The University of Minnesota (UM) has created the Hype Cycle for Education tool to create and share community-sourced information about educational technology to all University students, staff, and faculty. UM believes that the Hype Cycle Tool will provide data that help improve decisions regarding technology investments. UM states that:
The Hype Cycle for Education tool enables you to
Learn about new academic technologies being piloted here at the University and discover new ways of supporting teaching and learning with technology.
Share your experiences with emerging technologies, your resources and technology pointers, and your views on which technologies should be centrally piloted and where we ought to focus our attention and resources in the academic technology domain.
Innovate by adopting new technologies or applying new techniques in your courses, collaborating with peers to organize (and communicate about) local pilots, participate on the Hype Cycle advisory group, and/or join a centrally supported pilot.
