Also see:
Zoom for Home – DTEN ME is an all-in-one personal collaboration device for your home office
On 09/28/2020,
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by Daniel Christian
From DSC: What if each learner/person/student could have a lifelong, cloud-based “tribute” site?
What if you could hire a career coach to sift through the tributes to find common themes?
From DSC:
I recently asked friends and family to help me celebrate a significant birthday for my wife by creating a tribute for her — using a service called Tribute.co. It was a fun, meaningful, relational experience — it opened the doors to some great communications.
Here’s a video that describes what a Tribute is (from the company of that same name).
So I put out potential suggestions for what I hoped that we could relay to my wife, and people contributed their videos. Then a person at Tribute edited the videos to come up with a highlight reel. They also presented to my wife all of the videos, not just the highlight reel.
That got me to wonder, “What if each learner had a cloud-based, lifelong tribute site that parents, guardians, grandparents, teachers, coaches, musical directors, pastors, friends, and others could leave encouraging and instructive messages on? Or when they note something that might be of use later on in terms of career selection, they could “jot it down.” For example:
- [First-grade teacher] “I noticed Anne that when we did the art projects, you were enthralled with any sort of creative endeavor or project. We almost lost you in another world!”
- [Family member] “Tony, I’ve noticed ____. Here’s something to consider for your future pathways. Would you be interested in exploring _____ — such as if we signed you up for some lessons in that area?”
- [Eight grade teacher] “Eloise, I saw that your engagement level skyrocket when we studied ____, especially when you did the project on ___.”
- [Basketball coach] “Chan, I appreciated your hard work in practice today. Keep up the good work and you will be a super player! You are fast, strong, and seem to have a competitive spirit about you. Consider making a workout chart and charting out the workouts that you do each day. Monitor your progress over time. As of today, here are some apps to do just that: ___.
- [Pastor] “So glad Amanda that you were able to join us on our youth group visit to ___. I appreciated your end-of-the-day reflections on the experiences of the day. I also appreciated your hard work helping others.”
- [Friend] “It was great horsing around on Garageband with you today Zach. I look forward to diving into iMovie next with you. Let’s create a movie for each other. You seem to have a very creative side to you.”
- [High school CS Teacher] “Keep up the good work programming Jeremy! I hope that you will consider going into some type of job that uses critical thinking, mathematics, problem-solving — perhaps it will be programming, perhaps it will be engineering, or something else.”
- [College professor/advisor] “You mentioned that you hate college to me the last two times we met. You don’t seem happy studying ___. Have you considered ____?”
- [Tennis coach] Remember to bend those knees…get low. Keep your eyes on the seams of the ball.”
The idea behind such a service would be to offer encouragement, feedback, (if carefully put) constructive criticism, a message that “I’m on your team”…and/or…”Here’s what I see in you.”
Additional functionality/options
- Contributors:
- Like Twitter imposes a limit on characters, there could be options to impose a time limit on the length of a video, ability to add more than one video, and/or set a limit on how many videos someone can upload
- If submitting a written piece, the option would be there to limit the number of characters and/or the word count.
- From learners themselves (to their own tribute)
- No time limit, no word count or character limit
- Would act like a multimedia-based diary/journal of learning
- Option to select whether might be worth re-listening to for career selection purposes.
On 09/23/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, architecture, digital audio, digital video, emerging technologies, future, game-changing environment, generational differences, health, internet, telelegal, telemedicine / telehealth / virtual health, United States, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
Care over IP — from Inavate EMEA October 2020
Care over IP The Covid-19 outbreak has put working from home centre stage, but what happens when you work in a hospital? Paul Milligan speaks to those proving remote/virtual alternatives for patient care.
![Care over IP [Inavate EMEA; Covid's impact on remote healthcare continues]](http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Covid-Impact-On-Remote-Healthcare-Sept2020.jpg)
From DSC:
I continue to wonder how telelegal will be impacted by what’s happening with telehealth/telemedicine/virtual health…my guess is that telelegal will also grow quite a bit in the future.
