NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition Is out!

“This 13th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education. Six key trends, six significant challenges, and six important developments in educational technology are placed directly in the context of their likely impact on the core missions of universities and colleges, and detailed in succinct, non-technical, and unbiased presentations.” More here.

Trends:

Long-Term Impact Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for five or more years

  • Advancing Cultures of Innovation
  • Rethinking How Institutions Work

Mid-Term Impact Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for three to five years

  • Redesigning Learning Spaces
  • Shift to Deeper Learning Approaches

Short-Term Impact Trends: Driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for the next one to two years

  • Growing Focus on Measuring Learning
  • Increasing Use of Blended Learning Designs

The full report is available online.

 

Worldwide Study: Students Who Use Computers Frequently in School ‘Do Worse’ in Learning

Hmmmm. Yes? No?

“Students who use computers moderately at school tend to have “somewhat better” learning outcomes than those who rarely use computers. And students who use computers frequently at school “do a lot worse” in their learning outcomes, even after accounting for differences in social background and student demographics. That’s the conclusion reached by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in a new report examining the impact of technology on student performance around the world.”

More here.

Report: Blended learning, STEAM drive ed-tech adoption

Blended learning and STEAM — or science, technology, engineering, arts and math — are expected to accelerate the use of education technology in classrooms worldwide, according to a New Media Consortium Horizon Report released June 29, 2015. The report features education trends identified by 56 experts from 22 countries. The Hechinger Report

Full NMC Report HE edition

Full NMC Report K-12 Edition

Professors Know About High-Tech Teaching Methods, but Few Use Them

The Chronicle:

“Innovation is sweeping the world of higher education, but not all faculty members are embracing it in their classrooms.

A new survey from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has found that 40 percent of the professors surveyed use or are interested in using innovative techniques and technologies. But of that 40 percent, only half—or 20 percent of the overall survey sample—have actually used them.”