Google says there will be 1 billion devices with Assistant by the end of the month — from marketwatch.com by Emily Bary
On 01/08/2019,
in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, Australia, bots, business, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, ethics, Facebook / Meta Platforms, future, Google, law schools, legislatures / government / legal, morals/values, United States, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Google, Facebook, and the Legal Mess Over Face Scanning — finance.yahoo.com by John Jeff Roberts
Excerpt:
When must companies receive permission to use biometric data like your fingerprints or your face? The question is a hot topic in Illinois where a controversial law has ensnared tech giants Facebook and Google, potentially exposing them to billions in dollars in liability over their facial recognition tools.
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The lack of specific guidance from the Supreme Court has since produced ongoing confusion over what type of privacy violations can let people seek financial damages.
Also see:
- Push to Weaken Face Recognition Law Falls Short, For Now — from fortune.com
From DSC:
The legal and legislative areas need to close the gap between emerging technologies and the law.
What questions should we be asking about the skillsets that our current and future legislative representatives need? Do we need some of our representatives to be highly knowledgeable, technically speaking?
What programs and other types of resources should we be offering our representatives to get up to speed on emerging technologies? Which blogs, websites, journals, e-newsletters, listservs, and/or other communication vehicles and/or resources should they have access to?
Along these lines, what about our judges? Can we offer them some of these resources as well?
What changes do our law schools need to make to address this?
On 01/07/2019,
in 21st century, analytics, bots, business, change, changing business models, computer science, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, economics, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, leadership, MBA, robotics, society, strategy, tools, training / L&D, trends, United States, vendors, vision/possibilities, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Top six AI and automation trends for 2019 — from forbes.com by Daniel Newman
Excerpt:
If your company hasn’t yet created a plan for AI and automation throughout your enterprise, you have some work to do. Experts believe AI will add nearly $16 trillion to the global economy by 2030, and 20 % of companies surveyed are already planning to incorporate AI throughout their companies next year. As 2018 winds down, now is the time to take a look at some trends and predictions for AI and automation that I believe will dominate the headlines in 2019—and to think about how you may incorporate them into your own company.
Also see — and an insert here from DSC:
Kai-Fu has a rosier picture than I do in regards to how humanity will be impacted by AI. One simply needs to check out today’s news to see that humans have a very hard time creating unity, thinking about why businesses exist in the first place, and being kind to one another…
On 01/07/2019,
in Amazon, Apple, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, business, change, computer science, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, emerging technologies, engineering, entrepreneurship, ethics, future, game-changing environment, Google, hearts -- matters of the heart, IBM, ideas, intelligent systems, law schools, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, Microsoft, morals/values, pace of change, platforms, policy, political science, society, sociology, technologies for your home, technology (general), the downsides of how people use tech, trends, United States, vendors, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Big tech may look troubled, but it’s just getting started — from nytimes.com by David Streitfeld
Excerpt:
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Silicon Valley ended 2018 somewhere it had never been: embattled.
Lawmakers across the political spectrum say Big Tech, for so long the exalted embodiment of American genius, has too much power. Once seen as a force for making our lives better and our brains smarter, tech is now accused of inflaming, radicalizing, dumbing down and squeezing the masses. Tech company stocks have been pummeled from their highs. Regulation looms. Even tech executives are calling for it.
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The expansion underlines the dizzying truth of Big Tech: It is barely getting started.
“For all intents and purposes, we’re only 35 years into a 75- or 80-year process of moving from analog to digital,” said Tim Bajarin, a longtime tech consultant to companies including Apple, IBM and Microsoft. “The image of Silicon Valley as Nirvana has certainly taken a hit, but the reality is that we the consumers are constantly voting for them.”
Big Tech needs to be regulated, many are beginning to argue, and yet there are worries about giving that power to the government.
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Which leaves regulation up to the companies themselves, always a dubious proposition.
On 01/04/2019,
in accreditation, active learning, collaboration, competency-based learning/education, credentialing, face-to-face, ideas, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, microlearning, project-based learning, smart classrooms, tools, trends, United States,
by Daniel Christian
Top Education Trend of 2018: Active Learning Spaces — from gettingsmart.com by Tom Vander Ark
Excerpts:
The top learning trend in K-12 learning in 2018 was active learning spaces–from double classrooms in old buildings from California’s Central Valley to the west tip of Texas in El Paso and multiage pods in new spaces from Redwood City to Charlottesville.
