18 topics carefully selected by the 2015 New Media Consortium Horizon Project Museum Expert Panel related to the applications of technology are examined, all of them areas very likely to impact technology planning and decision-making over the next five years (2015-2019).

Six key trends, six significant challenges, and six important developments in educational and interpretive technology are placed directly in the context of their likely impact on the core missions of museums, and detailed in succinct, non-technical, and unbiased presentations. Each has been tied to essential questions of relevance, policy, leadership, and practice.

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Authors: Johnson, L., Adams Becker, S., Estrada, V., and Freeman, A.

The NMC (New Media Consortium) is an international community of experts in educational technology — from the practitioners who work with new technologies on campuses every day; to the visionaries who are shaping the future of learning at think tanks, labs, and research centers; to its staff and board of directors; to the advisory boards and others helping the NMC conduct cutting edge research.