last updated: Jun 05 2009
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The University of Texas at Austin
Executive Vice President and Provost

Campus Leaders Briefed on Emerging Instructional Technologies

DIIA hosted the Horizon Report Executive Briefing on May 20, where campus leaders received the findings of the sixth annual Horizon Report. Presenters including keynote speaker Laurence F. Johnson, chief executive officer of the New Media Consortium, shared insights into emerging technologies likely to enter mainstream use within one to five years.

The New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative launched the Horizon Project six years ago, to identify technologies likely to enter mainstream use within three adoption horizons of 1, 2-3, and 4-5 years. Reflecting the experience and insight of more than 200 leaders in business, industry, and education, the Horizon Reports comprise a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible primary resource for higher education executive leaders wishing to be proactive in shepherding their institutions to serve 21st century learners.

As a member of the New Media Consortium, DIIA supports innovative classroom practice by keeping abreast of pioneering technology so as to anticipate instructional applications in the near and longer term. In the past year, DIIA team members have published 14 articles and presented at 23 conferences, including meetings of the International Consortium for Educational Development, Educause, Campus Technology, and the American Educational Research Association. And on campus, DIIA empowers and showcases trendsetters in teaching with technology with the ~FAST Tex faculty support program and the Innovative Instructional Technology Awards program.