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"The critical issue in planning today is not how to get there. The critical issue is where you want to be." Jim Taylor and Watts Wacker, The 500-Year Delta The world is changing in ways that dramatically alter the assumptions, beliefs, traditions and policies that previously served American citizens.

view all Learning Methods posts view all Guide to the Future School posts What we as adults experienced in school, as educators and students, will bear little resemblance to what lies ahead. Here's a look at current trends, their implications, and changes to watch for.

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Growing up is tough enough without the worries of your financial future, so Money101 is here for you. E-mail us your questions and let us take off some of the pressure. As the student population increases and technology continues to change how we live our lives, the country's higher education system must adapt quickly to keep up with the times.

Tech-loving educators jumped on Snow Crash-esque sims and metaverses such as Second Life, hosting their classes online and reaching a global audience. But the virtual world's broad, limitless nature ultimately proved too unwieldy, and many schools who once eagerly embraced Second Life have already transferred their enthusiasm elsewhere.

Mobile devices are one year away from transforming education. For the third straight year. The 2011 Horizon Report, an annual look at technology trends affecting higher education, points to mobile devices as one of six technologies to watch. Of the other five trends, game-based learning and learning analytics-using data to track student progress-are new additions for 2011.

Technology has been used in the classroom for decades now. But with the advent of cloud computing and the proliferation of smaller, more portable computers and Internet-capable devices, it's now possible to bring the classroom into the technology instead.

The computer and the internet's evolution these past few years have been staggeringly fast. A computer that used to fill an entire building in 1965 has about the same computing power as a modern-day cellphone. Most of the popular forms of media like TV, radio, and print are slowly being nudged from their pedestal by the internet.

Implications for Distance Education For inclusion in a special issue of the Quarterly Review of Distance Education Distance education has been described as a disruptive technology-an innovation that, while initially posing no threat to established institutions, over time challenges conventional practices and contributes to new ways of thinking (Archer, Garrison, & Anderson, 1999).

Journal - Education technology experts discuss their top technology trends for the coming year. Transforming Education through Technology

Summary: 5 from me and 5 great insights from one of Dell's Ed Tech leaders. Where are we headed next year? I had a chance last week to talk with Adam Garry, Dell's manager of global professional learning.

Artificial as the year's end might be, I can't help but look back in amazement at the technology trends and changes we've seen and speculate about how we will learn and enable learning experiences in 2011. Some of this year's technology trends are based on disruptive innovation while others are based on changes in outlook and awareness.