On 09/01/2010,
in Apple, K-12 related, blended learning, convergence, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, exchanges, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, learning ecosystem, learning objects, multimedia, online learning, online media, podcasting, vodcasting,
by Daniel Christian
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On 08/24/2010,
in K-12 related, blended learning, face-to-face, game-changing environment, hybrid learning, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
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- San Francisco Flex Academy to Open Downtown This Fall — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
New Public Charter School Now Accepting Enrollments for Students in Grades 9-12
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — San Francisco Flex Academy (SF FLEX), an exciting new public charter high school and one of the state’s first full-time “hybrid” schools, will open this fall in downtown San Francisco. SF Flex is currently accepting enrollments for students in grades 9-12 and is expecting to start classes on Tuesday, September 7, 2010.
The school will offer both onsite classroom instruction with highly qualified, credentialed teachers and state-of-the-art online learning provided by K12 Inc., America’s largest provider of online school programs for students in kindergarten through high school. There is no tuition to attend this public charter school.
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On 08/17/2010,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Connectivism, K-12 related, Technologies for your home, Walmart of Education, blended learning, change, changing business models, collaboration, convergence, dangers of the status quo, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, expectations, face-to-face, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, hybrid learning, innovation, interactivity, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, multimedia, network based learning, online learning, online media, social learning / networks, telecommunications, trends, videoconferencing, virtual K-12 schools, virtual field trips, virtual tutoring, virtual worlds, vision, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
Online collaboration: New innovations pave the way for convergence — from prnewswire.com
Merger of television and computer takes giant step closer as innovative online tool suite is released
CALABASAS, Calif., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ — Anticipating the coming paradigm shift that will merge your television and your computer, NxtGenTV has just released the most cohesive system of online tools to facilitate the ultimate interactive communication platform. Four years of innovating has resulted in NetConference.com, an elegant, easy-to-use online meeting system that supports the diverse requirements of single users, small and medium size businesses as well as enterprise and nonprofit organizations. Creating a new opportunity for the global audience to interact online in even greater and more efficient ways is only one of the many benefits of building a social media broadcasting system that facilitates Communication, Collaboration, Presentation and Education.
An industry leader in online games, apps, widgets, banners and rich media development for major entertainment brands, The Illusion Factory created a new company, NxtGenTV to develop and patent cutting-edge online technologies such as shared synchronized visual media and other key innovations that will further blur the lines between computers and television. “We have been passionate about creating the cumulative new systems that will drive Convergence,” shares Brian Weiner, CEO of The Illusion Factory, “our creation of NxtGenTV will lead the push for truly interactive television.”
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On 08/13/2010,
in blended learning, hybrid learning,
by Daniel Christian
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Taking the best of both “worlds” — a relevant graphic from DSC:
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On 08/06/2010,
in blended learning, face-to-face, hybrid learning, innovation, physics, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics – by Physics Professor Eric Mazur at Harvard
How can you engage your students and be sure they are learning the conceptual foundations of a lecture course? In From Questions to Concepts, Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur introduces Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time teaching — two innovative techniques for lectures that use in-class discussion and immediate feedback to improve student learning. Using these techniques in his innovative undergraduate physics course, Mazur demonstrates how lectures and active learning can be successfully combined. This video is also available as part of another DVD, Interactive Teaching, which contains advice on using peer instruction and just-in-time teaching to promote better learning. For more videos on teaching, visit http://bokcenter.harvard.edu
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On 07/29/2010,
in K-12 related, Michigan, blended learning, hybrid learning, online learning, virtual K-12 schools,
by Daniel Christian
Michigan’s first virtual charter school selects downtown Grand Rapids site, accepting applications — from rapidgrowthmedia.com
A virtual charter school sponsored by Grand Valley State University will welcome its first students on September 7 at what school leaders say is its first Michigan location – a former office space at 678 Front Ave. NW.
Michigan Virtual Charter Academy, operated by Herndon, Va.-based K12, Inc., will launch with a curriculum geared for high school dropouts ages 17 to 21, offering onsite and online learning in half-day formats.
“It’s a hybrid blend of onsite and online learning, and we’ll have two shifts of students,” says Randall Greenway, vice president of school development. “This was a promising location and it’s close to where we believe our students reside and work. It also has public transportation nearby, and that’s a big part of it.”
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On 07/16/2010,
in blended learning, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities, design, distance education, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), hybrid learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, library / librarians, multimedia, network based learning, productivity / tips and tricks, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, training / corporate universities, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, web-based collaboration, webinars, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
For those of you involved with creating learning labs, smart classrooms, group study areas, etc. — or for those who want to enable more efficient group collaboration within your classrooms — you need to check out Steelcase’s Media:Scape product line.
One of the pieces of this configuration that I love is that they have created an easy-to-use interface in a puck-like device. What I want to see happen is for students to pull up to a movable/reconfigurable table, connect their device, and click the puck to “play” their media for the class (without interrupting the flow of the class).
Also, one monitor on the “totem” can be used for one set of information/data — or even a remote speaker via videoconferencing for example — and the other monitor can be used for someone else’s data/desktop.
Here are some images for you:
Also see the Media:Scape ad/video:
This product line is also available through Custer Workplace Interiors.
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On 06/09/2010,
in blended learning, hybrid learning, professional development opportunities,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Blended learning — also called hybrid learning — offers the best of both worlds. A great way to go!
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Free online curriculum expanding to middle grades — from eSchoolNews.com by Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor
SAS Curriculum Pathways used by more than 8,000 high schools, and soon will reach students as young as sixth grade
Curriculum Pathways’ professionally developed lesson plans, simulations, and interactive activities utilize a “blended” learning model, Friend said. “We’re not an online course, but we can help teachers [supplement] their lesson plans,” he said.
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On 05/24/2010,
in blended learning, faculty, hybrid learning, pedagogy, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
Structuring blended courses for maximum student engagement – from Faculty Focus
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