Edtechkat

1. WHAT IS GARTNER?

Research, consultancy and event in IT products and management, with a focus on strategic impacts. World leader.

2. HOW DO I GET TO RESOURCES ?

1. Without using our subscription: Gartner.com
2. Most direct route to our subscription: https://www.murdoch.edu.au/apps/gartner and enter your Murdoch login and password
3. Through our catalogue: Search for “Gartner” and click through to “Access via publishers site” .

3. THREE USEFUL FEATURES

3.1 HYPE CYCLES

Shows how technologies are moving into acceptance and use in different sectors.

Shows progress through Technology trigger > Peak of Inflated Expectations > Trough of disillusionment > Slope of enlightenment > Plateau of Productivity

Eg. Search for “Hype Cycle for Higher Education 2007″

3.2 MAGIC QUADRANTS

Divides major players in a product area into four quadrants:

Challengers, Leaders, Nicehplayers, Visionaries

Eg. Magic Quadrant for IT Portfolio and Project Management

3.3 MARKETSCOPE

For more mature mrkets. Evaluates and suggest criteria for more mature products

Eg. Marketscope for Instant Messaging 2007

4. OTHER

4.1 Topics

eg: Emerging trends and technologies

5. ACCESS

5.1 Can set up alerts to be emailed to you. Click on “Create alerts” in top right hand corner. Need to double check whether creates an alert for the single profile

5.2 RSS feeds on updates to each topic