NMC Horizon @JISC Project (Workshop, #altc2011, #HNMChz)

See ALT-C information on workshop:

Introduction

During the last few months the New Media Consortium (NMC, http://www.nmc.org/), who have for a number of years produced an annual Horizon Report in association with EDUCAUSE, have been conducting a study from the perspective of UK universities and colleges. This has been undertaken with the support of JISC and the involvement of a panel of thought leaders from our community as the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board has worked through a number of stages culminating in a vote to identify what they see as the most important trends in technology and the likely impact of these trends. This work, which is online athttp://jisc.wiki.nmc.org/, is being drawn together in a “Short List” to summarise the conclusions reached.

This workshop comprises the final stage of the project. Participants will receive a copy of the pre-release “Short List” by email during the week before the workshop. The workshop will be highly interactive and will be strongly oriented towards gathering perception and analysis from the participants.

Aims

The workshop will consider the conclusions of the Advisory Board in draft report form – the “Short List” – and seek answers to the question: “How can we maximise the ability of Higher and Further Education Institutions and their learning technology innovators to take advantage of these emerging technologies and applications?” To achieve this aim, the workshop will map out the key challenges, gaps etc and consider desirable actions – guidance, support or investment by sector bodies, collaboration, etc… – to overcome the obstacles and accelerate our exploitation of new opportunities.

I missed the start of this due to the joys of train travel/the complexities of the Leeds campus… so came in right on the first bit of interactive work. Having read the report on the train, I was about where everyone else was in the room… I collected a series of materials (probably not of the best possible quality – sorry about that)!

Further Links

• My photo set (excuse any blurring!).. exercise was place red dots where think the ‘real world’ is, and blue dots where the education sector is.
• Twitter: @NMCorg
• Facebook: NMC Horizon Project
• Set of photos from @heloukee