Hi Everyone,

Below is the reading for the July 17 Tag Up on eminent trends in online learning.  The report was just released last Tuesday so it is "hot off the press."  

•  NMC Horizon Report 2013 K-12 Edition

The report is published with a variety of other reports, but the two additional reports released on Tuesday may interest some of you also and provide further reading at some point in time:

• NMC Horizon Report 2013 Higher Education Edition  
• NMC Horizon Report 2013 Museum Edition

You may enjoy checking out the New Media Consortium website for the wealth of other reports that they publish for specific markets and populations throughout the world.

If you find yourself with little time to adequately review the full K-12 Report, NMC does publish a preview and short list that basically reduces the content down to its most salient parts.

Lastly, I will be mentioning two additional programs that are important in understanding the current landscape of online learning throughout the US and at the Federal level:  

• Federal Communication Commission's E-Rate program  -- please know that the FCC is working on releasing a formal Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) by the end of this summer to reform the E-rate program.  It will open for public comment, which is critical if schools are going to have access to high bandwidth at reasonable non-commercial rates.  This is most critical for small rural areas that are distant from major urban areas, which makes them vulnerable to exploitation and price gouging from commercial fiber companies.
• Whitehouse press announcement of ConnectEd earlier this summer
• More detailed ConnectEd PDF Fact Sheet

For a more enriched discussion, please familiarize yourself with what E-Rate and ConnectEd are and offer.

Additional Resources are noted on the Online Resources Page and on other pages provided (see "child pages" below). Feel free to add to these collections of resources.

Additionally, there is a page for related research on the broad topic of online learning. You will find a wealth of recent studies there that will come in handy to have in one place with future funding solicitations we pursue that have educational technology components.