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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

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