eLearning Industry: a community of eLearning professionals exploring new technologies to support learning
“The more current idea is that breakthrough innovation can proceed much more rapidly and effectively through myriad open conversations – a concept that’s highly analogous to the educational theory of connectivism” David Vogt , (W02-04: Bootcamp), Global Dynamics, ETEC 522 [lesson] eLearning Industry is a network that operates under this ideology. It is an online […]
Knowledgeworks – Navigating the Future of Learning Forecast 5.0
Knowledgeworks.org is a private consultancy group founded in 2000. They are based in Ohio, USA and offer articles and workshops on personalized learning and competency-based learning to schools, districts and educational policymakers. Their market forecast document Navigating the Future of Learning Forecast 5.0 identifies 5 “drivers of change” that provide a thought-provoking counterpoint to both […]
Seeing is believing: How VR/ AR will transform business and the economy
As the price and availability of VR/ AR products continues to drop and the barriers to content development continue to fall away, this industry is going to grow exponentially. According to PwC that growth will hit $1.5 TRILLION (with a ’T’) in the next decade. This blows away previous projections, include some of those made […]
Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Higher Education in 2019 by Gartner
Top 10 Strategic Technologies Impacting Higher Education in 2019 and using Gartner as a resource* (see the Access section below if links are not working) Gartner is a research and advisory company focused on providing tech and business insights to executive and senior level-leaders. According to their website, they serve over 15,600 organizations across 100 […]
OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030
OECD countries and key partners represent about 80% of world trade and investment. We better pay attention… Focus: The project identifies the competencies today’s students need to thrive in and shape their world towards a better future in 2030 and beyond. Scope: The report seeks to establish a common language within which countries can explore […]
LinkedIn Learning’s Workplace Learning Report
LinkedIn Learning’s yearly Workplace Learning Report outlines trends in corporate learning and technology. As LinkedIn is the leader in social networking for career and professionals, they have unique access to data at the industry, organization, and employee level. While many market projections focus on in-demand technologies, LinkedIn Learning’s report focuses on what organizations and corporate […]
European Commission Science Hub, Digitization impacting Life & Citizens
The EU Science hub is a relevant source as it gathers research papers and practical implication for our professions and daily lives in regards to all digitization topics. All topics are supported by the European Union and get special attention and assistance and sometimes funding opportunities. As the Europe 2020 strategy acknowledges that Education and […]
ICTC – Predicting Canada’s Digital Economy
The Information and Communications Technology Council, abbreviated as the ICTC, is a not-for-profit national centre of expertise for the Canadian digital economy. ICTC Focus: To bring together Industry, Education, & Policy makers to advance the digital economy in Canada and our digital advantage in a global economy. Mission: Foster globally competitive Canadian industries and a […]
Market Projections – Ed Surge
This is a valuable resource. It provides a wide range of resources for educators and is fairly easy to navigate. After exploring this resource for several minutes I was impressed with the amount of information that it provides. Along the Menu Bar found on the top of the page there are several pages (News, Research, […]
Global Learning/EdTech Landscape
Education is a complex and fragmented sector, and operating at various aspects, ranging from the global, national, local to the personal level. As an excellent analytical framework, the Cube offers six dimensions to help us understand learning technology ventures in terms of their definitive market/product features and relationships. However, information about the innovation that is […]
PwC projections on AI
This resource consists of three analyses prepared by PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) focusing on the current and future developments in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its application in various business areas. The 3 sources are: Perceptions of AI report titled Me: A revolutionary partnership: http://pwcartificialintelligence.com/ AI Predictions 2018: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/consulting/library/artificial-intelligence-predictions.html PwC’s Global Artificial Intelligence Study titled […]
EdSurge | Insights and Projections
EdSurge is a news, community and opportunities website offering free, open resources about Educational Technologies in K-12 and Higher Education environments. It is independently produced which means that it is more likely to offer objective insights due to its degrees of separation from products and funding. Founded in 2011 and running under CEO/Founder Betsy Corcoran, […]
Deloitte Insights: Tech Trends and Human Capital Trends
Deloitte Insights are free, open, and respected sources of information about trends that impact organizations. Two key annual publications are Tech Trends and Human Capital Trends. The Tech Trends publication is technology oriented and the Human Capital Trends focuses on the people side of innovation. These trends impact how technology is created and delivered which […]
Virtual and Augmented Reality: Understanding the Race for the Next Computing Platform
This research article published by Goldman Sachs reviews the market potential of augmented and virtual reality and predicts market adoption in different sectors. They break down revenue projections and outline potential uses sector by sector. In their review, they identify the video game, healthcare and engineering sectors as having the highest potential for revenue and adoption. The technology is […]
