Category Archives: trends

Trends to watch in 2016: education contexts

What can we anticipate about education and technology in 2016?  Trends from 2015 may shed some anticipatory light, if we extrapolate from them. I’m basing this post and successors on my FTTE report.  I’m also inspired in this post by … Continue reading →

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Political leaders across parties and nations now want to crack down on the internet, because terror

One outcome of last month’s Paris attacks and this month’s San Bernardino shootings is that political leaders and would-be presidents are talking about adding new restrictions to the internet.  This is happening in multiple nations, including the United States, and across … Continue reading →

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Emerging technologies: a more detailed Gartner analysis

This month Gartner Research offered a top-level forecast of where technologies are going over the next five years.  At the same time they explored technologies in greater detail with this report, which I’ll summarize here. It’s a pretty solid list, … Continue reading →

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Six trajectories for education and technology

The director of EDUCAUSE ELI describes six major trends (he calls them “trajectories”) for technology and education.  It’s a very impressive article, packing a lot of insight into a short space. Malcolm Brown begins with three major drivers: personalization, hybrid learning, … Continue reading →

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A giant basket of internet trends from Mary Meeker: what educators should know

Mary Meeker’s big presentations on internet trends are always useful, and her new one is no exception.  She addresses hardware, software, networks, along with changes to human behaviors in using new and mature technologies. I strongly recommend reading through the … Continue reading →

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