From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:30:30 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.40.81.36] (account joan@cni.org HELO [172.20.7.234]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 30006698 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:27:13 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_BA077DA1-FBE3-4BF5-8003-85BE2ECCEACF" Subject: NMC Horizon Report 2016 Higher Education Edition issued X-Original-Message-Id: <47168DC1-48FF-4A96-AB3F-1EC612A4A5E5@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 08:27:13 -0500 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_BA077DA1-FBE3-4BF5-8003-85BE2ECCEACF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii At the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) conference today, the New = Media Consortium (NMC) will launch the latest version of its Horizon = Report for higher education. I have found that this report is widely = read around the world and can serve as a great discussion starter among = information technology professionals, librarians, faculty, and = administrators. The report can be freely downloaded from a link on this = page: =20 = http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/nmc-and-educause-learning-initiative-r= elease-the-nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-ed-edition/ Disclosure: I served on this year's advisory group for the report and I = am a member of the NMC board. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ----------------------------- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Samantha Becker, Senior Director, Publications & Communications, NMC 512.445.4200 | samantha@nmc.org Kristi DePaul, Marketing Manager, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 412.608.7402 | kdepaul@educause.edu NMC and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Release the NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Ed Edition San Antonio, TX (February 4) -- The New Media Consortium (NMC) and = EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) are jointly releasing the NMC Horizon = Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition at the 2016 ELI Annual Meeting. = 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 higher education. =20 The report identifies six key trends, six significant challenges, and = six important developments in educational technology across three = adoption horizons spanning over the next one to five years, giving = campus leaders, educational technologists, and faculty a valuable guide = for strategic technology planning. The report provides higher education = leaders with in-depth insight into how trends and challenges are = accelerating and impeding the adoption of educational technology, along = with their implications for policy, leadership, and practice. =20 "The release of this report kicks off the 15th year of the NMC Horizon = Project, which has sparked crucial conversations and progressive = strategies in institutions all over the world,"says Larry Johnson, Chief = Executive Officer of the NMC. "We are so appreciative of ELI's continued = support and collaboration. Together we have been able to regularly = provide timely analysis to universities and colleges." =20 "This year's report addresses a number of positive trends that are = taking root in higher education," notes ELI Director Malcolm Brown. = "More institutions are developing programs that enable students and = faculty to create and contribute innovations that advance national = economies, and they are also reimagining the spaces and resources = accessible to them to spur this kind of creativity." =20 Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology Adoption The NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition identifies = "Advancing Cultures of Innovation" and "Rethinking How Institutions = Work" as long-term impact trends that for years affected decision-making = and will continue to accelerate the adoption of educational technology = in higher education over the next five years. "Redesigning Learning = Spaces" and the "Shift to Deeper Learning Approaches" are mid-term = impact trends expected to drive technology use in the next three to five = years; meanwhile, "Growing Focus on Measuring Learning" and "Increasing = Use of Blended Learning" are short-term impact trends, anticipated to = impact institutions for the next one to two years before becoming = commonplace. =20 Significant Challenges Impeding Higher Education Technology Adoption A number of challenges are acknowledged as barriers to the mainstream = use of technology in higher education. "Blending Formal and Informal = Learning" and "Improving Digital Literacy" are perceived as solvable = challenges, meaning they are well-understood and solutions have been = identified. "Competing Models of Education" and "Personalizing Learning" = are considered difficult challenges, which are defined and well = understood but with solutions that are elusive. Described as wicked = challenges are "Balancing Our Connected and Unconnected Lives" and = "Keeping Education Relevant." Challenges in this category are complex to = define, making them more difficult to address. =20 Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education Additionally, the report identifies bring your own device (BYOD) and = learning analytics and adaptive learning as digital strategies and = technologies expected to enter mainstream use in the near-term horizon = of one year or less. Augmented and virtual reality technologies and = makerspaces are seen in the mid-term horizon of two to three years; = affective computing and robotics are seen emerging in the far-term = horizon of four to five years.= --Apple-Mail=_BA077DA1-FBE3-4BF5-8003-85BE2ECCEACF Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii At = the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) conference today, the New Media = Consortium (NMC) will launch the latest version of its Horizon Report = for higher education. I have found that this report is widely read = around the world and can serve as a great discussion starter among = information technology professionals, librarians, faculty, and = administrators. The report can be freely downloaded from a link on this = page:  
http://www.= nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/nmc-and-educause-learning-initiative-release-the-= nmc-horizon-report-2016-higher-ed-edition/
Disclosure: I = served on this year's advisory group for the report and I am a member of = the NMC board.
--Joan Lippincott, = CNI
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:
Samantha Becker, Senior Director, = Publications & Communications, NMC
NMC and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Release = the
NMC Horizon Report > 2016 Higher Ed = Edition

San Antonio, TX (February 4) -- The New Media = Consortium (NMC) and EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) are jointly = releasing the NMC Horizon = Report > 2016 Higher Education Edition at the 2016 ELI = Annual Meeting. 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 higher education.  

 
"The release of this report kicks off the 15th year of the NMC = Horizon Project, which has sparked crucial conversations and progressive = strategies in institutions all over the world,"says Larry Johnson, Chief = Executive Officer of the NMC. "We are so appreciative of ELI's continued = support and collaboration. Together we have been able to regularly = provide timely analysis to universities and colleges."
 
"This year's report addresses a = number of positive trends that are taking root in higher education," = notes ELI Director Malcolm Brown. "More institutions are developing = programs that enable students and faculty to create and contribute = innovations that advance national economies, and they are also = reimagining the spaces and resources accessible to them to spur this = kind of creativity."
 
Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology = Adoption
The NMC Horizon Report = > 2016 Higher Education Edition identifies "Advancing = Cultures of Innovation" and "Rethinking How Institutions Work" as = long-term impact trends that for years affected decision-making and will = continue to accelerate the adoption of educational technology in higher = education over the next five years. "Redesigning Learning Spaces" and = the "Shift to Deeper Learning Approaches" are mid-term impact trends = expected to drive technology use in the next three to five years; = meanwhile, "Growing Focus on Measuring Learning" and "Increasing Use of = Blended Learning" are short-term impact trends, anticipated to impact = institutions for the next one to two years before becoming = commonplace.
 
A number of challenges are = acknowledged as barriers to the mainstream use of technology in higher = education. "Blending Formal and Informal Learning" and "Improving = Digital Literacy" are perceived as solvable challenges, meaning they are = well-understood and solutions have been identified. "Competing Models of = Education" and "Personalizing Learning" are considered difficult = challenges, which are defined and well understood but with solutions = that are elusive. Described as wicked challenges are "Balancing Our = Connected and Unconnected Lives" and "Keeping Education Relevant." = Challenges in this category are complex to define, making them more = difficult to address.