Humans Wanted Report: The Coming Skills Revolution
The Humans Wanted Report published by RBC is the result of a year-long research project that predicts the future of work in Canada and describes the state of Canada’s skills gap. A few of the key findings from the research conducted is that the Canadian education system is not properly preparing youth for a new […]
Holon IQ
Holon IQ is a highly intelligent education market data-driven source. Analysts and experts from 6 continents publish over 200 open source knowledge reports (research and forecasts) each year. They also have an open source taxonomy for the future of education called the Global Learning Landscape; it provides “a common structure and language for identifying, tracking […]
Special Reports from educationweek.org
This website is essentially an online magazine, with a ‘subscribers only’ area, and reports on very current education issues. Their section “Digital Directions” publishes a variety of annual, and special reports that spotlight new technologies and their uses, as well as progress in various aspects of tech-ed. It is an American website, however much of […]
WCET
I came across WCET (WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies) when I was researching to write a paper for my Research Methodology in Education course. Their website then became a reference to me due to the fact that they are constantly posting news and trends in areas related to leveraging learning technologies. On their website, they […]
EdTech Update – Industry Insights
Edtechupdate.com is a robust website highlighting “industry insights your peers are reading.” It offers an extensive review of all things education including, but not limited to: industry trends, forecasted tech use, must have apps/software, social media trends through the lens of education, consolidated highlights from ed tech conferences, plus a variety of edtech surgery results […]
Educause: NMC Horizon Report 2018
The NMC Horizon Report from Educause looks at emerging technologies in Higher Education. While similar to the 2018 Top Ten IT Issues and Seven Things series also from Educause, the NMC Horizon Report provides a valuable predictive timeline analyzing opportunities in learning technologies in the short term (within 1 year), mid-term (2-3 years) and long […]
Top Tools For Learning Annual Ranking
Top Tools for Learning is a list of technological tools ranked by learning professionals in annual survey. The list organizes by overall score but is also broken into sub categories such as workplace learning, personal and professional learning, and education. The website offers a brief analysis of the list and highlights. Survey results from previous […]
Leading Learning
As stated on their website, Leading Learning “provides a range of resources to help learning business professionals excel in the global market for lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. Current Leading Learning resources include: The weekly Leading Learning podcast Regular Leading Learning Webinars The Leading Learning newsletter“ Leading Learning focuses on six types of resources: […]
eLearning Market Trends and Forecast 2017-2021
Docebo (www.docebo.com), a learning technology company offering a cloud-based LMS to support corporate training, has pieced together a recent and extensive report entitled eLearning Market Trends and Forecast 2017. While this company has an agenda of spreading awareness for their product, this report goes far beyond promoting, offering detailed and aspiring data in regards to […]
E-Learning.com Predictions
ELearning.com Predictions compile a broad set of sources – something for everyone but perhaps not as much critical analysis and focus as might be helpful.
American Alliance of Museums – Centre for the Future of Museums – TrendsWatch
American Alliance of Museums – Centre for the Future of Museums TrendsWatch 2017 The Centre for the Future of Museums is a non-profit centre of the American Alliance of Museums. The goal of the centre is to help museums shape a better tomorrow. The centre monitors trends, provides resources for museums to help meet the […]
OECD: Innovation Strategy for Education & Training
OECD – Trends Shaping Education 2016 OECD – Current Research Projects The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world. The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions […]
THE Journal
THE Journal THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology. Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to cover education technology. THE Journal is the leading resource for administrative, technical, […]
Gartner: Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends
Gartner: Top Ten Strategic Technologies Each year, Gartner Research compiles a list of the top technology trends that have the potential to affect individuals, businesses and IT organizations during the next three years. For the second consecutive year, the Nexus of Forces — mobile, social, cloud and information — permeates most of Gartner’s Top 10 […]
Educause – 2018 Top Ten IT Issues
Educause: 2018 Top Ten IT Issues EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. EDUCAUSE presents the top-ten IT issues facing higher education institutions. Many of these issues are not new.
Educause: Seven Things
Educause: Seven Things EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI’s) 7 Things You Should Know About … TM series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice.
Metaari
*NB – Ambient Insight rebranded in 2017 to become “Metaari“. Look for their research papers there…. Ambient Insight is an international market research firm that uses predictive analytics to identify revenue opportunities for global learning technology suppliers. Ambient Insight has been compiling country-by-country data on learning technology expenditures across seven regions of the globe since 2004. They […]