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Earlier this year, the New Media Consortium and the Educase Learning Initiative released The New Horizon Report, outlining which current and burgeoning technologies they feel will “impact education over the next five years.“ The report includes several “mega trends” in educational technology, including user-generated video (or “grassroots” video), mobile, collaborative web environments, as well as content mash-ups. - NMC

The NMC Arts Lab is a sim devoted to experimental large scale installations, and currently features Husk an interactive installation by AM Radio. - NMC

This WordPress MultiUser site houses a series of NMC Publications published using the CommentPress format, which allows text to be commented on at the paragraph level. - NMC

A few weeks ago, while attending the NMC Annual Summer Conference in Princeton, NJ, I got a chance to spend 15 minutes recording on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. - NMC

These days, what can't be accomplished in real life is likely doable in Second Life. The virtual world even allows for study abroad. "Avatars gather at the New Media Consortium Campus" - NMC