The Horizon Report series is the product of the New
Media Consortium's Horizon Project, an ongoing
research project that seeks to identify and describe
emerging technologies likely to have a large impact
on teaching, learning, or creative expression within higher education around the globe. This volume, the 2008 Horizon Report, Australia-New Zealand Edition, is the !rst in a new series of regional reports, and examines merging technologies as they appear in and affect higher education in Australia and New Zealand in particular.