Introducing the Illinois Emerging Technology Report
Inspired by the annual Horizon Report published by the New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE, the Illinois Emerging Tech Report collects examples of emerging technologies in use on the Champaign-Urbana campus, with an emphasis on teaching and learning technologies.
While Illinois has long been an innovator in learning technology, from Plato to i>clicker, and units, departments and colleges have celebrated their local successes, this Illinois Report is the first to focus exclusively on the University of Illinois, identifying and sharing our emerging teaching and learning technologies, practices and trends.
Our emphasis is on local, campus examples.
The report focuses on local emerging technologies, especially those with teaching and learning applications. Illinois is already a leader in many emerging technologies such as 3D printing (Maker Lab), MOOC’s, gameful learning, and others.
One of the strengths of Illinois is its size and scope, and its endlessly surprising range of talented and creative approaches to teaching and research. Given the breadth of our campus, we do not claim that our Illinois Report is comprehensive or exhaustive. However, the initial five technologies and trends chosen for the 2015 report (MOOCs; Maker Movement; Teaching Wirelessly With Tablets; Learning Analytics; and the Physics IOLab Kit), all reflect a significant level of campus activity, expertise, creativity, and promise. Indeed, we believe each of these emerging technologies and trends will see increased adoption and influence at Illinois in the coming years. We hope you enjoy these stories and the innovators we’ve profiled.
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Each semester we will be adding new stories to the Illinois Report, and we would like to hear from units and faculty who are innovating in their classrooms. Please contact us at: http://go.illinois.edu/techtip