{"id":3520,"date":"2017-05-31T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T15:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=3520"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:06:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:06:22","slug":"tech-hype-a-review-of-emerging-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2017\/05\/31\/tech-hype-a-review-of-emerging-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech hype: A review of emerging technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sci-fi author William Gibson has said, \u201cThe future is already here\u2014it’s just not very evenly distributed.\u201d<\/p>\n

A glimpse of the unevenly distributed future could be seen at this year\u2019s Enriching Scholarship<\/a> conference at the beginning of May. It\u2019s a place where technical concepts are bountiful, but their applications, practicality, and cost efficiency in higher education might need more analysis.<\/p>\n

A standout conference session was \u201cTech Talk 2017<\/a>: An Overview of Emerging Technologies in Higher Ed.\u201d The talk was led by Patricia Anderson<\/a>, emerging technologies librarian for the health sciences, who has presented on the topic at Enriching Scholarship since 2011.<\/p>\n

So, what is emerging technology? Ask the tech devotees attending Anderson\u2019s presentation and you might be surprised at the diversity of answers: Social media. Digital publishing. The Internet of things. The YouTube revolution. Augmented and virtual reality. Artificial intelligence. 3D printing. The list goes on.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to think about these technologies,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cWho will they work for? Where will they break down? Who will be excluded?\u201d At its core, she said, emerging technology can be thought of as things on the periphery that are moving into the mainstream.<\/p>\n

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Source: Gartner (July 2016)<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The periphery of tech<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Tech Talk session focused on emerging technology trends in education, but also explored the buzzworthy topics you might hear about at CES or from tech blogs\u2014new ideas that are wonderfully innovative or deeply esoteric, or <\/span>sometimes both.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As part of the talk, Patricia shared an incredibly detailed <\/span>mindmap<\/span><\/a> that outlines key questions, industry leaders, tools and resources, inspiration, and much more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps the two most influential sources for emerging tech trends are:<\/span><\/p>\n