Trends in education technology in higher education

Trends are important to us as researchers and practitioners in higher education (Boer et al., 2002). influence decisions about funding for research, organisational infrastructure, the establishment of new degrees. The dictionary definition trend is a general direction which something developing or changing, also fashion. According these definitions, both measurable with evidence that confirms trend’s existence direction, at same time emergent, sometimes fleeting. There little design tertiary institutions encourages timely response trends, yet there people within universities who invest significant providing support implementation types technology pedagogical approaches teaching research staff. Outside university settings, would be R&D teams – testing use latest figuring out how it could implemented contexts. White papers often way findings shared other areas. In education, we share innovation practice through conferences journals well online social networks communities such Twitter professional society networking platforms. sharing area subject lag several reasons. Social reach some, but not all community, journal articles can take months move from submission publication. Since outbreak COVID-19 pandemic, has been challenging, even outside current restrictions on travel, conference attendance was reliant organisations by individuals. Despite this, this field still experiences trends emerging technology, methodological theoretical approaches,