INST 6031: Applications of Technology
Unit-by-Unit Primary Course Reading Contractual Agreement
Fall 2022
Student Name: _____________Cindy Jones____________________________________________
Date Submitted: _____________10/17/22______________________________________________
Within our course environment, each of our primary units of instruction include designated Horizon Reports reading materials. To more fully reflect your own personal interests and professional areas of specialization, this contractual agreement is your opportunity to specify one designated Horizon Report unit reading upon which you will focus.
To successfully fulfill this Unit-by-Unit Primary Course Reading Contractual Agreement, please review each of the unit reading options, and designate which Horizon Report unit reading you will focus upon within each specific unit of instruction.
Beginning on page 2 of this document is a full table of contents for each of the unit-designated Horizon Report readings. Please designate which one Horizon Report reading, within each unit of instruction, you designate as your focused reading material.
Once you have designated the specific unit reading of your choice (specific Horizon Report), please also include the reading in the following list, for ease of location and review.
Unit One: [This is a survey review of the different Horizon Reports, focused upon a critical analysis of the perceived positives, appreciated aspects, as well as things that may not be so attractive in the different reports concerning formatting, style of writing, etc., over the Horizon Report publication years.]
Unit Two: Horizon Report: 2019 Higher Education Edition:
Significant Challenges Impeding Technology Adoption in Higher Education
Solvable Challenges: Those that we understand and know how to solve
Improving Digital Fluency
Increasing Demand for Digital Learning Experience and Instructional Design Expertise
Difficult Challenges: Those we understand but for which solutions are elusive
The Evolving Roles of Faculty with Ed Tech Strategies
Achievement Gap
Wicked Challenges: Those that are complex to even define, much less address
Advancing Digital Equity
Rethinking the Practice of Teaching
Unit Three: 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Data and Analytics Edition
Trends: Scanning the Horizon
Social Trends
Technological trends
Economic Trends
Environmental Trends
Political Trends
Unit Four: 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Hybrid Learning
Goals for our Future State
Institutions
Students, Instructors, and Staff
Unit Five: 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Data and Analytics Edition
Scenarios
Growth
Constraint
Collapse
Transformation
Unit Six: 2020 The Horizon Report Trends (EDUCAUSE article)
Anticipating the Future
Social Trends
Technological Trends
Higher Education Trends
Political Trends
To access the Horizon Reports, they are available through innumerable Internet-based resources, including:
o https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/2/horizon-reports
o Past Reports: 2005+
· 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition
PDF of Full Report: https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2022/4/2022hrteachinglearning.pdf?la=en&hash=6F6B51DFF485A06DF6BDA8F88A0894EF9938D50B
· 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Hybrid Learning
https://library.educause.edu/resources/2022/10/2022-educause-horizon-action-plan-hybrid-learning
PDF of Full Report: https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2022/10/2022horizonactionplanhybridlearning.pdf?la=en&hash=4CBA2ED1CA613B5D431C5899D62FFA911FC895CC
· 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Data and Analytics Edition
PDF of Full Report: https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2022/7/2022hrdataandanalytics.pdf?la=en&hash=9FA4BFE5CDA22F19AEB4F7B46F8F1AAC6206BE3F
· 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition
PDF of Full Report: https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2021/4/2021hrteachinglearning.pdf?la=en&hash=C9DEC12398593F297CC634409DFF4B8C5A60B36E
· 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Action Plan: Privacy [in Higher Education]
https://library.educause.edu/resources/2021/10/2021-educause-horizon-action-plan-privacy
PDF of Full Report:
· 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Information Security Edition
PDF of Full Report: https://library.educause.edu/-/media/files/library/2021/2/2021_horizon_report_infosec.pdf?la=en&hash=6F5254070245E2F4234C3FDE6AA1AA00ED7960FB
· 2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Teaching and Learning Edition EDUCAUSE)
· 2020 The Horizon Report Trends
https://er.educause.edu/-/media/files/articles/2020/3/er20_1114.pdf
· 2019 Higher Education Edition (through EDUCAUSE)
https://library.educause.edu/resources/2019/4/2019-horizon-report
ISTE Standards for Administrators
http://www.iste.org/standards/standards-for-administrators
Visionary leadership
Educational Administrators inspire and lead development and implementation of a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology to promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization.
Digital age learning culture
Educational Administrators create, promote, and sustain a dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students.
Excellence in professional practice
Educational Administrators promote an environment of professional learning and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and digital resources.
Systemic improvement
Educational Administrators provide digital age leadership and management to continuously improve the organization through the effective use of information and technology resources.
Digital citizenship
Educational Administrators model and facilitate understanding of social, ethical and legal issues and responsibilities related to an evolving digital culture.