The 2009 horizon report

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22 February 2009The annual Horizon Report seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education.The annual Horizon Report is a collaborative effort between the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI). Each year, the report identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression in higher education within three adoption horizons: a year or less, two to three years, and four to five years. The areas of emerging technology cited for 2009 are: ? Mobiles (i.e., mobile devices) ? Cloud computing ? Geo-everything (i.e., geo-tagging) ? The personal web ? Semantic-aware applications ? Smart objects Each section of the report provides live Web links to examples and additional readings.

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CoverageAustralia, Worldwide
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