2009 Horizon Report2009 Horizon Reporthttp://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdfhttp://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf

This Year’s Big 6: “mobile devices, cloud computing, This Year’s Big 6: “mobile devices, cloud computing, geo-everything, the personal web, semantic-aware geo-everything, the personal web, semantic-aware applications,applications, and and smart objects”smart objects”

Citation: Johnson, L., Levine, A., & Smith, R. (2009). Citation: Johnson, L., Levine, A., & Smith, R. (2009). The 2009 Horizon Report. The 2009 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.Media Consortium.

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Features of this reportFeatures of this report

• Identifies top 6 predictions for Identifies top 6 predictions for technologies adopted in higher edtechnologies adopted in higher ed

• Provides a timeline of adoption for Provides a timeline of adoption for these preditions ranging from less these preditions ranging from less than a year to four-five yearsthan a year to four-five years

• Provides current examplesProvides current examples• Allows audience to add examples Allows audience to add examples

through the use of social bookmarking through the use of social bookmarking in Delicious.in Delicious.

Trends and Things to Think Trends and Things to Think AboutAbout

• We are more accepting of “collective We are more accepting of “collective intelligence” (multiple contributors and more intelligence” (multiple contributors and more than one way can be right).than one way can be right).

• Phones are a extensive, global driver.Phones are a extensive, global driver.• Higher Ed and workplace are more accepting Higher Ed and workplace are more accepting

of games and simulations as ways of of games and simulations as ways of learning.learning.

• Higher Ed has not changed materials in a Higher Ed has not changed materials in a significant way in response to these changes.significant way in response to these changes.

• New ways of doing things call for training.New ways of doing things call for training.

Mobile Devices Mobile Devices Adoption Timeline: Less than one Adoption Timeline: Less than one

yearyear• Phones can be used to create and access Phones can be used to create and access

content by both faculty and students.content by both faculty and students.• Smartphone applications can allow people Smartphone applications can allow people

to access text, calculate, and play to access text, calculate, and play educational games (ex. Art Masterpiece ID educational games (ex. Art Masterpiece ID game, CRAM test review).game, CRAM test review).

• Smartphone applications integrate with Smartphone applications integrate with web-based applications (email, ebooks, web-based applications (email, ebooks, podcasts, updates to social networks like podcasts, updates to social networks like Facebook and Twitter).Facebook and Twitter).

Cloud ComputingCloud ComputingAdoption Timeline: Less than one Adoption Timeline: Less than one

yearyear• Cloud computing means you create Cloud computing means you create

or store content on the web rather or store content on the web rather than on the computer and with web-than on the computer and with web-based software rather than based software rather than computer-installed software.computer-installed software.

• Examples: Google Docs and hosted Examples: Google Docs and hosted services.services.

Geo-EverythingGeo-EverythingAdoption Timeline: Two to Three Adoption Timeline: Two to Three

YearsYears• Geo-mapping is the ability to communicate Geo-mapping is the ability to communicate

or associate location with activity—for or associate location with activity—for example, I might post a picture, but example, I might post a picture, but include the location where it was taken include the location where it was taken because geo-tracking is a feature of that because geo-tracking is a feature of that service (Ex. Community Walk).service (Ex. Community Walk).

• The Horizon Report acknowledges that this The Horizon Report acknowledges that this feature is still under development and feature is still under development and

examination.examination.

The Personal WebThe Personal WebAdoption Timeline: Two to Three Adoption Timeline: Two to Three

YearsYears• The personal web names the capacity The personal web names the capacity

for users to personalize the way they for users to personalize the way they pull information from the web. pull information from the web.

• Examples include how we can chose Examples include how we can chose features for our Google homepage or features for our Google homepage or how we add applications to Facebook.how we add applications to Facebook.

Semantic-Aware Semantic-Aware ApplicationsApplications

Adoption Timeline: Four to Five Adoption Timeline: Four to Five YearsYears• “Semantic-aware applications are tools

designed to use the meaning, or semantics, of information on the Internet to make connections and provide answers that would otherwise entail a great deal of time and effort.”

• Semantic-Aware applications should improve on search attempts on information beyond what is being done by humans as they tag or assign key words to information.

Smart ObjectsSmart ObjectsAdoption Timeline: Four to Five Adoption Timeline: Four to Five

YearsYears•The technology that embeds the capacity for

attaching information to an object — and there are many — the result is a connection between a physical object and a rich store of contextual information.

•Report Example: anthropological artifacts have scan-able labels that provide information about them.