collaboration

B of A partners with Khan Academy to help people develop better money habits

On 10/14/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, business, collaboration, cost of getting a degree, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, disruption, elearning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, online learning, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Thanks to Krista Spahr, Senior Instructional Designer at Calvin College, for this resource.

It’s interesting to see the lines blurring between the workplace, higher education, and even K-12. Pooling resources, establishing more collaborations, etc. may be part of our future — especially if it initially costs a lot create the materials. But then — as with the Walmart of Education — there is some serious volume underlying these trends.

It appears from the introductory piece here that Sal’s not out to make money with this — he’s trying to stay true to their mission.

From Jane Hart’s “Where the Top 100 Tools for Learning fit on the Comet’s Tail of Workplace Learning Trends”

A JPMorgan Ph.D.? — from InsideHigherEd.com by Ry Rivard

Excerpt:

JPMorgan Chase plans to give $17 million to start a doctoral program at the University of Delaware, an effort that may raise new questions about collaborations between colleges and donors.

As part of the plan, JPMorgan will renovate a building to house the program, put up money to pay program faculty and pay a full ride for students seeking a degree, according to an internal university plan. In addition, JPMorgan employees may sit on dissertation committees and advise the university on which faculty members should teach in the program, according to the planning document and a top university official.

From DSC:
I’ll add this partnership to the list:

AT&T, Udacity, and Georgia Tech.
Google and edX.
Microsoft and Degreed.
IBM sending Watson to school and partnering with 1000+ universities (see here and here).
JP Morgan and University of Delaware (see this addendum from 10/7/13)

Is there a new trend forming here? Will there be tighter integration between the corporate world and the world of higher education?

If so, my thoughts re: The Walmart of Education and Learning from the Living [Class] Room could be taking a giant step forward. I say this because such visions require some serious resources. It will take a handful of larger organizations with deep pockets — and or many smaller organizations pooling their resources — to enable these trends. But we are starting to see some organizations with deep pockets forming such partnerships out there.

Is this all a good thing? In some ways yes, in other ways, I’m not so sure. There are a variety of reasons to go to college; getting a job is just one of them. But given the price of education, things are now out of balance; students are now being forced into a more career-focused perspective for their college experience.

Also, given the pace of change, those in the corporate world have a decision to make — should they work with current institutions to enable change, create their own communities of practice, bring further training in house,…other?

How Google’s flexible workspace ignites creative collaboration (on wheels) [Kohrman]

On 09/27/2013, in collaboration, experimentation, face-to-face, Google, health, innovation, learning spaces, smart classrooms, using teams, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Many of our learning spaces — if not all of them — need to be completely interchangeable, flexible, mobile, adaptive. Putting chairs and tables on wheels is a great place to start! I also like what they did w/ the electricity here; very flexible.

Also see:

Watch: This Desk Knows When You Should Stand, Sit, Or Just Breathe — from fastcompany.com by Christina Chaey
The Stir Kinetic Smart Desk, from veterans of Apple, Ideo, NASA, and Disney, adjusts heights and tracks your habits in an effort to help you work smarter and healthier.

and

The Kinetic Desk from Stir

In the future, I have it that this is the type of thing that will be possible from our living rooms [Christian]

On 09/26/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, adult learning, blended learning, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, education technology, emerging technologies, experimentation, future, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), immersion, innovation, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, smart classrooms, tools, TVs, using teams, vendors, videoconferencing, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Circle Twelve introduces new video conferencing and immersive multi-user collaboration system — from businesswire.com

DiamondTouch Immersion is a new video conferencing system from Circle Twelve designed for connecting two remotely located teams. It combines a the multi-user DiamondTouch table with a second display for video conferencing. It features several patented technologies, including the multi-user DiamondTouch table hardware used for interacting with shared content and collaborative whiteboarding, a method for indicating which remote user is interacting (check out the virtual arms at 3:45), and a multi-camera system so you can see all the people at the remote table. More information at http://www.circletwelve.com/products/…

From DSC:
Can you imaging this type of web-based collaboration in blended learning environments?!!

