Multimedia in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education Commentary: New Technologies on th Horizon for Teaching

摘要

A well-researched report [1] has listed the technologies that should increasingly feature in teaching. It is projected that in the coming year there will be increased use of cloud computing, mobile applications, social exchanges, and tablet computing. Within 2-3 years, we can expect to see more adaptive learning environments, augmented reality, game-based learning, and learning analytics. Learning analytics is defined by Wikipedia as the measurement, collection, analysis, and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning and the environments in which it occurs. Within 4-5 years, we will see the introduction of digital identity, gesture-based computing, and haptic (touch controlled) interfaces. The New Media Consortium (NMC) that produced the report is an international association of educational technologists working at the forefront of educational research since 1993. The NMC Horizon Project for 2012 follows a decade of previous reports. The way that the NMC Horizon Report is collated is instructive because many contributors work on the report as a wiki under a 47 member editorial board. The report evolves dynamically each year and is then lodged in the public domain under a creative commons license.