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The Emerging Technologies Initiative

The NMC's Emerging Technologies Initiative focuses on expanding the boundaries of teaching, learning and creative expression by creatively applying new tools in new contexts. The Horizon Project, the centerpiece of this initiative, charts the landscape of emerging technologies and produces the NMC’s annual Horizon Report.

The Horizon Report

The 2007 Horizon Report is now available. The 2007 edition is a collaboration between The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.

The 2007 Horizon Report, just as has been the case with previous editions of the report, highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years.

A central focus of the discussion of each technology is its relevance for teaching, learning, and creative expression. Live weblinks to example applications are provided in each section, as well as to additional readings.

Download the 2007 Horizon Report (285K, 32 pp).

The 2007 Horizon Report has been released with a Creative Commons License and may be freely replicated and distributed for noncommercial purposes provided that it is distributed only in its entirety.

Click here for the 2007 Horizon Project Wiki

2007 Horizon Project Advisory Board

Kristina Woolsey, Chairperson
Learning Experience Designer
New Media Thinking Project
Former Distinguished Scientist
Apple Computer, Inc.

Bryan Alexander
Co-director, Center for Educational Technology
National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE)

Davide Bolchini
Researcher at TEC-Lab
University of Lugano, Switzerland

Ian Brown
Associate Professor
University of Wollongong, Australia

Julius Bianchi
Interim Director of Information Services
California Lutheran University

Malcolm Brown
Director, Academic Computing
Dartmouth College

Timmo Dugdale
Instructional Technology Consultant
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Josie Fraser
Social/Educational Technologist
Future Learning Online, United Kingdom

Joan Getman
Manager Academic Technology,
Associate Director for Cornell Information Technology
Cornell University

Lev Gonick
Vice President, Information Technology Services
Case Western Reserve University

Joeann Humbert
Director of On-line Learning
Rochester Institute of Technology

Jean Paul Jacob
IBM Research, Emeritus
IBM Almaden Research Center

Shoji Kajita
Associate Professor of Information Technology
Nagoya University, Japan

Scott Leslie
Manager, Shareable Online Learning Resources
BC Campus, British Columbia

Alan Levine
Director, Member and Technology Resources
The New Media Consortium

Larry Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
The New Media Consortium

Cyprien Lomas
Director, Learning Centre
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
University of British Columbia

Phillip Long
Senior Strategist, Opportunity, Outreach and Communication
Office of Education Innovation and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Susan Metros
Professor and Interim CIO
Ohio State University

Nick Noakes
Director
Center for Enhanced Learning and Teaching
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Diana Oblinger
Vice President
EDUCAUSE

Bill Shewbridge
Producer / Manager, New Media Studio
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Rachel Smith
Director, Special Projects and Publications
The New Media Consortium

Barbara Truman
Director, Course Development and Web Services
University of Central Florida

John Weber
Dayton Director
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College

Holly Witchey
Director of New Media
Cleveland Museum of Art

Tom Zimmerman
Research Staff Member
IBM Almaden Research Center

Previous Editions

2006 Horizon Report (PDF, 552k)
The 2006 edition was produced in collaboration with the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program.

2005 Horizon Report (PDF, 400k)
The 2005 edition was produced with support from the McGraw Hill Companies and in collaboration with the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII), an EDUCAUSE program.

2004 Horizon Report (PDF, 562k)
The 2004 edition was made possible by a grant from the Corel Corporation.