Ocotillo Presentation #41

The future ain't what it used to be... plus the Maricopa Technology Hype Cycle

presenter: Larry Johnson
email: roger.yohe@emcmail.maricopa,edu
department:
affiliation: Estrella Mountain Community College

Co-presenters:
Larry Johnsin (New Media Consortium)
Jim Patterson (Paradise Valley) co-chair of Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies Group

time and place: Afternoon Classroom Concurrent Session (1:30 - 2:30 PM) TC 155

description:
This will be a shared session on emerging technologies led by our keynote speaker and our local leaders of the Ocotillo Learning Technologies Action Group.

The future ain't what it used to be... (Larry Johnson)

After more than 20 years of unrelenting change, what is next on the horizon for colleges and universities? If there is one thing we've learned, it is that the road to the future is paved with hyperbole and too many of the "next big things" turn out to have been so much wasted time. How can an instructional technologist today stay abreast of emerging technology without taking time away from the pressing demands of the real work that needs to be done?

The Horizon Project, a project launched three years ago by the NMC, is an effort to ease that task somewhat. The hope is to try to distinguish those new technologies that may offer considerable opportunity to advance teaching, learning, and creative expression in higher education from those which may have very little impact, and to then identify promising educational applications and ideas worthy of further exploration.

In this address, Larry will draw on the first set of findings of the Horizon Project to set the stage for a discussion of key technology trends and issues -- and emerging technologies to watch. Looking through the dark lens that characterizes technology prognostication, he'll share his perceptions on where the long and winding road of technology integration will take us next, and share some insights about technology use in teaching and learning.

More on the Horizon Project...
http://www.nmc.org/horizon/


The Maricopa Technology Hype Cycle (Roger Yohe and Jim Patterson)

Ocotillo Emerging Learning Technologies co-Chairs will share the results of their Fall 2004 college-based discussion forums where they solcitied ideas on what faculty and staff at Maricopa saw as "emerging technologies". The analysis has resulted in clusters of 6 areas that are placed on "hyper cycle" model based on the work of the Gartner Group.

Join our discussion and give us feedback on the placement. It's not an exact science! This will help focus the Ocotillo ELT activities for 2005-2006.

Emerging Technologies Action Group
http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/emerging/

ELT Hype Cycle Fall 2004
http://zircon.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/emerging/hype_cycle_fall2004.doc

More details and presentation materials are available in the Maricopa Learning eXchange package for this session.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1564