DC: This should be very interesting to see how this plays out in the future! A real-time, holographic collaboration solution called “Webex Hologram.”
#Cisco #holographic #remotework #collaboration
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by Daniel Christian
On 10/27/2021,
in entrepreneurship, United States,
by Daniel Christian
The pandemic kicked off an entrepreneurial renaissance. These are the people, industries and cities leading the way. — from linkedin.com by Jordyn Dahl
Excerpt:
Who is behind this new wave of entrepreneurship? And what kinds of companies are they launching? LinkedIn’s State of Entrepreneurship report offers a portrait of this generation of budding businesses, highlighting the people, industries and cities at the heart of these new enterprises.
On 10/27/2021,
in colleges, community colleges, Daniel S. Christian, education, education reform, Europe, experimentation, higher education, ideas, K-12 related, learning, Learning Experience Design, universities,
by Daniel Christian
An excerpt from Eva Keiffenheim’s Learn Letter re: A New Education Paradigm (emphasis DSC)
Here are a couple of underlying assumptions within our current education paradigm:
- assessment through standardized testing and grades
- outcome-focus on academic achievements
- the purpose of education is to produce future workforce
- teachers and professors are the unique source of knowledge
- an inherent dominance (adults > children; professionals > students)
- lectures and listening are a valid form of learning
- subjects exist in hierarchies (math, languages > art, music)
- content should be delivered in discrete subjects
I invite you to question the current paradigm: How would schools and universities look like so that all young people can flourish?
From DSC:
Eva’s reflections remind me of what I was trying to say the other day about how ideas start out as fragile…but if they take hold, they become very powerful. Today’s education paradigms are a great example of that. These paradigms have deep roots that are very hard to change.
On 10/27/2021,
in business, career development, change, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, innovation, leadership, learning, learning ecosystem, strategy, technology (general), training / L&D, using teams, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
The new frontier: Why visionary CLOs are switching focus to developing technical teams rather than people managers — from chieflearningofficer.com by Alastair Gordon
The new frontier for CLOs is this: How do we unleash the untapped potential of our technical experts to gain competitive advantage or community benefit?
Excerpt:
The race to develop talent is changing its focus.
Historically, success relied on developing extraordinary leaders to inspire and lead large groups of people. But today, and in the future, the new challenge for learning teams is to create an edge for their organization by radically improving their development of technical specialists.
Engineers, economists, researchers, software developers and data scientists — they’re in the vanguard of innovation. No other group has the same potential to create value, cut costs or introduce better processes. This trend is seeing early adopter organizations in the vanguard of a shift to rebalance the annual learning budget toward developing technical experts in nontechnical capabilities.
Also relevant/see:
- Next-Gen Learning: How to Future-Proof the L&D Function — from learningsolutionsmag.com by Juan Naranjo
On 10/26/2021,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, adult learning, Alternatives, content aggregration, content development, content repositories, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, more choice more control, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, online media, platforms, teachers, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Can MasterClass teach you everything? — from newyorker.com by Tad Friend
Malala Yousafzai on set. Though the site’s C.E.O., David Rogier, says, “Learning is uncomfortable,” the shoots are lavish. Photograph by Lewis Khan for The New Yorker
Excerpt:
When MasterClass launched, in 2015, it offered three courses: Dustin Hoffman on acting, James Patterson on writing, and Serena Williams on tennis. Today, there are a hundred and thirty, in categories from business to wellness. During the pandemic lockdown, demand was up as much as tenfold from the previous year; last fall, when the site had a back-to-school promotion, selling an annual subscription for a dollar instead of a hundred and eighty dollars, two hundred thousand college students signed up in a day. MasterClass will double in size this year, to six hundred employees, as it launches in the U.K., France, Germany, and Spain. It’s a Silicon Valley investor’s dream, a rolling juggernaut of flywheels and network effects dedicated to helping you, as the instructor Garry Kasparov puts it, “upgrade your software.”
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by Daniel Christian
On 10/26/2021,
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by Daniel Christian
As Its Conference Kicks Off, Clio Announces Its ‘Most Important Product Release Ever’ (and More) — from lawsitesblog.com by Bob Ambrogi
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
The Clio Cloud Conference is always the occasion for the law practice management company to announce new and enhanced products, and today’s kick-off of this year’s event was no different, with CEO Jack Newton unveiling what he described to me as the most important product release since Clio’s debut 13 years ago.
That product is Clio Payments, a native e-payments technology built into the Clio Manage law practice management platform, allowing lawyers to offer clients secure and compliant credit card, debit card and e-check payments.
More on Clio Payments below, but, in addition, Clio today also announced…
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by Daniel Christian
Why we need some humility about online learning – and about face-to-face teaching — from tonybates.ca by Tony Bates
Excerpt:
Those of us who have been fighting to get online learning accepted over the last 20-25 years have argued strongly the merits of online learning. We have argued that not only can it increase access, especially for older, working and lifelong learners, but it can also teach as well, and under certain circumstances, even better than face-to-face teaching. Covid-19 in particular showed the value of online learning, allowing students to continue their learning, even during a pandemic.
