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Identification and evaluation of technology trends in K-12 education from 2011 to 2021

Authors: Adam Kenneth Dubé, Run Wen

Published in: Education and Information Technologies | Issue 2/2022

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Educational technologies have captured the attention of researchers, policy makers, and parents. Each year, considerable effort and money are invested into new technologies, hoping to find the next effective learning tool. However, technology changes rapidly and little attention is paid to the changes after they occur. This paper provides an overall picture of the changing trends in educational technology by analyzing the Horizon Reports’ predictions of the most influential educational technologies from 2011 to 2021, identifying larger trends across these yearly predictions, and by using bibliometric analysis to evaluate the accuracy of the identified trends. The results suggest that mobile and analytics technologies trended consistently across the period, there was a trend towards maker technologies and games in the early part of the decade, and emerging technologies (e.g., VR, AI) are predicted to trend in the future. Overall, the specific technologies focused on by the HRs’ predictions and by educational researchers’ publications seem to coincide with the availability of consumer grade technologies, suggesting that the marketplace and technology industry is driving trends (cf., pedagogy or theory).

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Title: Identification and evaluation of technology trends in K-12 education from 2011 to 2021
Authors: Adam Kenneth Dubé
Run Wen
Publication date: 06-08-2021
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Education and Information Technologies / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 1360-2357
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7608
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10689-8

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