e-Learning Trends Horizon Report 2009

1. within 4-5 years...

1.1. semantic-aware applications

1.2. smart objects

2. within 2-3 years...

2.1. the personal web

2.2. geo-everything

3. within the next year...

3.1. mobile learning

3.2. cloud computing

3.2.1. presentations & publishing content

3.2.1.1. Google Docs

3.2.1.2. SlideShare

3.2.1.3. blogs

3.2.1.3.1. Blogger

3.2.1.4. Flickr

3.2.1.5. YouTube

3.2.1.6. Scribd

3.2.2. collaboration

3.2.2.1. social networking

3.2.2.1.1. Ning

3.2.2.1.2. Google Sites

3.2.2.2. writing & presentations

3.2.2.2.1. Google Docs

3.2.2.2.2. wikis

3.2.3. concept/mind mapping

3.2.3.1. Freemind

3.2.3.2. Gliffy

3.2.3.3. CMap Tools

3.2.3.4. MindMeister

3.2.4. screen/image capture

3.2.4.1. Jing

3.2.5. social bookmarking & citation

3.2.5.1. delicious

3.2.5.2. CiteULike

3.2.6. information visualisation

3.2.6.1. Many Eyes

3.2.6.2. Wordle

3.2.7. @ UoA

3.2.7.1. CourseBuilder

3.2.7.2. Aropa

3.2.7.3. PeerWise

3.2.7.4. Google

3.2.7.4.1. Gmail

3.2.7.4.2. Docs

3.2.8. personal web pages & RSS

3.2.8.1. iGoogle

3.2.8.2. Pageflakes

3.2.8.3. Google Reader

4. Key trends

4.1. Increasing globalisation in work, collaboration and communication

4.2. Collective intelligence & active participation

4.3. Affinity for games as learning tools

4.4. Visualisation tools & the need for visual literacy

4.5. Mobile phones as indispensable tools

5. Critical challenges

5.1. Need for formal instruction in information literacy, visual literacy & technological literacy

5.2. Students are different, but a lot of educational material (and assessment) is not

5.3. Leadership and innovation is required to keep pace with changes in research & scholarship

5.4. Use of data collection & mining to manage student assessment and learning

5.5. The growing expection on higher education to deliver content & services to mobile devices