Emerging+Technology

=10 Emerging Technologies 2010=

Each year, //Technology Review// selects what it believes are the 10 most important emerging technologies. The winners are chosen based on the editors’ coverage of key fields. The question that we ask is simple: is the technology likely to change the world? Some of these changes are on the largest scale possible: better biofuels, more efficient solar cells, and green concrete all aim at tackling global warming in the years ahead. Other changes will be more local and involve how we use technology: for example, 3-D screens on mobile devices, new applications for cloud computing, and social television. And new ways to implant medical electronics and develop drugs for diseases will affect us on the most intimate level of all, with the promise of making our lives healthier.
 * Social networking is changing the way we find information.

Smart phones will take 3-D mainstream.

Mimicking human disease in a dish.

Designing the perfect renewable fuel.

Nanoparticles boost solar power's prospects.

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Storing carbon dioxide in cement.

Dissolvable devices make better medical implants.

Fighting cancer more efficiently.

A new language will improve online applications. || =media type="custom" key="6017319"= =Emerging Technologies and Practices= Learning technology alone does not necessarily advance learning; well-integrated learning technologies and practices often do. With learning principles and practices in mind, technology is being used in service of learning. New technologies may advance learning; even traditional technologies, when implemented with pedagogically sound practices, can result in significant learning gains. Questions the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) explores include: []
 * What are the emerging learning technologies and practices, and how can we use them?
 * How do we accommodate emerging practices associated with new learning technologies within our institutions?
 * How do we evaluate the potential impact new technologies and practices may have on advancing learning?
 * What do our students think about these technologies and higher education's perspective on them?
 * How can we understand what is happening on our campuses? Can surveys help us develop strategies that align student and faculty expectations for the use of learning technologies?