Horizonau2008:Reports and Research

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Press Clippings Emerging Technologies Challenges and Trends Published 'Technologies to Watch' Lists Technology in Popular Culture Reports and Research Miscellanea -- Stories, Examples, Food for Thought Essays and Interviews on the Future

The initial listing of research reports or web-based discovery tools was culled from a variety of sources and our previous Horizon Advisory Boards' recommendations.

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Recommended Reading / Tagged Items

• Gartner Emerging Technology Hype Curve and Trends for 2007
  http://horizon.nmc.org/wdata/xdocs/Gartner%202007%20Hype%20Curve%20topics.pdf [LJ] [Atho]

• New Business Models in Higher Ed
  The ability of the teaching and learning community to respond to, or influence, new and emerging business models in higher education moving from government mandated supply to market driven demand. eg [1] [PM]

• KnowledgeWorks Map of Future Forces Affecting Education
  http://kwfdn.org/map/map.aspx
  An interactive matrix of trends, hotspots, issues, linked to examples [LJ][SA]

• ASCILITE Conference, Singapore, November 2007
  http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs//
  ICT: Providing choices for learners and learning. Proceedings of the conference in 2007 [LK - for current state of play]

• Internet usage by educators - education.au survey results
  Many of Australia's educators are internet savvy and locked into the digital revolution, but they need more support to transform classrooms for the 21st century
  http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/home/pid/52

• Technology Horizons Program (Institute for the Future)
  http://www.iftf.org/tech
  Our approach to technology forecasting is unique—we put people at the center of our forecasts. Understanding humans as consumers, workers, householders, and community members allows IFTF to help companies look beyond technical feasibility to identify the value in new technologies, forecast adoption and diffusion patterns, and discover new market opportunities and threats.

• FutureLab
  http://www.futurelab.org.uk/
  A not-for-profit organization focused on innovation in education

• Museums in Transition
  http://horizon.nmc.org/wdata/xdocs/MuseumsInTransition.pdf

• Technorati Technology Items
  http://www.technorati.com/discover/tech
  blog postings related to technology

• At The Churchill Club: The Top 10 Tech Trends
  http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/05/14/at-the-churchill-club-the-top-10-tech-trends/
  Lots of mobile phone predictions. Green energy. Water. And more phones.

• Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2008
  http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet24/ajet24.html/
  Research articles and papers from Australian and international researchers.

• Benchmarking and Research – Australian Flexible Learning Framework, 2008
  http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/research
  A collection of reports and case studies into e-learning commissioned by The Australian Flexible Learning Framework.

• ARC Centre of Excellence in Creative Industries and Innovation Projects
  http://www.cci.edu.au/projects/
  Projects in six key program areas aiming to maximise the national economic and cultural benefits of digital content industries.

• OECD Working Party on the Information Economy Work Plan on Digital Broadband Content
  http://www.oecd.org/sti/digitalcontent/
  Stocktaking studies of the economic and public policy challenges of user created content and more.

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