Module 2 Goal and Objectives
GOAL: Identify, analyze and synthesize sources that report on the latest technological developments.
- Objective 1: Review a list of selected sources that report on the latest technological developments in the Technology Trend categories.
- A suggested list of Technology Trends Sources to Watch and a starter list of specific technology trends resources are located in the METIS Web Content Repository.
- A starter list of specific Technology Trends Resources is available on the next page.
- Objective 2: Identify and monitor selected sources, and report on the latest trends within your Tech Crowd Discussions and on your personal blog.
- Objective 3: Add new technology examples to METIS
- Complete an entry in METIS for each resource you located on new technology issues and trends by following this procedure.
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTERING DATA INTO METIS Web Content Repository Links to an external site.
There is a wide variety of resources (publications, organizations, programs) available for you to review, and you are invited to report your findings of new trends or technologies by posting to the Tech Watch METIS site. For ease of access please follow this format for each entry that you post in the METIS.
- Assigned to topic category
- Brief Description of Topic in Title
- Summary of Technology "Find"
- Location of "Find" (Journal, Radio, TV, newspaper, etc.)
- Full Citation
- Your reaction. What is your opinion about this information? What are the possible effects?
A "find" is anything relevant to future technologies: a new resource, technology, prediction, etc.
Monitor these sources beyond the MOOC in order to keep up-to-date with the emerging future of technology trends.
A Technology Trends Badge will be awarded for the completion of the following:
- Posting a reply to the Technology Trends Discussion, and
- Posting a message to this Discussion by listing at least 3 different new technologies you discovered when reviewing the Tech Trend resources.