Horizon Report 2016

Some of us wait eagerly for the annual Horizon Report to be released. It's like higher education's geeky birthday, anniversary, and Valentine present rolled into one. What did venerated colleagues from all over the world decide (over many months of nominating, caucusing, voting) were the trending academic technologies for the next 1, 3, 5 years? 

I don't always agree, finding consensus often leans to pie in the sky, Ivy league, virtual yada yada enthusiasms instead of the tools and practices that engage the post-traditional students now found in most classrooms: classrooms on the ground, online and hybrid. 

Well, the New Media Consortium must have been channeling and adapting to my yearly (grateful, but...) whinings, as their chosen trends are still important/visionary/informative/fascinating, but they've added sections on Key Trends and Challenges that address the realities facing higher education daily. A thoughtful look on how tools, trends and challenges create a stew of possibility for the role of technology in our practice. 

One loud hurrah from UW Tacoma. Here's a link to the report. Our collective tech present and future: read all about it.  

Horizon Report 2016