The flexible spaces facilitate project-based learning and competency-based progressions. Students move from project teams to skill groups to activity centers building skills and developing agency and self-management.
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Competency: The Trend to Watch in 2019
A year from now people will be talking about competency frameworks–how learners progress as they demonstrate mastery.
The shift from marking time to measuring learning will be generational in length, but our landscape analysis suggests several interesting signs of progress that will be evident in 2019:
- In the most interesting merger of the year, LRNG, the leading youth badging platform, joined forces with SNHU, the leading online university. Look for badges capturing in and out of school learning that stack into college credit.
- More schools, like Purdue Polytech, will embrace project-based learning and competency-based progressions with support from XQ, NGLC funds, and NewSchools Venture Fund.
- More platform partnerships where districts/networks are working in development cycles with platform providers (e.g. Brooklyn LAB and Cortex, Purdue Polytech and Course Networking, Lindsay USD and Empower).
- More artificial intelligence is showing up in learning platforms improving personalization, formative feedback, and student scheduling.
- More demand for interoperability will be evident as a result of efforts like Project Unicorn.
It’s going to be a good new year. Find a couch or pull up a bar stool–your choice. Work on a badge or microcredential, it’s likely to be more widely recognized next year.
Also see:
- Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2018 — from worlds-of-learning.com by Laura Fleming
Brickstuff is the perfect way to light up Lego builds. This starter kit includes everything you need to get started. No electronics or soldering knowledge is necessary to set up these lights and start using them right away. Each flexible 2-LED Light Strip has a self-adhesive backing, which allows easy mounting to almost any surface. The strips are flexible, allowing you to mount them even on curved surfaces. This kit also includes a battery pack, so you can be up and running right away. This kit is ready to use with any microcontroller or robotics project too.
On 01/04/2019,
in business, career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, microlearning, Microsoft, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, platforms, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, society, technology (general), tools, training / L&D,
by Daniel Christian
The skills companies need most in 2019 – and how to learn them — from linkedin.com by Paul Petrone
Excerpt:
To find out, we used exclusive LinkedIn data to determine the skills companies need most in 2019. These are the skills your boss and your boss’s boss find most valuable, but have a hard time finding – and the skills that’ll most help you better serve your clients and customers.
So consider this post your guide to the skills most worth learning in 2019.
The best part? We’ve unlocked LinkedIn Learning courses for all of January that teach these skills, so for a limited time you can learn them all for free.
Also see:
- This is how you’ll look for a job in 2019 — from fastcompany.com by Lydia Dishman
Some brand new strategies and time-tested traditions dictate the way job seekers will conduct the hunt in 2019.
On 01/03/2019,
in 3D, Augmented Reality (AR), design, digital learning, digital storytelling, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, Google, graphics, health, Microsoft, Mixed Reality (MR), nursing, story, storytelling, tools, United States, universities, user experience (UX), vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
FDA approves HoloLens powered medical augmented reality system — from by Richard Devine
HoloLens might be about to make surgical procedures a whole lot different.
Excerpt:
From Healthimaging.com
OpenSight specifically utilizes the Microsoft HoloLens headset that allows simultaneous visualization of the 3D patient images in AR and the actual patient and their real-world surroundings. The technique may decrease operative times and improve surgical planning and the understanding of anatomic relationships.
Can virtual reality revolutionize education? — from cnn.com by Emma Kennedy
“Kids love to engage with [VR] lessons,” said Guido Kovalskys, chief executive and co-founder of US-based edtech company Nearpod. “One minute, they are learning about Roman history, and the next, they are transported to ancient Rome and are exploring the Colosseum.”
From DSC:
Ok, so the title is on the overhyped side, but I do think XR will positively impact learning, understanding.
University of Washington Researchers Demo Ability to Generate 3D Augmented Reality Content from 2D Images — from next.reality.news by Tommy Palladino
Age of Sail: Setting the course for virtual reality narratives in the future — from by Jose Antunes
The most ambitious project from Google Spotlight Stories is also the one that pushes the boundaries in terms of the creation of narratives in Virtual Reality: embark on Age of Sail.
Augmented Reality Remote Collaboration with Dense Reconstruction
Addendum:
- VR & AR 2018: A year in review — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
Excerpt:
If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. While this past year may have seemed like a quiet one when compared to the more exciting releases featured in 2017 and 2016, these past 12 months have been crucial in the development of the immersive entertainment sector.Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come. So while there may not have been any bombshell announcements or jaw-dropping reveals per sey, 2018 will still go down as a key, if not climactic, year for VR & AR technology regardless.