Addendum on 9/25/20, below is an excerpt from a press release sent to me by Ashley Steiger at AristaMD:
University of Colorado School of Medicine and AristaMD Partner to Expand eConsults to Community Providers
SAN DIEGO – Sept. 22, 2020 – AristaMD, an innovative telehealth platform that delivers primary care providers (PCPs) timely and documented specialist insight through eConsults, has partnered with the University of Colorado School of Medicine (CU) to expand eConsults to a network of community providers. The partnership begins with Salud Family Health Center, which has 13 clinic locations and serves communities in northeast and southeast Colorado.
“AristaMD is pleased to be working with our first partner that is a part of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Project CORE: Coordinating Optimal Referral Experiences. We can support health systems, including those already using eConsults within their own electronic health records (EHR), to more broadly expand to clinics on any system,” said Brooke LeVasseur, CEO of AristaMD. “The AristaMD platform works with all EHRs, seamlessly integrates into physician workflows, and will allow us to scale to community providers throughout the state of Colorado as the partnership grows.”
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On 09/17/2020,
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by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
If this isn’t mind-blowing, I don’t know what is! Some serious morphing lies ahead of us!
On 09/14/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Amazon, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, business, change, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, engineering, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, law schools, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, marketplaces, robotics, society, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Walmart just started delivering stuff with drones — from futurism.com by Victor Tangermann
Excerpt:
Walmart just kicked off its own drone delivery pilot, a collaboration with drone delivery company Flytrex. The pilot launched today in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is limited to select grocery and household essential items from the retailer’s local stores.
From DSC:
It starts off with an army of drones from Walmart joined by another army of drones from Amazon.
Then company XYZ chimes in. Then company ABC chimes in. And so on, and so on, and so on.
Then the armies of drones change to more powerful, louder, more “capable” delivery vehicles that can handle bigger, heavier deliveries.
And suddenly, the skies are full of noise-making, sun-blocking pieces of human-made machinery that, for the most part, are convenient but not necessary.
We need to think — and act — very carefully these days.
- What kind of future do we want to hand down to our children and to our grandchildren?
- What will the skies look and sound like in 2030 if such armies of drones and other types of airborne delivery vehicles are released?
- Are we willing to say that our kids won’t mind paying the price?
Is this the future we want to create? Not me. I, for one, appreciate a quiet walk. I appreciate being able to look up at the skies, especially when they are clear.
To the relevant engineers and C-Suites out there:
- Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
- Please take more responsibility for what’s being developed/brought to market.
Let’s shut this down — now — before the momentum gets started. Let’s follow Portland’s example by shutting down facial recognition/AI:
- Portland adopts landmark facial recognition ordinances — from thehill.com by Chris Mills Rodrigo
Excerpt:
“What makes Portland’s legislation stand out from other cities is that we’re prohibiting facial recognition technology use by private entities in public accommodations,” Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) said during Wednesday’s deliberations. “This is the first of its kind of legislation in the nation,” he added. - Why Amazon tried to thwart Portland’s historic facial recognition ban — from salon.com by Matt Rozsa
Amazon reportedly lobbied in secret to weaken Portland’s ban on private use of facial recognition technology
On 09/12/2020,
in A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, art, attention, creativity, design, digital learning, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, ideas, innovation, K-12 related, XR - extended reality, youth,
by Daniel Christian
DC: A very clever idea! What a wonderful way to foster creativity! #XR
Sketch Aquarium https://t.co/mkqTTjiLEd
— Daniel Christian (@dchristian5) September 11, 2020
Also see:
- Fundamental Surgery ‘Teaching Space’ Lets Medical Students Collaborate in VR — from vrscout.com by Bobby Carlton
On 09/11/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, IT in HE, law schools, leadership, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, online media, online tutoring, platforms, second screen apps, society, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, surviving, teaching online, telelegal, telemedicine / telehealth / virtual health, telepresence, television, tools, United States, universities, user experience (UX), vendors, videoconferencing, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Today’s awkward Zoom classes could bring a new era of higher education — from edsurge.com by Debra Spar
Excerpt:
Indeed, the forced march to Zoom has also forced colleges and universities to wrestle at last with the incipient promise of educational technologies; with the power that was evident, if not yet realized, in the early MOOCs. Much of that power has to do with scale–the ability to take a single course, even a single lecture, and share it across a vast universe of learners. But some also comes from the strange intimacy of the small screen, and from the possibilities of collapsing both time and space.
