Guest Commentary: Guest Commentary: Virtual Education Trends and Insights - 2011 K-12 Horizon Report

The New Media Consortium (NMC) Horizon Project has a laudable goal. It "identifies and describes emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, research, or creative expression within education around the globe."
In the 2011 K-12 Edition, researchers found five trends that will be key drivers of technology for 2011-2016.
According to the report:
-- In one year or less, K-12 education will have widely adopted cloud computing and the use of mobile devises.
-- In two to three years, game-based learning and open content will be broadly accepted.
-- In four to five years, personal learning environments will be commonplace.
Researchers added that there will be resistance to change. "As long as maintaining the basic elements of the existing system remains the focus of efforts to support education, there will be resistance to any profound change in practice."
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