horizon report higher education briefing

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)

The Future

• 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