Dr. Deborah Lee Professor/Coordinator, Library Instructional Services

Associate Director, Center for Teaching & LearningMississippi State University

The 2011 Horizon Report: Challenges & Innovations in the

Classroom and the Library

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Today’s Session

1. Introducing the Horizon Report1. Introducing the Horizon Report

2. Emerging Technologies2. Emerging Technologies

3. Key Trends and Critical Challenges3. Key Trends and Critical Challenges

What is the Horizon Report?

Produced by the New Media Consortium (NMC) in collaboration with partners such as the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI).

NMC’s Horizon Project Established in 2002 First Horizon Report produced in 2004

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Purpose

To highlight emerging technologies in higher education as they related to: Teaching Learning Research and Creative Inquiry

Designed to promote dialogue and discussions. Not a predictive tool!

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Each report: Identifies and discusses 6 emerging

technologies over 3 time horizons; Near Term (One Year or Less) Two to Three Years Four to Five Years

Identifies 4 key trends; Identifies 4 critical challenges.

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Join the conversation!

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Horizon Report Wiki http://horizon.wiki.nmc.org/

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Variations

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Horizon Report (Higher Education Edition) Australia-New Zealand Edition Business & Economic Development

Edition Iberoamerican Edition K-12 Edition Museum Edition

Key Trends (1)

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The abundance of resources & relationships made easily available via the Internet is increasingly challenging us to visit our roles as educators in sense-making, coaching and credentialing.

Key Trends (2)

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People expect to be able to work, learn, and study whenever and wherever they want.

Key Trends (3)

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The world of work is increasingly collaborative, giving rise to reflection about the way student projects are structured.

Key Trends (4)

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The technologies we use are increasingly cloud-based, and our notions of IT support are decentralized.

Critical Challenges (1)

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Digital media literacy continues its rise in importance as a key skill in every discipline and profession.

Critical Challenges (2)

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Appropriate metrics of evaluation lag behind the emergence of new scholarly forms of authoring, publishing, and research.

Critical Challenges (3)

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Economic pressures and new models of education are presenting unprecedented competition to traditional models of the university.

Critical Challenges (4)

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Keeping pace with the rapid proliferation of information, software tools, and devices is challenging for students and teachers alike.

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Electronic Books

(One Year or Less)

Issues

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Consumer versus Academic Markets

Standards/Digital Rights Management (DRM)

eReadersPedagogical Challenges

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Mobiles

(One Year or Less)

Issues

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Range of DevicesConsistent AccessApplicationsNetwork Operations and

Security

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Going Mobile

MSU Libraries Mobile Website

http://library.msstate.edu/m/

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Augmented Reality

(Two to Three Years)

Defined

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“…refers to the addition of computer-assisted contextual layer of information over the real world, creating a reality that is enhanced or augmented.”

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Game-Based Learning

(Two to Three Years)

Issues

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Definitions are difficult….gaming covers a lot of territory.

Key development: massively multiplayer online (MMO) games (MMOG) World of Warcraft

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Gesture-Based Computing

(Four to Five Years)

Issues

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Devices and applications Early application to higher education

Significant consumer market applications

Wii, Kinect Haptic systems

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Learning Analytics

(Four to Five Years)

Definition

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“…refers to the interpretation of a wide range of data produced by and gathered on behalf of students in order to assess academic progress, predict future performance, and spot potential issues.”

VERY early development; most work is at the conceptual stage.

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And now….?

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How to Use the Horizon Report Start a discussion… Explore an application… Develop a workshop…..

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Citing the 2011 Horizon Report

2011 Horizon Report Johnson, L., Smith, R., Willis, H., Levine, A., and Haywood, K., (2011). The 2011 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Questions?

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