This year's Horizon report - teaching and learning edition - repeats much of last year's methodology by scanning the social, technological, economic, environmental and political impacts on technology and its implications on teaching and learning. The pandemic has coloured many of these with increases in 'remote' work/learning; widening of the digital divide and mental health issues being evidence social issues. There has been 'widespread' adoption of hybrid learning with increased use of learning technologies accompanied by online faculty development.
The KEY technologies and practices are little changed. They include:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blended and hybrid course models
- Learning analytics - their role
- Microcredentialling
- Open Educational resources (OER)
- Quality online learning - first mention, in a while, of this in Horizon reports.
Scenarios of growth, constraint, collapse and transformation are used to envision which of the above will have stronger impacts. Given the rise of digital learning due to the pandemic, growth is evident but transformation is still limited.
Case studies are offered across higher education (HE) and 'community colleges'. Countries include Australia, South Africa, Turkey, US community colleges and doctoral colleges.
Overall, not much new with the addition of the implications wrought by pandemic issues.
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