This report outlines some technology trends and issues of interest and relevance to CETIS. It should be seen as a set of un-processed perceptions rather than the product of a formal process; a great deal of ground is not scanned in this paper and it should [...]]]> Link: JISC CETIS 2011 Informal Horizon Scan (pdf).

This report outlines some technology trends and issues of interest and relevance to CETIS. It should be seen as a set of un-processed perceptions rather than the product of a formal process; a great deal of ground is not scanned in this paper and it should be understood that no formal prioritisation process was undertaken. The CETIS Horizon Scan should be seen as a set of potentially-idiosyncratic “takes”, material on which discourse and disputation may occur to make possible futures more clear.

The trends identified are

1. Mobile as web first citizen
2. Devices: form factors proliferating, capabilities converging
3. Motion capture controllers for gestural interfaces
4. Cross-platform applications
5. Machine learning on the web
6. Educational informatics
7. Content management and application framework convergence
8. Development of better tools for using, embedding and discovering open licences
9. Public sector data
10. Mobile applications
11. eTextbooks

This report outlines some technology trends and issues of interest and relevance to CETIS. It should be seen as a set of un-processed perceptions rather than the product of a formal process; a great deal of ground is not scanned in this paper and it should [...]]]> Link: JISC CETIS 2010 Informal Horizon Scan (pdf).

This report outlines some technology trends and issues of interest and relevance to CETIS. It should be seen as a set of un-processed perceptions rather than the product of a formal process; a great deal of ground is not scanned in this paper and it should be understood that no formal prioritisation process was undertaken. We hope it will stimulate discussion and recognise that this kind of material is by its nature contestable.

The trends identified are:

1. Current Trends and the Here-and-Now
1. Linked Data and the Low -fibre Semantic Web
2. Learning Platform Architectures
3. Competence and learning outcomes
4. Mobile Platforms Converging
5. Augmented Reality Going Mobile and Mainstream
6. Sharepoint
7. e-Textbooks
8. Image Analysis and Semantic Query
9. Rising interest in “Business Intelligence”
2. Almost here
1. HTML 5 and next-gen browsers
2. Open Data and the need for a new information literacy
3. More Speculative Developments and Interesting Outliers
1. Non-relational Databases
2. Real-time services
3. Declarative Workflow
4. Dynamical Modelling of the Enterprise

This report looks at some of the key technology trends and issues we perceive as being of interest and relevance to CETIS. It forms a logical bridge between the question, from the point of view of CETIS staff, “what are the issues at hand” and “what [...]]]> Link: JISC CETIS 2010 Informal Horizon Scan (doc).

This report looks at some of the key technology trends and issues we perceive as being of interest and relevance to CETIS. It forms a logical bridge between the question, from the point of view of CETIS staff, “what are the issues at hand” and “what should we do about them”. A great deal of ground is not scanned in this paper and it should be understood that no formal prioritisation process was undertaken.