This internationally recognized annual report highlights six emerging technologies or practices that are currently impacting or will be entering mainstream practice in higher education over the next five years.

Trends listed in the 2014 report:

  1. Growing ubiquity of social media

  2. Integration of online, hybrid, and collaborative learning

  3. Rise of data-driven learning and assessment

  4. Shift from students as consumers to students as creators

  5. Agile approach to change

  6. Evolution of online learning

Join the Adams Center Instructional Design team on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 11:30a.m. as they examine Online Learning policies, procedures, and practices.

See the 2014 Horizon Report to read more about important developments in educational technology and perceived challenges in technology adoption.

Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., Freeman, A. (2014). NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.