NMC Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Edition

NMC Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Edition

Key Trends Accelerating Higher Education Technology Adoption

Fast Trends: Driving changes in higher education over the next one to two years

• Growing Ubiquity of Social Media
•  Integration of Online, Hybrid, and Collaborative Learning

Mid-Range Trends: Driving changes in higher education within three to five years

• Rise of Data-Driven Learning and Assessment
• Shift from Students as Consumers to Students as Creators

Long-Range Trends: Driving changes in higher education in five or more years

• Agile Approaches to Change
• Evolution of Online Learning 

Significant Challenges Impeding Higher Education Technology Adoption

Solvable Challenges: Those that we understand and know how to solve

• Low Digital Fluency of Faculty
• Relative Lack of Rewards for Teaching

Difficult Challenges: Those we understand but for which solutions are elusive

• Competition from New Models of Education
• Scaling Teaching Innovations

Wicked Challenges: Those that are complex to even define, much less address

• Expanding Access
• Keeping Education Relevant

Important Developments in Educational Technology for Higher Education

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less

• Flipped Classroom
• Learning Analytics

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years

• 3D Printing
• Games and Gamification

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years

• Quantified Self
• Virtual Assistants