1. Topicsfrom the NMC HorizonReport> 2014 HigherEducationEdition
SOLVABLE
> Low Digital Fluency
of Faculty
> Relative Lack of
Rewards for Teaching
CHALLENGE
S
DIFFICULT
> Competition from
New Models of
Education
> Scaling Teaching
Innovations
WICKED
> Expanding Access
> Keeping Education
Relevant
trends
Short-
term
MID-
term
long-
term
> Growing Ubiquity of Social Media
> Integration of Online, Hybrid, and
Collaborative Learning
> Rise of Data-Driven Learning and
Assessment
> Shift from Students as Consumers to
Students as Creators
> Agile Approaches to
Change
> Evolution of Online
Learning
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
NEAR TERM
1 year or less
> Flipped Classroom
> Learning Analytics
MID TERM
2-3 years
> 3D Printing 40
> Games and
Gamification
FAR TERM
4-5 years
> Quantified Self44
> Virtual Assistants
technologi
es