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Future Trends in Technology and
EducationThe view from spring 2016
Outline:1. Education
contexts2. Technolog
y3. Edutech4. Crisis
• Monthly environmental scan report
• Trends identified, tested, projected
Trends assessed and Trends assessed and tracked longitudinally tracked longitudinally
1: Education and its contextsChanges in international education - macroeconomic indicators - adjunctification - enrollment changes - alternative certification - possible intergenerational tension - demographics. Racial inequality in/and education; campuses and sexual assault controversy; athletic budgets doing well; K-12 and higher education; library changes; alternative degrees; shared academic services; remedial classes; challenges to internships; campuses and sustainability; executive compensation controversy.
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2: Technology3d printing continues to innovate and grow - digitization shifts from physical media to streaming - device ecosystem keeps growing - social media - open source - shopping continues to migrate online - copyright battles continue - automation’s promise.Augmented reality’s steady march; Ebooks; digital security threats expanding; the limits of the Web; cloud computing; a shift in Moore’s Law? crowdfunding growing; onshoring hardware production; Office versus Web office; digital video rising; new interfaces; fragmented internet; Internet of things; new forms of creativity.
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3: Education and technology3: Education and technology
The LMS world - more MOOCs and online learning - social media in education - rise of the net.generation - educational entrepreneurship - open education possibilities - digital humanities develops.Mobile devices in education; gaming in education; big data and data analytics; badges; flipped classroom/blended learning; automation in education; campus digital security threats growing; video and education; crowdfunding in academia; Virtual reality in education; Ebooks in higher education; shared academics; 3d printing across the curriculum; crowdsourcing in academia; faculty criticizing deployment of technology; maker movement. 7
International trendsMore globalization
• Texas A+M in Israel
• China as Asian hub
Domestic pushback:
• State legislatures wanting more local students
• Faculty criticism of Chinese, Indian on-campus efforts
Strongest tech trends• video, social media remain huge• 3d printing continues to grow• VR promise, excitement• Automation rising (robots + AI)• continued privacy battles• IoT rising
Strongest tech trends
Strongest edu tech trends• Incremental, slow faculty digital adoption
• Social media controversies• Mobile: BYOD slow to happen• Big data, data analytics probes
Strongest edu tech trends• Next gen VLE discussions• 3d printing (+M) across the curriculum
• VR brainstorming• automation?
Strongest edu tech trends
Bubble or crisis?“Since 2009, college fees have risen by 10.6% in real terms, versus a 0.9% and -0.1% change in high school and college graduates’ wages.” (Goldman Sachs report)
•Enrollment pressure driving Pearson to layoffs
Bubble or crisis?During a meeting of Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) leaders, presidents suggested considering some traditional aspects of campus life as “negotiable”, including:tenure, “the composition of the faculty, including the proportion of the full-time faculty members,” and “the definition and centrality of ‘liberal arts.'” …[and] “the extent and depth of commitment to intercollegiate athletics.
Bubble or crisis?Queen sacrifices growing in popularity
Next week’s ForumAnya KamenetzAuthor of The Test, DiYU, and Generation Debt
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