2006 Short List — these are the items we considered for inclusion in the 2006 Horizon Report

STATUS: This phase is completed. Advisory Board members reviewed the 12 items below in preparation for the final selection that took place the week of December 5, 2005.

PROCESS: Each of the first 12 items below has been placed into an adoption horizon based on the first-pass ranking data, and has undergone initial research. An editable wiki-based one-page summary for each has been prepared in the general format of the Horizon Report that is accessible from the links below. In addition, key trends and critical challenges are also detailed, listed in rank order as they were identified by the first pass in the process.

Advisory Board members are encouraged to add comments and links to any section, or to insert questions that they may have. Suggestions for alternate names or wordings are encouraged.

To download the entire 2006 Short List as a single pdf file, click here

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less click the links below to review and comment

• Social Computing
• Personal Video & Audio Sharing
• Advanced Video Collaboration & Communication
• Portable Devices

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years click the links below to review and comment

• Ubiquitous Networks
• Enterprise and Web Services
• Smart Phones
• Digital Gaming

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years click the links below to review and comment

• Augmented Reality & Enhanced Visualization
• Next-Generation Folksonomic Tools
• Context-Aware Computing
• Even Smarter Classrooms

Key Trends Click to comment

• Dynamic knowledge creation and social computing tools and processes are becoming more widespread and accepted.
• Mobile and personal technology is increasingly being viewed as a delivery platform for services of all kinds
• Consumers are increasingly expecting individualized services, tools, and experiences, and open access to media, knowledge, information, and learning.
• Collaboration is increasingly seen as critical across the range of educational activities, including intra- and inter-institutional activities of any size or scope.

Critical Challenges Click to comment

• Peer review and other academic processes
• Information literacy
• Intellectual property and management of digital assets
• Scaling technologies that work
• Support needs related to technological "churn"
• Cross-institutional collaboration