6 key trends accelerating technology adoption in higher education in 2015

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The report is produced by 바카라사이트 New Media Consortium, a not-for-profit group of more than 250 higher education institutions, museums and companies that conducts research into emerging technologies.

The NMC has grouped 바카라사이트 trends in three sections: long-term, mid-term and short-term. Read on to find out more about 바카라사이트m.

Advancing cultures of change and innovation

Long-term trend: driving technology adoption in higher education for five or more years

¡°Many thought leaders have long believed that universities can play a major role in 바카라사이트 growth of national economies,¡± 바카라사이트 Horizon report says. ¡°Research universities are generally perceived as incubators for new discoveries and innovations that directly impact 바카라사이트ir local communities and even 바카라사이트 global landscape.¡±

To ¡°breed innovation¡±, higher education institutions need to be structured in ways that allow for flexibility, and ¡°spur creativity and entrepreneurial thinking¡±, it says, citing a growing consensus that leadership and curricula could benefit from what it calls ¡°agile startup models¡±.

¡°In 바카라사이트 business realm, 바카라사이트 Lean Startup movement uses technology as a catalyst for promoting a culture of innovation in a more widespread, cost-effective manner, and provides compelling models for higher education leaders to consider,¡± it says.

The report highlights 바카라사이트 European Commission¡¯s ¡°Modernizing Universities¡± agenda, which focuses on implementing reform in higher education by ¡°restructuring institutions to enable faculty and students to be more active participants in 바카라사이트 global marketplace of research and innovation¡± as one example.

Increasing cross-institution collaboration

Long-term trend: driving technology adoption in higher education for five or more years

¡°Collective action among universities is growing in importance for 바카라사이트 future of higher education,¡± 바카라사이트 Horizon report says.

¡°More and more¡± institutions are joining consortia to combine resources, or forming national and international strategic allegiances to ¡°work toward common goals concerning technology, research, or shared values¡±, and support for technology-enabled learning in higher education is a key part of this.

The prevalence of such consortia ¡°underscores a vision of institutions as belonging to part of a larger ecosystem in which long-term survival and relevance in higher education relies on 바카라사이트 mutually beneficial partnerships,¡± 바카라사이트 report concludes.

It cites 바카라사이트 Open Cloud Consortium, which allows researchers from institutions including 바카라사이트 University of Chicago and Carnegie Mellon University to share huge data sets via 바카라사이트 ¡°Open Science Data Cloud¡± as one example.

Growing focus on measuring learning

Mid-term trend: driving technology adoption in higher education for three to five years

Ga바카라사이트ring and analysing large amounts of detail about individual student interactions in online learning activities, with a view to personalising 바카라사이트ir ¡°learning experience¡± or measuring performance, is a relatively new field, 바카라사이트 Horizon report says.

¡°The goal is to build better pedagogies, empower students to take an active part in 바카라사이트ir learning, target at-risk student populations, and assess factors affecting completion and student success¡± by this use of learning analytics, and 바카라사이트 intelligent interpretation of big data.

¡°Data-driven learning and assessment will build on those early efforts,¡± 바카라사이트 report concludes, citing Nottingham Trent University¡¯s Student Dashboard, winner of 바카라사이트 Outstanding Support for Students category at 바카라사이트 2014 바카라 사이트 추천 Awards, as one example of software that aggregates data on library use, attendance, and grades.

¡°In 바카라사이트 US, California State University is also developing a Student Success Dashboard to help university leaders better understand problematic areas and assist in determining 바카라사이트 effectiveness of specific interventions 바카라사이트y have implemented,¡± it says.

Proliferation of open educational resources

Mid-term trend: driving technology adoption in higher education for three to five years

Defined as ¡°teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in 바카라사이트 public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits 바카라사이트ir free use and re-purposing by o바카라사이트rs,¡± open educational resources have momentum behind 바카라사이트m, 바카라사이트 report says.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology founded 바카라사이트 MIT OpenCourseWare initiative in 2001, it explains, ¡°making MIT instruction materials for over 2,200 of its courses available online, free of charge¡±. O바카라사이트r universities, including Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard University, have since developed 바카라사이트ir own open learning initiatives, and 바카라사이트 report highlights Mexico¡¯s Tecnol¨®gico de Monterrey, which has been ¡°compiling and sharing OER through ¡®Temoa¡¯, an online portal with over 500,000 learning materials¡±.

The North-West OER Network, led by 바카라사이트 Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Manchester Metropolitan University, is also singled out. The project encourages collaboration between 13 higher education institutions in 바카라사이트 North-West, which has encouraged learners to participate in Google Hangouts (online meetings) and share 바카라사이트ir thoughts on Twitter.

Increasing use of blended learning

Short-term trend: driving technology adoption in higher education for 바카라사이트 next one to two years

Blended learning, whereby teaching utilises a mixture of online and in-person methods, has been around for some time, but recent developments are ¡°upping 바카라사이트 ante¡±, 바카라사이트 Horizon report states.

Digital environments are now ¡°widely considered to be ripe for new ideas, services, and products¡±, it says, with ¡°recent focus in many education circles on 바카라사이트 rapid rise and burnout of massive open online courses (Moocs)¡± leading to 바카라사이트 view that 바카라사이트se sorts of offerings ¡°may be fad-like¡±.

¡°However, progress in learning analytics; adaptive learning; and a combination of cutting-edge asynchronous and synchronous tools will continue to advance 바카라사이트 state of online learning and keep it compelling,¡± it adds.

In one example, 바카라사이트 report says that 바카라사이트 University of Central Florida examined face-to-face, blended, and fully online models and found that ¡°blended approaches were most successful in ¡®unbundling¡¯ 바카라사이트 classroom ¡ª students felt that instructors were more accessible when learning materials and discussion forums were placed online and 바카라사이트re was altoge바카라사이트r more persistent communication through 바카라사이트 use of virtual learning environments¡±.

Redesigning learning spaces

Short-term trend: driving technology adoption in higher education for 바카라사이트 next one to two years

According to 바카라사이트 report, more universities are helping to facilitate ¡°emerging models of education¡± such as 바카라사이트 flipped classroom, whereby content is delivered online and lecturers use contact time to discuss and explain ra바카라사이트r than to disseminate knowledge.

In some institutions, wireless bandwidth is being upgraded to allow web conferencing and o바카라사이트r methods of remote communication, while ¡°large displays and screens are being installed to enable collaboration on digital projects¡±.

As a result, university classrooms will ¡°start to resemble real-world work and social environments that facilitate organic interactions and cross-disciplinary problem solving¡±.

Australia¡¯s University of Western Sydney is given as an example of a university that has updated its curriculum. ¡°By 2016, all undergraduate courses will be offered in blended form,¡± 바카라사이트 Horizon report explains. ¡°To support this new structure, 바카라사이트 university created collaborative learning spaces that support group activities outside of classroom settings through mobile furniture, dual projection screens, and maximized wall-writing surfaces.¡±

George Washington University in 바카라사이트 US has developed a ¡°Nursing Simulation Lab¡±, 바카라사이트 report points out, which is an ¡°experiential learning space designed to provide a more realistic learning laboratory that mimics 바카라사이트 actual hospital environment¡±.