Something I failed to mention in my reflection post was the release of the 2009 NMC Horizon Report. Each year NMC and ELI team up to publish an annual look into the crystal ball of emerging teaching and learning trends ... I always look forward to the release of this publication and it typically has several items in it that we are looking at or that are on our radar ... it also does a great job of giving us new directions for where we are headed in the future.
The big difference this year is that I was invited to be a member of the advisory board and let me say it was an honor working with so many smart and talented people in our field. You can read the finished report on your own, so I won't get too far into it ... but the section on the Personal Web was a place I lobbied hard to make sure it appeared.
What I found fascinating was the process the NMC took to gather the items for the report. We were given wiki space, a collection of tags, and some heavy duty deadlines to make sure we contributed. Each step of the process was well regulated and kept us all pushing each other to not only dream, but to provide evidence that our dreams could come true. If you are interested in a well formed collaborative process for publication take a look at the Horizon wiki.
While at ELI, they formally released the report to the community in a session. It should be required reading for all of us! Grab a copy and take a look.
