The latest Horizon Report, that looks at the likely impact of emerging technologies on teaching, learning and research, features six examples of tools, applications and devices that will change the way we operate. Two of these technologies, i.e. mobile devices and cloud computing, are already with us and used extensively. With the advent of the 3-G iphone and Google’s Android phone the potential for new and innovative forms of learning, assessment and collaboration is huge. Anyone who uses Google Docs, Flickr, YouTube and Mobile Me is already linked into a “cloud”. Educational institutions, certainly in HE, probably don’t yet realise the extent to which their students and, indeed, their workforce are making using of cloud computing.
The other four technologies covered in this report are:
- geolocation technology
- the personal web
- semantic aware applications
- smart objects (see recent post on QR codes)
The report describes the relevance of each of these technologies to teaching and learning, as well as providing some useful links to examples of educational applications.
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