The future of technology and barriers to adoption

The Future of Technology and Barriers to Adoption

Dr. J. Ana DonaldsonAECT – PresidentKSET, May 2012

What is tomorrow’s technology?

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Think you can ignore it and it will

go away?

One year or less• Cloud

Computing• Mobile Apps• Social Reading• Tablet

Computing

New Horizon Report

Johnson, L., Adams, S., and Cummins, M. (2012). The NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Cloud Computing

Mobile Apps and Tablets

Social

Reading

2 to 3 years• Adaptive

Learning Environments

• Augmented Reality

• Game-based Learning

• Learning Analytics

New Horizon Report

Adaptive Learning Environments

Augmented Reality

Game-based Learning

Diffusion Simulation Game

https://www.indiana.edu/~simed/istdemo/

Learning Analytics

4 to 5 years• Digital Identity• Gesture-based

Computing• Haptic Interfaces• Internet of

Things

New Horizon Report

Digital Identity

Gesture-based Computing

Haptic Interfaces

Internet of Things

Gartner Hype Cycle 2012

Barriers

Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation

Innovators – 2.5%

Early Adopters – 13.5%

Early Majority – 34%

Late Majorit

y – 34%

Laggar

ds- 16%

Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation

What is your vision?

ana.donaldson@cfu.net