Also see:

DiamondTouch Immersion

Doing well by doing good: A leader’s guide [Brainerd, Campbell, & Davis]

On 09/23/2013, in business, collaboration, corporate / business world, higher education, by Daniel Christian

Doing well by doing good: A leader’s guide — from by Mary Brainerd, Jim Campbell, and Richard Davis
Addressing community problems increasingly requires cooperation among the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Here, three executives explain how a civic alliance in America’s Minneapolis–Saint Paul region may point toward an operating model.

Excerpt:

The vitality of our communities has always required the involvement of the private sector, not just governments or not-for-profit organizations. Unfortunately, despite business leaders’ best intentions, these collaborative efforts often founder, fueling skepticism about the private sector’s ability to contribute meaningfully to civic advancement.

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We keep going because of the opportunities we see to make a difference. In the past decade, Itasca has forged links between the business community and our region’s biggest university. It has improved the financial fitness of the region through educational programs and cast a national spotlight on growing socioeconomic disparities. Today, Itasca is working to improve higher education and generating quality-job growth, as well as advancing efforts to address transportation issues comprehensively.

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We’re not an organization. We work virtually, without a formal office. There’s no full-time staff…

Also see:

Detroit, bankrupt, looks to colleges as partners in recovery – from The Chronicle of Higher Education

True personalization is the next big thing in multiscreen TV [Moulding]

On 09/18/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, adult learning, analytics, Apple, blended learning, Bring your own device (BYOD), collaboration, communications, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, disruption, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, future of higher education, global / globalization, Google, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, love of learning, machine-to-machine communications, Microsoft, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multi-touch, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, participation, personalized/customized learning, second screen apps, smart classrooms, storytelling, streams of content, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, transmedia, TVs, user experience (UX), videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

True personalization is the next big thing in multiscreen TV — from .v-net.tv by John Moulding

From DSC:
Not a far stretch to see some applications of this in the future aimed at learning objects/learning agents/and personalized streams of content.

The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart/Connected TV

Addendum:
(With thanks going out to Mr. Richard Byrne over at the Free Technology for Teachers blog for this item)

ChemDraw ~ Favorite Things Series — from collegiatecareercoach.com by Mignon Brooks

Excerpt:

Imagine the capability of sitting in a chemistry classroom where a professor flicks information to the students, and the students flick their answers right back to the professor.

Also see:

ChemDraw: iTunes Preview
Chem 3D: iTunes Preview
Software and Informatics Solutions from Perkin Elmer (also see perkinelmer.com on twitter)
Chem Draw on twitter
ChemDraw hash tag on twitter
Hans Keil on twitter
Operating at the intersection of mobility, collaboration, and science.

From DSC:
I couldn’t locate the relevant information for Flick-to-Share (or did they mean Flick and Share?); however, the idea of swiping to easily and efficiently share files most assuredly is part of the future Smart Classroom. see:

I’m amazed that Lowe’s, Home Depot, & others aren’t doing more of this! [Christian]

On 08/22/2013, in business, collaboration, experimentation, innovation, TVs, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:

I’m amazed that Lowe’s, Home Depot, & others aren’t doing more of this! Why can’t I Skype/Facetime with an expert over at Home Depot on how to fix my disposal, identify what part I need in my broken garage door opener, how to put together that new crib that someone gave to our church, etc.

My good friend, Don Levy from Calvin College, thought of an idea a while back just like this! But his idea was targeted for colleges & universities — call the Subject Matter Experts at Calvin College and get instant help.

I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised to see more of this sort of remote support in our futures.

The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer — from HBR.org by Daniel Burrus

Excerpt:

…the role of the CIO needs to shift from Chief Information Officer to a Chief Innovation Officer, due to the massive, rapid, multiple technology-driven transformations that are occurring today. And, just as the CIO’s role needs to change, so too does the CTO’s—from Chief Technology Officer to Chief Transformation Officer. This fundamental shift is necessary to elevate the position’s contribution and relevance.

While the CIO has historically been focused on the technology needed to run the company, the CTO has been responsible for the technology integral to products being sold to customers or clients. However, over the next five years every business process is going to undergo a major transformation. For example, IBM executives recently shared with me that over 40 percent of their profits are now coming from products and services that were impossible just a few short years ago. That reflects the transformative nature of business today as well as the speed of the transformation. This is just the beginning and someone has to lead that transformation.

