New Media Consortium: Horizon Reports

The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology — from the practitioners who work with new technologies on campuses every day; to the visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, and research centers; to its staff and board of directors; to the advisory boards and others helping the NMC conduct cutting edge research.

The internationally recognized NMC Horizon Report series and regional NMC Technology Outlooks are part of the NMC Horizon Project, a comprehensive research venture established in 2002 that identifies and describes key trends, significant challenges, and emerging technologies likely to have a large impact over the coming five years in education around the globe. 

NMC Horizon Reports separately cover Higher Education, K-12, Museums and Libraries.

THE Journal

THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology. Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to cover education technology.

THE Journal is the leading resource for administrative, technical, and academic technology leaders in K-12 education.

Gartner: Top Ten Strategic Technologies

Each year, Gartner Research compiles a list of the top technology trends that have the potential to affect individuals, businesses and IT organizations during the next three years. For the second consecutive year, the Nexus of Forces — mobile, social, cloud and information — permeates most of Gartner’s Top 10 list as it continues to drive change and create new opportunities.

Educause: 2015 Top Ten IT Issues

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education.

EDUCAUSE presents the top-ten IT issues facing higher education institutions. Many of these issues are not new. 

Educause: Seven Things

EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education.

The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI’s) 7 Things You Should Know About … ^TM series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice.

Ambient Insight – Learning Technology Research Taxonomy

Ambient Insight is an international market research firm that uses predictive analytics to identify revenue opportunities for global learning technology
suppliers.

Ambient Insight has been compiling country-by-country data on learning technology expenditures across seven regions of the globe since 2004. They offer a view of the global industry and can parse the data by product,
by buyer segment, by region, and/or by country. Ambient Insight offers  country profiles for over 150 countries.