which solutions are elusive• Competition from New Models of Education• Scaling Teaching Innovations
Wicked Challenges: Those that are complex to even define, much less address• Expanding Access• Keeping Education Relevant
Solvable Challenges
Those that we understand and know how to solve• Low Digital Fluency of Faculty• Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching
Difficult Challenges
Those we understand but for which solutions are elusive.• Competition from New Models of Education• Scaling Teaching Innovations
Helping Professors Use Technology Is Top Concernin Computing Surveygo.nmc.org/help (Hannah Winston, The Chronicle of Higher Education,17 October 2013.) The Campus Computing Project’sannual survey of senior technology administratorsfound that helping faculty acclimate to new classroomtechnologies as classes move to online platforms will bethe biggest IT concern over the next two to three years.
Wicked Challenges
Over the next 12 years, the WorldBank estimates a 25% increasein global higher educationattendance from 200 to 250million.
• Flipped Classroom• Learning Analytics1
• 3D Printing• Games and Gamification2-3
• Quantified Self• Virtual Assistants4-5
Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education
Dr. George Siemens Case Studies Improving Teaching and Learninghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ILt-ERdb64
http://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/learning-analytics-infographic/
Two - Three Years
3D Printing
Games and Gamification
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Virtual Assistant CMU SphinxOpen Source Toolkit For Speech Recognition
Project by Carnegie Mellon University
Quantified Self
References
Educause Learning Inititative www.educause.edu/eli
Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Cummins, M., Estrada V., Freeman, A., and Ludgate, H. (2013). NMC Horizon Report: 2013 K-12 Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.
NMC www.nmc.org