Catching up on unpublished posts from the excellent ELI 2007 conference and in particular the launch of the Horizon report. The official release of the report, presented by the main authors Laurence Johnson, Diana Oblinger, Cyprien Lomas and Rachel Smith was bought forth with much hullabaloo and unveiled before a surprisingly expectant crowd. The annual Horizon report, for those who are unfamiliar with it, is a joint publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) and highlights new technologies for teaching, learning, and creative expression. This session was straightforward in terms of format and reviewed the research and process behind the report and the findings (predictions) from the 2007 edition. If you do not actually have time to read the full document that identifies six major technologies that are likely to be prevalent over the next one to five years then I can reveal that the ones to watch are (I am guessing in advance you will not be shocked to read these):
- One year or less - user created content and social networking;
- Two to three years - mobile phones and virtual worlds;
- Four to five - new scholarship and publication and massively multiplayer online educational gaming.
Future gazing is always a risky business but here I think there are no major surprises here and it will be very interesting to see next years report and the status of developments in these areas.
Session: http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI07102
Horizon report (released under CC): http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=CSD4781
Other blogs: Josie Fraser at Social Tech
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