From DSC:
What Daniel Burrus is saying here is what I’ve also been trying to get at when I say that technology needs to be used strategically. The organizations that will thrive in the future will have cultures that are willing to experiment and innovate. They realize that they will fail at times and succeed at other times. They also realize that batting a thousand is not an option — as there are too many targets moving far too quickly (and some targets appearing out of nowhere…while some disappear).

Also see:

Today’s CIO needs to be the Chief Innovation Officer –– from HRB.org by Daniel Burrus

Reflections on “Detroit goes bankrupt, the largest city to do so in U.S.” [Davey]

On 07/18/2013, in business, collaboration, Daniel S. Christian, hearts -- matters of the heart, Michigan, society, sociology, United States, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Detroit goes bankrupt, the largest city to do so in U.S. — from nytimes.com by Monica Davey

Excerpt:

DETROIT — Detroit, the cradle of America’s automobile industry and once the nation’s fourth-most-populous city, has filed for bankruptcy, an official said Thursday afternoon, the largest American city ever to take such a course.

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From DSC:
First of all, thanks to George Siemens for posting this item on Twitter. Secondly, as I mentioned there, many people have left Detroit through the years, leaving an aging infrastructure that still needs to be paid for, but with a constantly dwindling tax base.

What are some of the lessons other cities, towns, and villages can learn from this?

One potential item that comes to my mind is to not put all of our eggs into one basket. Detroit was too focused on the automobile; we should have diversified more. (This could also be said of our careers/skillsets I suppose…)

Anyway, the people of Detroit have been on my heart and mind for years now. I internally pitched an idea a while back whereby our student teachers in our Education Department could employ web-based collaboration tools to help the youth of Detroit in their studies. It seemed like a potential WIN-WIN situation — providing real-world teaching experience to our current EDUC students (and most likely opening up completely new experiences for them) while at the same time providing some solid/free tutoring/assistance for the students of Detroit.

Addendums on 7/19/13:

Quote from Governor Snyder today
I’d like to take a moment to explain why I made that decision and what it means for the city — and for the State of Michigan. In many respects, this day has been six decades in the making. Detroit is buried under $18 billion in debt and unfunded liabilities. In fact, 38 cents of every city dollar goes toward debt repayment, legacy costs and other obligations. By 2017, that figure will go up to 65 cents per dollar. That level of debt is unsustainable.
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And this could help:
The Federal Communications Commission begins its restructuring on Friday of the “E-rate” the government uses to provide schools with funds to connect to the Internet.
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I tried flipping an inner-city, impoverished class and… — from bamradionetwork.com by Jon Bergmann and Kathy Swanger
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Consider bringing in remote teachers/experts via tools and technologies such as these

Using the iPad with a Projector [Gray]

On 06/28/2013, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, collaboration, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, innovation, internet, IT in HE, learning spaces, smart classrooms, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Using the iPad with a Projector — from palomar.edu by Terry Gray; note that this is from 8/24/12

For a wireless solution:

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or for a wired solution:

VGA Adapter

Also see:

AirServer

Education

There are times when you need to show content to your class to engage your audience, using an iPad. With AirServer you can wirelessly beam your iPad display to your Mac or PC and from there to your projector, smartboard or HDTV. This gives you the freedom to move around the class with your iPad in hand. AirServer also supports multiple simultaneous connections, so one or more students could mirror their iPads to share their ideas and their work with the rest of the class.

Educational environments vary, not just in size and lighting but in network security and access. To solve these issues we’ve added features such as picture enhancement settings and password protection.

Summary

Beam your iPad or iPhone screen to HDMI or VGA projector, smartboard or HDTV via a Mac or PC
True full screen display
Picture enhancement settings
Secure password protection
Collaborate with students using simultaneous connections

From DSC:
Wouldn’t it be great if students could “beam up” their content from any device, from anywhere? i.e. Whether they be in a face-to-face classroom, at a remote location, or out traveling?

