The document summarizes the work of the New Media Consortium's (NMC) Horizon Project, which identifies and examines emerging technologies that could impact higher education. It discusses the project's history and process, and highlights several important trends, challenges, and developments in educational technology according to the project's most recent 2014 report. These include growing social media use, online and blended learning, the rise of data-driven learning, and technologies like learning analytics, flipped classrooms, and 3D printing that are poised to be adopted in higher education over the next 1-5 years.

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. 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

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

8. 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.

9. How does the process work?

10. Lens of Practical Outcomes
Policy
Leadership
Practice

11. 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

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

13. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. 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

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

24. QUESTIONS?