Presented at the Campus Technology Conference, 7/29/2014

1. Lawrence G. Miller
Senior Director for Community College Relations
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Challenges, Trends & Important
Developments in Higher Educational
Technology

2. The future
is
already here

3. It is just
unevenly
distributed

4. #NMCHz
The Horizon Project
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Launched 2002 by Laurence F. JohnsonLaunched 2002 by Laurence F. Johnson
To proactively identify technology trends
that could impact education, specifically
higher education

5. #NMCHz
The Horizon Project
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Horizon Report: Higher Education Edition
Horizon Report: Museum Edition
Horizon Report: K-12 Edition

6. #NMCHz
The Horizon Project
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Horizon Project Technology Outlook
Sector Analysis
STEM+ Education
Community, Technical & Junior Colleges

7. #NMCHz
The Horizon Project
NMC: The New Media Consortium
Horizon Project Technology Outlook
Regional Analysis
Latin American Higher Education
Australian Tertiary Education

8. 32 Editions
10 reports in 2013
40+ translations
38 Editions
50+ Translations
12 Years of Global Research into Emerging Technology Uptake
The NMC Horizon Project

10. My Involvement

11. NMC Horizon Report
2013 Higher Education Edition
å
go.nmc.org/2014-hied

12. The research behind the NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher
Education Edition is jointly conducted by the New Media Consortium
(NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE
Program. The ELI’s critical participation in the production of this report
and their strong support for the NMC Horizon Project is gratefully
acknowledged.
Acknowledgements
The NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition Edition is a
publication of the New Media Consortium and is made possible via a
grant from the World Bank.

13. What are we looking at?

14. Badging / Microcredit
Learning Analytics
Mobile Learning
MOOCs
Online
LearningOpen Content
Open Licensing
Personal Learning Environment
Remote Labs
Virtual Labs
Learning
Technologies

15. Mobile Apps
3D Video
Tablet Computing
Telepresence
Quantified Self
BYOD
Digital Preservation
Flipped Classroom
Gamefication
Location Intelligence
Consumer
Technologies
Digital
Strategies

16. Collaborative
Environments
Crowd Funding
Digital Identity
Crowd Sourcing
Tacit Intelligence
Collective Intelligence
Social Media
Technologies
Social Graph

17. Internet of Things
Cloud Computing
Real-Time Translation
Semantic Applications
Single Sign On
RSS
3D Printing
InfoViz
Visual Data Analysis
Volumetric
Internet
Technology
Visualization
Technology

18. Open Hardware
Next-Gen Batteries
Speech-to-Speech
Virtual Assistants
Wireless Power
Affective Computing
Cellular Networks
Electrovibration
Flexible Displays
Geolocation
Location-Based Services
Machine Learning
Mobile Broadband
Natural User Interfaces
Near Field Communications
Enabling
Technologies

19. How does the process work?

20. Lens of Practical Outcomes
Policy
Leadership
Practice

21. Slow: 5 yrs or more
Mid: 3-4 yrs
Fast: 1-2 yrs
Trend Horizons over Time

22. Solvable Challenges
Difficult Challenges
Wicked Challenges
Degrees of Difficulty

23. Hz Advisory Boards
Each project board represents an international, multi-
disciplinary group of between 40 - 50 technology
experts from both within and outside higher
education
Participation on any Horizon Project
advisory board is by invitation and includes
self-nomination

24. Hz Customized Wiki

25. Hz Customized Wiki
Horizon Report Sandbox -- where we do our work
An Advisory Board reviews resources as part of their
background research, then marks those they consider
important with their wiki signature
Emerging Technologies
Challenges and Trends
Published 'Technologies to Watch' Lists
Technology in Popular Culture
Reports and Research
Miscellanea - Stories, Examples, Food for Thought
Essays and Interviews on the Future

26. Fast Trends: Driving changes in higher
education over the next 1 - 2 years
Growing Ubiquity of Social Media
Integration of Online, Hybrid, &
Collaborative Learning

27. Mid-Range Trend: Driving changes in
higher education over the next 3 - 5
years
Rise of Data-Driven Learning & Assessment
Shift from Students as Consumers to
Students as Creators

28. Long-Range Trend:: Driving changes
in higher education over the next 5+
years
Agile Approaches to Change
Evolution of Online Learning

29. Solvable Challenge: Those that we
understand and know how to solve
Low Digital Fluency of Faculty
Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching

30. Difficult Challenge: Those we
understand but for which solutions are
elusive
Competition from New Models of Education
Scaling Teaching Innovations

31. Wicked Challenge: Those that are
complex to even define, much less
address
Expanding Access
Keeping Education Relevant

32. Important Developments in Educational
Technology for Higher Education
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 1 Year or Less
Flipped Classroom
Learning Analytics

33. Important Developments in Educational
Technology for Higher Education
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 2 to 3 Years
3-D Printing
Games and Gamification

34. Important Developments in Educational
Technology for Higher Education
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: 4 to 5 Years
Quantified Self
Virtual Assistants

35. How accurate have the
projections been?
Pretty darn good

36. NMCHorizonReport
2013K12Edition
NMCHorizonReport
2014HigherEducationEdition
NMCHorizonReport
2013MuseumEdition
Time-to-AdoptionHorizon:OneYearorLess
BYOD BYOD BYOD
CloudComputing FlippedClassroom CloudComputing
MobileLearning LearningAnalytics OpenContent
OnlineLearning MassiveOpenOnline Courses SocialMedia
Time-to-AdoptionHorizon:TwotoThreeYears
ElectronicPublishing 3DPrinting 3DPrinting
LearningAnalytics GamesandGamification AugmentedReality
OpenContent TheInternet ofThings ElectronicPublishing
PersonalizedLearning WearableTechnology Location-BasedServices
Time-to-AdoptionHorizon:FourtoFiveYears
3DPrinting AffectiveComputing TheInternet ofThings
AugmentedReality FlexibleDisplays NaturalUserInterfaces
Virtual&RemoteLabs QuantifiedSelf Preservation/ConservationTech
WearableTechnology VirtualAssistants WearableTechnology

37. NMC Horizon Project Navigator
Keeps the work
of each Hz
project alive as a
dynamic social
media platform
overlying a
comprehensive
collection of
resources

38. You Can JUMP IN
Tag articles or reports
Twitter: #NMCHz
Sign up for the Advisory Board
go.nmc.org/horizon-nominate
Submit Your Projects
go.nmc.org/projects

40. The future
is
already here

41. It is just
unevenly
distributed

42. #NMCHz
Lawrence G. Miller
@lawrencegmiller
larry.miller@nmc.org

43. QUESTIONS?