We are always on the lookout for new trends in technology, while also striving to discover the unique possibilities that technology can provide in teaching and learning...  

To uncover and monitor emerging trends, several publications and resources are used to include: Gartner Hype Cycle, New Media Consortium Horizon Report, ALA Center for the Future of Libraries Trends, EDUCAUSE Top Ten Issues, and EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research Top-Ten Strategic Technologies as well as conferences such as Campus Technology, EDUCAUSE, and SXSWedu.  

Finally, we also look to our local tech hub and environmental design partners such as: Steelcase, Custer Office Furniture, Herman Miller, Haworth, Izzy+, Springthrough Consulting, Vizidef, GR Makers, Mutually Human, Atomic Object, and Universal Minds.

Here is a list of technology areas that we are researching:

• BYOD (Bring your own Device)
• 3D Scanning and Printing
• 3D Visualization
• Holographics
• Mobile Computing
• Web and Cloud Computing

• Tablet Computing
• Learning Analytics
• Augmented Reality
• Wearable Computing
• Gesture Computing
• Robotics

• Internet of Things
• Open Educational Resources
• Online and Hybrid Courses
• Immersive Visualizations
• Telepresence Solutions
• Game Based Learning and Simulations

We need your help and support! 

Please consider donating to the Emerging Technology Fund at Grand Valley State University.  This fund will help support the study of innovative and emerging technologies that will create the next generation of teaching and learning. The resources received will support the work of the Atomic Object Technology Showcase in the Mary Idema Pew Library Learning and Information Commons at GVSU.

Here is a start of a wish list of technology that we would love to check out!

Display

• Christie Digital MicroTiles - Interactive Video Displays
• Ideum - Display Tables

Audio

• Whispering Window - Glass Conducting Speaker

3D Printing and Makerspace

• Circuit Scribe

Interactive and Awesome

• Sension - Interactive Displays with Facial Recognition
• Snibbe Interactive
• Camille Utterback - Art, Tech, and Design

Wireless Presentation and Collaboration

• Oblong - Next Generation Meeting Spaces
• Christie Digital Brio - Wireless Collaboration
• Mersive Solstice

Virtual Reality and Wearable Computing

• Vuzix - Wearable Displays
• Avegant Glyph - Virtual Reality

Mind Control Computing

• TBD

Gesture Computing

• TBD

Mobile

• Mini - Mobile Robotic Printer
• Powermat - Wireless Power

Augmented Reality

• Augment
• Layar