With a new year full of exciting possibilities ahead of us, let’s hang back a second and take a look back at 2018’s most pivotal moments.
On 01/03/2019,
in Asia, communications, design, Facebook / Meta Platforms, global / globalization, Google, graphics, Microsoft, platforms, social learning / networks, social media, society, tools, UK, United States, vendors, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/03/2019,
in 21st century, adult learning, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, Asia, Australia, bots, business, Canada, career development, change, changing business models, collaboration, colleges, communications, communities of practice, community colleges, computer science, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, education, education reform, emerging technologies, engineering, entrepreneurship, ethics, Europe, future, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, heutagogy, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, India, innovation, intelligent systems, internet, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, legislatures / government / legal, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, MBA, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, organizational change, pace of change, platforms, policy, political science, reinvent, society, staying relevant, strategy, student-related, surviving, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, the downsides of how people use tech, tools, training / L&D, trends, UK, United States, universities, vendors, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, workplace, youth,
by Daniel Christian
The world is changing. Here’s how companies must adapt. — from weforum.org by Joe Kaeser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG
Excerpts (emphasis DSC):
Although we have only seen the beginning, one thing is already clear: the Fourth Industrial Revolution is the greatest transformation human civilization has ever known. As far-reaching as the previous industrial revolutions were, they never set free such enormous transformative power.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming practically every human activity...its scope, speed and reach are unprecedented.
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Enormous power (Insert from DSC: What I was trying to get at here) entails enormous risk. Yes, the stakes are high.
“And make no mistake about it: we are now writing the code that will shape our collective future.” CEO of Siemens AG
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Contrary to Milton Friedman’s maxim, the business of business should not just be business. Shareholder value alone should not be the yardstick. Instead, we should make stakeholder value, or better yet, social value, the benchmark for a company’s performance.
Today, stakeholders…rightfully expect companies to assume greater social responsibility, for example, by protecting the climate, fighting for social justice, aiding refugees, and training and educating workers. The business of business should be to create value for society.
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This seamless integration of the virtual and the physical worlds in so-called cyber-physical systems – that is the giant leap we see today. It eclipses everything that has happened in industry so far. As in previous industrial revolutions but on a much larger scale, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will eliminate millions of jobs and create millions of new jobs.
“…because the Fourth Industrial Revolution runs on knowledge, we need a concurrent revolution in training and education.
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If the workforce doesn’t keep up with advances in knowledge throughout their lives, how will the millions of new jobs be filled?”Joe Kaeser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG
From DSC:
At least three critically important things jump out at me here:
- We are quickly approaching a time when people will need to be able to reinvent themselves quickly and cost-effectively, especially those with families and who are working in their (still existing) jobs. (Or have we already entered this period of time…?)
- There is a need to help people identify which jobs are safe to reinvent themselves to — at least for the next 5-10 years.
- Citizens across the globe — and their relevant legislatures, governments, and law schools — need to help close the gap between emerging technologies and whether those technologies should even be rolled out, and if so, how and with which features.
What freedoms and rights should individuals have in the digital age?
Joe Kaeser, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG
On 01/02/2019,
in blogs / blogging / vlogging, communications, content development, aggregation, repositories, digital audio, digital video, education technology, podcasting, technologies for your home, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Best camera for vlogging 2019: 10 perfect choices tested — from techradar.com by Matthew Richards
Here are our top 10 vlogging camera picks
From DSC:
Also, with a different kind of camera in mind…and with a shout out to Mr. Charles Mickens (CIO / Associate Dean of Innovation and Technology at the WMU-Cooley Law School) see the amazing Light L16 Camera:
A Little Bit of Light from light on Vimeo.
On 01/02/2019,
in 21st century, computer science, engineering, law schools, legislatures / government / legal, platforms, programming, robotics, society,
by Daniel Christian
Robots as a platform: Are you ready? — from dzone.com by Donna Thomas
Robots as a platform are just about to change the world. What are you going to build?
Excerpt:
But unlike those other platforms, robots can independently interact with the physical environment, and that changes everything. As a robot skill developer, you are no longer limited to having your code push pixels around a phone screen.
Instead, your code can push around the phone* itself.
From DSC:
* Or a bomb.
Hmmm….it seems to me that this is another area where we need to slow down and first ask some questions about what we want our future to look/be like. Plus, the legal side of the house needs to catch up as quickly as possible — for society’s benefit.