Office hours, for instance, migrate easily. Bringing in guest speakers works remarkably well, allowing faculty to introduce a wide range of voices into their classroom conversations. On the screen, everyone can see and hear and participate.
![Learning from the Living [Class] Room](http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LearningFromTheLivingClassRoom2-DanielChristian-SM-1024x655.jpg)
On 09/09/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), biology, chemistry, colleges, community colleges, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, distance education, higher education, ideas, innovation, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, online media, physics, platforms, remote teaching and learning, tools, United States, universities, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
DC: Will be interesting to see if the level of innovation/investment takes a leap forward during this time…https://t.co/jw1ibbQkwg#highereducation #innovation #edtech #AR #XR #science #chemistry #biology #physics
— Daniel Christian (@dchristian5) September 9, 2020
Also see:
- University System of Maryland Rolls Out Virtual Science Labs Across All Campuses
— from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly
On 09/08/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, adjunct faculty, Adobe, adult learning, Apple, Bring your own device (BYOD), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, colleges, communications, communities of practice, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, education, education technology, engagement / engaging students, faculty, future, global / globalization, Google, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, instructional design, interactivity, IT in HE, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, microlearning, Microsoft, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, participation, pedagogy, platforms, remote teaching and learning, second screen apps, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, tools, United States, universities, usability, user experience (UX), using teams, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual K-12 schools, vision/possibilities, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
Per this week’s Lecture Breakers Weekly! from Dr. Barbi Honeycutt:
Break up your online lectures with the Watch Party! Here’s how you can do it:
- Pre-record your mini-lecture or find a video you want to use for your lesson.
- Instead of asking students to watch the video on their own, play it during your synchronous/live class time.
- Explain to your students that they are watching the video all at the same time and that you will be facilitating the chat and answering their questions as they watch the video together. It’s a watch party!
- Option: Take the conversation out of Zoom or your LMS. Create a hashtag for your course on Twitter and invite other experts, colleagues, or friends to join the conversation.
Instead of presenting during the synchronous class time, you can now focus completely on managing the chat, prompting discussion, and responding to students’ questions and ideas in real-time. And be sure to record and save the chat for students who couldn’t attend the live session or want to review it later.
From DSC:
This is one of the kind of things that I envisioned with Learning from the living class[room] — a next-generation, global learning platform.
Learners could be watching a presentation/presenter, but communicating in real-time with other learners. Perhaps it will be a tvOS-based app or something similar. But TV as we know it is changing, right? It continues to become more interactive and on-demand all the time. Add videoconferencing apps like Zoom, Cisco Webex Meetings, Blackboard Collaborate, Microsoft Teams, Adobe Connect and others, and you have real-time, continuous, lifelong, relevant/timely, affordable, accessible, up-to-date learning.
Also, you have TEAM-BASED learning.
On 09/01/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Asia, Australia, Europe, United States, user experience (UX), vendors, virtual field trips, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning,
by Daniel Christian
Travelers are paying real money to take VR flights to nowhere — from vrscout.com by Bobby Carlton
On 08/31/2020,
in 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, animation, attention, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, distance education, elearning, engagement / engaging students, innovation, instructional design, interaction design, interactivity, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, training / L&D, usability, user experience (UX), user interface design,
by Daniel Christian
Best Content Awards 2020 — from elearninfo247.com by Craig Weiss
Excerpts:
Judging Areas
- Video
- Animation
- Audio Quality
- One that is very important, but way too many vendors lacked it…ADA508 or similar (depending on the country, but most countries have it) support.
- Usefulness
- Interactivity (Quality and Usability)
- Engagement
- Scenarios (if applicable)
- Description
- Objectives
What was excluded
- Assessments
And now… the awards.