2007 Horizon Report

The 2007 Horizon Report, just as has been the case with previous editions of the report, highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years.
(285K, 32 pp)

2006 Horizon Report

The 2006 Horizon Report highlights six educational technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years. (552K, 32 pp)

A Global Imperative: The Report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit

This monograph, the final report of the 21st Century Literacy Summit held in April 2005, presents an action plan for this emerging field, and details the strategic priorities and recommendations that were the summit's major outcomes. (1Mb, 32 pp)

2005 Horizon Report

The 2005 Horizon Report, like the previous edition, highlights six new technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years. (400K, 28 pp)

Guidelines For Authors of Learning Objects

This monograph provides practical suggestions and tips for authors of learning objects. Included topics are learning objects, pedagogical and design considerations, standards, metadata, inter-operability, and reusability. (1.6Mb, 32 pp)

2004 Horizon Report

The Horizon Project charts the landscape of emerging technologies and produces the NMC’s annual Horizon Report. This report highlights six technologies that the underlying research suggests will become very important to higher education over the next one to five years. (560K, 28 pp)

The NMC occaisionally produces white papers related to its projects and initiatives. As these are released, they are posted here. NMC White Papers may be copied and distributed freely, as long as they are copied in their entirety.

Maximizing Campus Impact:
Lessons from the Trenches

Based on conversations with NMC directors, this guide addresses what it means for a center to have impact; describes ways to identify impact; and presents seven strategies for maximizing impact. (130K, 23 pp)

Elusive Vision: Challenges Impeding the Learning Object Economy

An overview of learning objects and their value introduces an analysis of the systemic challenges inhibiting the realization of a functional economy in learning objects; the essential components of such an economy are identified. (811K, 24 pp)

A Traveler's Guide to the Learning Object Landscape

This collection of summarized articles and annotated weblinks provides a primer on e-learning and learning objects; key organizations, large scale initiatives, and projects; and summaries of selected articles and papers. (542K, 52 pp)