Here’s why the TV apps economy will be a $14 billion business [Wolf]

On 06/25/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, animation, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, blended learning, Bring your own device (BYOD), business, business side of he, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, communities of practice, computer science, content development, aggregation, repositories, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, experimentation, future of higher education, game-changing environment, heutagogy, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interactivity, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, more voice more choice more control, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, passions, personalized/customized learning, play, podcasting, professional development, programming, reinvent, second screen apps, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, staying relevant, storytelling, streams of content, student-related, tablets, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, telepresence, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, TVs, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Here’s why the TV apps economy will be a $14 billion business — from forbes.com by Michael Wolf

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Excerpt:

According to new research published this week, the TV apps economy is forecasted to reach $14 billion by 2017.

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Take for example today’s news that Apple will begin selling video advertisements served by iAd through iTunes Radio loaded on Apple TVs. This is only the first move for Apple in this space, and others like Samsung and Google are already investing heavily in connected TV app advertising.

From DSC:
Why post this? Because:

It lays out future directions/careers related to Programming, Computer Science, Data Mining, Analytics, Marketing, Telecommunications, User Experience Design, Digital and Transmedia Storytelling, and more
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It leads to “Learning from the Living [Class] Room”

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From DSC:
And if this does take off,
$14 billion won’t begin to capture the profits from this new industry.
It will be far larger than that.

Relevant addendum on 6/27/13:

The future of cinema is on demand — from bitrebels.com by Ben Warner (From DSC: Having just paid $32 for 4 people — 3 of whom were kids — to see Monsters U, I believe it!)
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Via: [The Verge] Image Credits: [Venture Beat] [Home Theater]

Herman Miller: Learning Spaces Sketchbook

On 05/31/2013, in collaboration, learning spaces, Michigan, vendors, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Excerpts:

Learning Space Insights
The following insights result from ongoing testing of new approaches to learning spaces and are not intended to be prescriptive. We hope each insight causes you to consider new approaches to learning space design. As our research continues, we look forward to a continued dialogue on each of the following insights, which will lead to discovery of new ideas for learning space design.

Enhance Collaboration
Idea: Traditional classroom design often limits engagement (due to rows, etc.). Space should enable and encourage student and faculty engagement, as well as student-tostudent interaction.

Foster Engagement
Idea: Spaces that encourage engagement remove barriers, get faculty out from behind the traditional lectern, and allow them to move freely around the space.

Let Learning Happen Everywhere
Idea: Consider adding “lingering” spaces that connect faculty and students outside scheduled learning spaces.

Flex to Meet More Needs
Idea: Furnishings selected with flexibility in mind allow spaces to be used in different ways. Consider a simple kit of furniture parts that will allow you multiple layouts and space options.

Make Technology Work for You
Idea: Technology should serve your teaching and learning needs and not dictate how, where, or when teaching or learning happens.

Provide Supportive Choices
Idea: Whether you spend 50 minutes or several hours in a learning environment, the need for comfort and variety is clear. Learning space design needs to offer options that support variety and comfort—for both faculty and students.

Blur the Lines Between Learning and Work
Idea: Consider spaces that mirror corporate spaces and support the collaboration and engagement skills vital to post-graduation success.

The Top 25 Most Popular Offices of 2012 [officesnapshots.com]

On 05/21/2013, in architecture, collaboration, corporate / business world, creativity, learning spaces, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Top 25 Most Popular Offices of 2012 — from officesnapshots.com — or browse all of them

Some examples:

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Learning Ecosystems

B of A partners with Khan Academy to help people develop better money habits

How Google’s flexible workspace ignites creative collaboration (on wheels) [Kohrman]

Doing well by doing good: A leader’s guide [Brainerd, Campbell, & Davis]

I’m amazed that Lowe’s, Home Depot, & others aren’t doing more of this! [Christian]

Reflections on “The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer ” [Burrus]

Reflections on “Detroit goes bankrupt, the largest city to do so in U.S.” [Davey]

Using the iPad with a Projector [Gray]

Herman Miller: Learning Spaces Sketchbook

The Top 25 Most Popular Offices of 2012 [officesnapshots.com]

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