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February 3, 2010 By Tanya Roscorla
As students increasingly learn on the go, they demand that their colleges and universities stay up to date on the latest technology.
"Technology's like the golden goose, and it's improving at this rate that's unprecedented, but I'm concerned that the academy will fall behind," said Adrian Sannier, vice president, university technology officer and professor of computing studies at Arizona State University.
That's where the 2010 Horizon Report comes in. The annual report of the New Media Consortium's Horizon Project describes up-and-coming technologies that college campuses will likely mainstream within the next five years, as well as key trends they are experiencing and critical challenges that they will face.
When campuses may adopt them: one year or less:
1. Mobile Computing
Smartphones, netbooks, laptops and other devices that access the Internet through cellular-based, portable hotspots and mobile broadband cards have already become mainstream on many campuses.
At Georgetown University, the administration texts short messages to students, and professors use screen recording software to create podcasts of their lectures that can be downloaded onto mobile phones, said Betsy Page Sigman, a professor who teaches management information systems, databases and electronic commerce at the university's McDonough School of Business.
2. Open Content
As textbook prices have soared over the years, educational resources have popped up online at no cost to the students and faculty who want to use them. Open content has had a huge impact on the way colleges do business, said Brian Parish, the president of iData Inc., a higher education technology consulting and software firm based in Virginia.
However, some educators resist open content because they want to protect their intellectual property, not because they don't like the technology.
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What a laugh.. use you phone to tell you what plant it is. Did you not read your book? I can design things faster by hand than with a pc. I didn't have a calc 'til i was a senior in college. A human brain is now no smarter than what the news tells it is...
What a laugh.. use you phone to tell you what plant it is. Did you not read your book? I can design things faster by hand than with a pc. I didn't have a calc 'til i was a senior in college. A human brain is now no smarter than what the news tells it is...
What a laugh.. use you phone to tell you what plant it is. Did you not read your book? I can design things faster by hand than with a pc. I didn't have a calc 'til i was a senior in college. A human brain is now no smarter than what the news tells it is...
What are our European counterparts doing? How about Asian schools? They are ahead of us in almost every category. Is that because we are too reliant on tech to learn new material?
What are our European counterparts doing? How about Asian schools? They are ahead of us in almost every category. Is that because we are too reliant on tech to learn new material?
What are our European counterparts doing? How about Asian schools? They are ahead of us in almost every category. Is that because we are too reliant on tech to learn new material?
Technology is good at storing information. The Human Brain is good at using that information, applying it new situations, analyzing, questioning, etc. It makes sense to use technology to help retrieve information and to use the brain to make sense of it. It makes very little sense to try to teach a computer to "think" and to try to force the human brain to temporarily memorize information it will forget in 2 years time.
Technology is good at storing information. The Human Brain is good at using that information, applying it new situations, analyzing, questioning, etc. It makes sense to use technology to help retrieve information and to use the brain to make sense of it. It makes very little sense to try to teach a computer to "think" and to try to force the human brain to temporarily memorize information it will forget in 2 years time.
Technology is good at storing information. The Human Brain is good at using that information, applying it new situations, analyzing, questioning, etc. It makes sense to use technology to help retrieve information and to use the brain to make sense of it. It makes very little sense to try to teach a computer to "think" and to try to force the human brain to temporarily memorize information it will forget in 2 years time.
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