What I found most interesting about the Horizon Report for this year were the key trends in the relationship between technology and education. The list of trends were very informative, and I definitely noticed how accurate the report was in describing today's learners.
First, learners are as impatient and busy as they ever were. These days, we want things quickly and easily accessible, so it makes sense that learners should want to study whenever and wherever they want. Students are definitely more mobile than they ever were, with laptops to carry their infinite possibilities of research with them wherever they go. Also, learners want to be able to easily collaborate their ideas, and technologies are becoming increasingly cloud-based instead of bound to a single device.
In the classroom itself, I find it interesting how much more interactive learning has become. Learning has become a lot more student-centered than it ever was before, with instructors utilizing technologies in the classroom to engage students in active learning, rather than simply standing in front of the room, delivering boring lectures.
I believe that the smart use of technologies to get students excited about learning will cause many of the stale, traditional manners of teaching to be a thing of the past. Now that learners have so many tools accessible to them, students can use these resources to help each other learn, and teachers can take advantage of new technologies to get students excited about learning.
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