NMC Publications

The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education

Thanks to the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 2008 Horizon Report is now also available in Spanish and Catalan.

Download 2008 Horizon Report (254K, 32 pp) or view web version
60,265 downloads as of August 22 2011
Download El Informe Horizon 2008 (Spanish) (266K, 32 pp)
5,564 downloads as of August 22 2011
Download L'Informe Horizon 2008 (Catalan) (269K, 32 pp)
984 downloads as of August 22 2011

La Universitat Oberta de Catalunya ha iniciado su colaboración con el New Media Consortium (NMC), después de unirse a esta organización el pasado julio, con la traducción al castellano de la edición 2007 de su reconocido Informe Horizon. El documento analiza anualmente el impacto de las nuevas tecnologías en el campo de la educación superior.

Descargue El Informe Horizon 2007 (232K, 32 pp)
1,711 downloads as of August 22 2011

The 2007 NMC Conference Proceedings features sixteen papers on topics from virtual worlds and gaming to streaming media technologies, digital storytelling, and more. The topics were ones nominated by attendees at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference held in June at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

Download 2007 NMC Conference Proceedings (2.6Mb, 133 pp)

This white paper discusses the premise that technology not only mediates interactions, but is actually changing the nature of communication itself. This release marks the first in a series of topical papers associated with the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia (formerly the Series of Online Conferences), which are designed to explore emerging topics in education and technology using social computing technologies to bring people together online in a way that offers many of the same affordances of a face-to-face conference.

Download Social Networking, the "Third Place," and the Evolution of Communication (78K, 9 pp) or view and comment on web version.
23,527 downloads as of August 22 2011

Sent out to members of the NMC, our in-world educational community, and the Second Life Educators Listserv (SLED) in May 2007, this survey represents the interests, activities, and demographics of more than 200 educators. Overall, the results reflect the highly social interaction of Second Life and how educators have formed and contribute to a vibrant community in this virtual world space.

Download 2007 Educators in Second Life Survey Results Summary (1.3 Mb, 13 pp)
Download 2007 Educators in Second Life Survey Results Appendix (496 kb, 28 pp) .
4,244 downloads as of August 22 2011

The NMC has undertaken for the first time a concerted, international effort to describe a research agenda and call to scholarship based on the six practices and technologies featured in the 2007 edition of the Horizon Report. The community was invited to participate in this process, contribute to the discussion, and help shape directions for future research in these topics across higher education.

Download Horizon Project: 2007 Call to Scholarship (112K, 9 pp) .
5,495 downloads as of August 22 2011

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.

Thanks to the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, the 2008 Horizon Report is now also available in Spanish and Catalan.

Download 2007 Horizon Report (285K, 32 pp) or view web version
47,325 downloads as of August 22 2011
Download El Informe Horizon 2007 (Spanish) (228K, 32 pp)
1,711 downloads as of August 22 2011
Download L'Informe Horizon 2007 (Catalan) (259K, 32 pp)
984 downloads as of August 22 2011

Based on conversations with NMC Directors, this guide addresses what it means for a center to have impact; describes ways to identify impact; and presents seven strategies for maximizing impact.

View/Comment on web version
Download Maximizing Campus Impact: Lessons from the Trenches (130k, 23 pp)
1,511 downloads as of August 22 2011

The 2006 Horizon Report highlights six educational technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years.

Download 2006 Horizon Report (552K, 32 pp)
38,990 downloads as of August 22 2011

This monograph, the final report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit held in April 2005, presents an action plan for this emerging field, and details the strategic priorities and recommendations that were the summit's major outcomes.

Download A Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit (1Mb, 32 pp)
17,279 downloads as of August 22 2011