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2006 Horizon Report

drupal — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:00:13 -0600

The annual Horizon Report is a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). Each year, the report identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression in higher education within three adoption horizons: a year or less, two to three years, and four to five years.
The areas of emerging technology cited for 2006 are:
• Social computing
• Personal broadcasting
• Cell-phone-accessible educational content and services
• Educational gaming
• Augmented reality and enhanced visualization
• Context-aware environments and devices
Each section of the report provides live Web links to example applications and additional readings.

2005 Horizon Report

drupal — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 10:46:22 -0600

The 2005 Horizon Report, highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years.

A central focus of the discussion of each technology is its relevance for teaching, learning, and creative expression. Live weblinks to example applications are provided in each section, as well as to additional readings.

If You Give A Student A Computer: Patrick McElroy Suggests a Win-Win Model for Managing Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content

drupal — Fri, 25 Jul 2003 11:16:41 -0500

One of the NLII's top priorities is the fostering of market structures for the development and delivery of interactive learning materials. The program is focused especially on markets that provide the evaluation, acquisition, distribution, and publication of proprietary, Web-based digital learning materials. Patrick McElroy, founder of Learning Content Exchange and NLII annual meeting 2003 general session speaker, has worked with publishers as well as courseware and technology companies in helping them create business models and distribution strategies for digital content.