The Trends and Challenges of Emerging Technologies in Higher Education

New Media Consortium (NMC) is a non-profit research organization in the United States, regularly publishes Horizon Report (Higher Education Edition) on the emerging technologies that promote educational reform, the problems that restrict the application of technology, and the major challenges in the field of higher education. The analysis of the Horizon Report 2020 shows that while higher education is affected by various macro-trends, the progress of emerging technologies has brought unprecedented opportunities and challenges to the development and reform of higher education. Through the interpretation of the report, this paper analyzes social, technological, economic, higher education and political trends, emerging technologies and practices, and scenarios of future higher education development, to provide references and Enlightenments for the innovation and reform of higher education.