2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Published:
Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
Author(s) and Contributors:
Author(s): Jenay Robert Nicole Muscanell Mark McCormack Kathe Pelletier Kim Arnold Nichole Arbino Keturah Young Jamie Reeves
Source(s) and Collection(s):
Sources(s): EDUCAUSE Publications Collection(s): Horizon Report Research Hub
ParentTopics:
Acceptable and Responsible Use Policies Accessibility Artificial Intelligence (AI) Compliance Data Security Digital Literacy Extended Reality (XR) Faculty Development Green IT and Sustainability Information Literacy IT Effectiveness IT Funding and Spending Higher Education Policy Learning Environments Organizational Culture Policy Development Security Awareness Security Risk Management Student Engagement and Interaction Student Experience Student Learning Support Student Success Student Technology Use Teaching and Learning Working Remotely

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition. Classroom with a laptop at every seat.

Higher education is in a period of massive transformation and uncertainty. Not only are current events impacting how institutions operate, but technological advancement—particularly in AI and virtual reality—are reshaping how students engage with content, how cognition is understood, and how learning itself is documented and valued.

Our newly released 2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition captures the spirit of this transformation and how you can respond with confidence through the lens of emerging trends, key technologies and practices, and scenario-based foresight.


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Read more about these trends on page 6 >




Key Technologies & Practices

Learn more about the key technologies and practices on page 23 >




Scenarios

Read the possible future scenarios on page 43 >




Reports and Supporting Materials

Thank You to Our Horizon Report Sponsors


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Issues, Technologies, and Trends Resources

Higher education leaders and decision makers use the annual Issues, Technologies, and Trends resources—the EDUCAUSE Top 10, Trend Watch report, and the Horizon Reports—to know what's important and where to focus in their IT planning and management activities. When viewed together these resources provide more complete and nuanced guidance on institutional IT priorities.

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