B1: Exploring emerging technologies

B1: Exploring emerging technologies

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  Preparing for theFuture: Technological Challenges and Beyond B1: Exploring Emerging Technologies Brian Kelly Independent researcher/consultant at UK Web Focus Ltd. Tony Hirst Senior lecturer at The Open University Contact Details Brian Kelly Tony Hirst Email: ukwebfocus@gmail.com Email: tony.hirst@gmail.com Twitter: @briankelly Twitter: @psychemedia Blog: http://ukwebfocus.com/ Blog: http://blog.ouseful.info/ Slides and further information available at http://ukwebfocus.com/events/ili-2015-preparing-for-the-future/ UK Web Focus Event hashtag: #ili2015fut
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies About Innovation Wikipedia provides the following summary: Invention: the creation of the idea or method itself Innovation: the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method Improvement: doing current activities better All are important and may overlap, but we will focus on innovation and improvements. 2 See Reflecting on Yesterday, Understanding Today, Planning for Tomorrow, Kelly and Hollins, Umbrella 2013
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies How Do You Discover New Technologies? 3 How do you discover new technologies? GE
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies Discovering New Technologies 4 Some ideas One’s peers Informal Show and tell Staff development Mailing lists Other Friends and family Researchers Observations … Publications Specialist publication (e.g. NMC, Gartner, …) Professional journals Mass media … … Experts Authors Speakers Informal … Online Blogs RSS Feeds Alerting services … Social media Events Conferences Webinars Twitter … HashtagsProfessional bodies BK→AH
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies How Do You Discover New Technologies? 5 What have you noticed? GE AH
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies Learning From Conferences: ILI 2015 At ILI 2015 you can learn from: • Specific talks • “Following” speakers & participants e.g. Twitter for insights into content; links shared & profiles • Conference strands on new areas 6 GE Look at the ILI 2015 programme What topics address areas: • Which may describe improvements to your services • Which are newish to you which you hope to learn from • Which you don’t know about or are surprised to find
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies ILI 2015 Programme My observations from ILI 2015 programme: • Video and gaming • Talks from outside UK 7 Some questions: • What are they doing? • Is it relevant to me? • Am I missing out?!
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition NMC (New Media Consortium): • International community of experts in educational technology Includes: • Practitioners who work with new technologies every day • Visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, research centers • Staff and board of directors Produces reports including 2014 & 2015 Horizon Reports on Future of Libraries 8
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Library Edition NMC Horizon Report, 2015: Library edition: • Published in Aug 2015 • Based on ideas from panel of experts • Ideas refined using Delphi process • Report available under Creative Commons licence 9 PDF
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  B: Exploring EmergingTechnologies Conclusions 10 Exploring emerging technologies: • Various approaches to help identify emerging technologies (expanded on later – slides C1) • Need to explore implications • But also need to understand wider context Let’s explore the wide context for libraries BK→AH