The limits of online learning
However, Covid-19 also taught us that online learning has its limits. When there was no access to face-to-face learning, we found that online learning was not able to help certain students. We also found that there are important aspects of face-to-face or campus based learning that cannot easily be replaced by online learning. Let’s look at some of these limitations.
We need to not only accept that both online learning and face-to-face teaching have equal value, but also to strive to understand what each does best. This will vary by subject matter, by types of students, and by instructors’ training and experience. We all have a lot to learn.
Also from Tony, see:
On 10/26/2021,
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by Daniel Christian
Mental Canvas will unleash some serious creativity!
Also see:
Mental Canvas: App for drawing in 3D — from microsoft.com in Germany; Google translated the excerpt below:
When I first saw Mental Canvas in action, I was instantly impressed. Drawings are created in 3D in the app. You can even fly through your own sketches and comics. Mental Canvas offers teachers completely new possibilities to design blackboard pictures, to illustrate content and to try out creative things. The tutorials and examples immediately make you want to draw in three dimensions. Mental Canvas is currently available as a free download. In this blog article you will get to know the app.
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in 3D, communications, content development, creativity, design, digital learning, graphics,
by Daniel Christian
Top Graphic Design Trends 2022: Raising the Game — from graphicmama.com by Lyudmil Enchev
Excerpt:
The coming 2022 is just around the corner and it’s already breaking all the rules for graphic design. Everything is permitted and it’s going to be glorious. If we can summarize the Graphic Design Trends 2022 in one sentence, it’s time to raise the game because the floodgates are open, bringing a mix of the unmixable, nostalgia, movement, and open-mindedness.
On 10/25/2021,
in career development, law schools, Legal operations, legislatures / government / legal, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Profile of the Legal Profession — from the American Bar Association (ABA)
Excerpt from the Legal Education section:
After several years of declining enrollment in legal education, the number of students enrolled at law schools accredited by the American Bar Association increased in 2018, 2019 and 2020.
In 2020, the number of students pursuing a juris doctor degree hit 114,520 – the highest number since 2014. This represented an increase of 1,638 students (or 1.5%) over the previous year. Still, it was far below the high of 147,525 enrolled law school students in 2010.
Enrollment is growing faster for students in non-JD legal programs in law schools – for example, those seeking master of law degrees and certificates. In 2020, there were 21,292 students in these non-JD programs – a 78% increase from 11,973 non-JD students in 2014.
For 2020, there were 63,384 law school applicants, 44,115 of whom were accepted to at least one school, according to the Law School Admission Council.
On 10/25/2021,
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by Daniel Christian
The Damaging Myth of the Natural Teacher — from chronicle.com by Beth McMurtrie
Excerpt:
The mistaken ideas about teaching that Sathy had early in her career are widespread — and not only among new instructors. Good teaching is often seen as a natural talent when really it’s a skill, one that can be learned and refined.
…
Thinking back to those early days, though, Sathy sees how that first stumble could have led her in a different direction. If it weren’t for a “big lightbulb moment” that enabled her to quickly understand her mistakes, a fierce determination to become a better teacher, and an openness to seeing her role not as the expert who commands a room, but as a partner in students’ learning, she could have been yet another hapless instructor wondering how to get through the semester without too many punishing evaluations.
“I’m glad I had the courage to keep getting back into the ring,” she says.
On 10/25/2021,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Access to Justice (A2J), algorithms, analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning, bots, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, data mining, emerging technologies, future, game-changing environment, generational differences, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, internet, law schools, legal reform, legislatures / government / legal, platforms, policy, political science, society, the downsides of technology, United States, vendors, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
Americans Need a Bill of Rights for an AI-Powered World — from wired.com by Eric Lander & Alondra Nelson
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is developing principles to guard against powerful technologies—with input from the public.
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Soon after ratifying our Constitution, Americans adopted a Bill of Rights to guard against the powerful government we had just created—enumerating guarantees such as freedom of expression and assembly, rights to due process and fair trials, and protection against unreasonable search and seizure. Throughout our history we have had to reinterpret, reaffirm, and periodically expand these rights. In the 21st century, we need a “bill of rights” to guard against the powerful technologies we have created.
Our country should clarify the rights and freedoms we expect data-driven technologies to respect. What exactly those are will require discussion, but here are some possibilities: your right to know when and how AI is influencing a decision that affects your civil rights and civil liberties; your freedom from being subjected to AI that hasn’t been carefully audited to ensure that it’s accurate, unbiased, and has been trained on sufficiently representative data sets; your freedom from pervasive or discriminatory surveillance and monitoring in your home, community, and workplace; and your right to meaningful recourse if the use of an algorithm harms you.
In the coming months, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (which we lead) will be developing such a bill of rights, working with partners and experts across the federal government, in academia, civil society, the private sector, and communities all over the country.
Technology can only work for everyone if everyone is included, so we want to hear from and engage with everyone. You can email us directly at ai-equity@ostp.eop.gov.