E-learn Weblog of Willem van Valkenburg

Since 2010 Audrey Watters, ed-tech writter, spends her December reading through all her articles and making the top ed-tech trends list of that year. It is always a pleasure to read those articles. She does a really great job in catching the trends, although some trends are specific for the US, such as Common Core.

Here is the list of the trends for 2014:

1. Buzzwords

2. The Business of Ed-tech

3. School and "Skills"

4. MOOCS, Outsourcing, and Online Education

5. Competencies and Certificates

6. The Common Core State Standards

7. Data and Privacy

8. The Indie Web

9. Social Justice

10. #Fail

Once again Audrey has done a great job. This year she also published a new book: The Monster of Education Technology. I haven't read the book yet, but it is based on her keynote presentations this year and I enjoyed reading those.