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Experiment: Build and evaluate the impact of more educationally-related second screen apps [Christian]

On 01/08/2013, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, Bring your own device (BYOD), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital learning, disruption, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, future, game-changing environment, innovation, interactivity, internet, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, participation, personalized/customized learning, platforms, second screen apps, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, transmedia, trends, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
In this series of periodic postings re: experimentation (see here and here), this week’s Consumers Electronics Show prompts me to think about different types of experiments, prompting such questions as:
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When will we see more educationally-related second screen apps?
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How might this type of setup dovetail with MOOCs provided by institutions of higher education? With MOOCs offered by the corporate world?
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What sorts of technologies will weave their way into what could be offered here?
(The following possibilities come to my mind: Artificial Intelligence (AI), learning agents, recommendation engines, course or topic playlists, web-based learner profiles, data mining/analytics, videoconferencing, educational gaming, virtual tutoring, BYOD, and/or cloud-based computing. Other…?)
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Will Internet-enabled marketplaces and exchanges — between learners and teachers — become commonplace?
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Will technologies involved with endeavors like IBM’s Watson or with Knewton be deployed in this kind of convergent environment? If so, what sorts of doors/job opportunities/new skillsets would that open up or require?
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Some relevant items on this include:

Flingo reveals Samba, a first of its kind dual interactive TV and second screen platform — from pandodaily.com byasdf

Excerpt:

This week at CES in Las Vegas (the Consumer Electronics Show), San Francisco-based Flingo will release the latest version of its platform, dubbed Samba, aimed at changing this. Samba will make four-year-old Flingo one of the first to offer a combined Interactive TV and Second Screen experience.

“We saw a surge of Smart TV and tablet adoption in 2012, but realized that a seamless TV experience across all screens was missing,” says Flingo co-founder and CEO Ashwin Navin, formerly of BitTorrent. “Samba will blur the lines between linear television and the Web.”

Flingo is unique in that it uses video, not audio to identify what content is being viewed…

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Samba offers viewers the ability to actively engage with programming in real-time through their primary screen. This can take the form of polls, social conversations, recommendations, or consumption of related media. In the case of Second Screens, aka internet-connected laptops, tablets, and smartphones used simultaneously while watching TV, the company can offer an even wider array of complementary content and engagement, such as aggregated social feeds relating to live programming or an ability to watch past episodes of a live show. This can all be delivered across multiple screens, in concert.

Also see:

Panasonic, IBM, ABOX42 and others join LG and Toshiba’s Smart TV Alliance to solve fragmentation
YouTube bringing Google TV AirPlay-like pairing feature to new devices in 2013 — from 9to5google.com by Jordan Kahn
Audible Magic unveils cross-platform solution for interactive TV commercials — from cnbc.com
CES: Samsung unveils 4K TVs; upgrades Smart TV service — from forbes.com by Eric Savitz
Samsung rethinks Smart TV (and we’re impressed) — from nbcnews.com by Wilson Rothman
Slick new Bravo app personalizes your Smart TV experience — from mashable.com by Brian Anthony Hernandez
In the digital living room, there’s something in the air — from pro.gigaom.com by Paul Sweeting
Usage of connected TVs rose 25% in 2012 — from therealtimereport.com [Addendum on 1/9/13]
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Here’s your complete look at Samsung’s new Smart TV — from businessinsider.com by Kevin Smith [Addendum on 1/9/13]
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Kevin Smith/Business Insider

More tangentially, but still relevant:

McGraw-Hill to debut adaptive e-book for students — from blogs.wsj.com by Shalini Ramachandran
Excerpt:
The SmartBook…works like this: All readers essentially see the same textbook as they read for the first five minutes. But as a reader answers review questions placed throughout the chapter, different passages become highlighted to point the reader to where he or she should focus attention.

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Some items re: career development

On 12/27/2012, in analytics, career development, collaboration, creativity, data related items, IT in HE, new media literacies, professional development, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The hottest IT skills for 2013 — from itstrategynews.com

Top 4 traits of “future proof” employees, according to 1,709 CEOs — from forbes.com
What should you look for as you recruit new hires in 2013? As an employee yourself, what traits will serve you best in the years ahead?

Excerpt:

Late last year IBM conducted interviews with 1,709 CEOs around the world, and published the results in a white paper titled “Leading Through Connections.” It’s a fascinating look at how business leaders are reacting to recent convergence of digital, social and mobile technologies, known by many as the “connected economy.”

From DSC:
How are K-12 and higher ed doing on developing this type of employee?

Also see:

Companies wait too long to train leaders — from KevinKruse.com
56 best job search blog posts of 2012 — from jobmob.co.il

Tagged with: analytics • career development • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • collaboration • computer science • creativity • data mining • IT • mobile technology • new media literacies • professional development • programming

Book says ‘Big Data’ becoming a global nervous system [Raasch]

On 12/13/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, analytics, data related items, ethics, global / globalization, internet, machine-to-machine communications, society, by Daniel Christian

Book says ‘Big Data’ becoming a global nervous system — from USA TODAY by Chuck Raasch — with thanks to Ray Schroeder for the resource
Explosion of “Big Data” collection and analysis is hopeful, yet worrisome, trend

Excerpt:

Smolan, a former National Geographic photographer, built the book around a simple premise: That “big data” are becoming a “planetary nervous system,” the potential and consequences of which few have even started to contemplate.

It’s “an extraordinary knowledge revolution that’s sweeping, almost invisibly, through business, academia, government, health care and everyday life,” he says.

That revolution, he says, is being built on “a set of technologies coming together at just the right time, brought about by widespread and low-cost sensors that can now communicate with each other, the plummeting cost of computing power, the ubiquitous everywhere and always-on aspect of the Internet, the rapidly proliferating spread of smart devices.”

Also see:

13 big data vendors to watch in 2013 — from .informationweek.com
cetas.net/blog

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • analytics • data mining • digital citizenship • ethics • global • internet • machine-to-machine communications • society

Tagged with: analytics • data mining

Big data in K-12: Is voice technology talking to you yet? (Part II) [Heller]

On 12/07/2012, in 21st century, data related items, digital audio, education technology, human-computer interaction (HCI), K-12 related, by Daniel Christian

Big data in K-12: Is voice technology talking to you yet? (Part II) — from ednetinsight.com by Nelson B. Heller

Excerpt:

Read on to learn more about where we stand and some interesting examples of voice-powered educational products. (These articles are based in part on my recent “View From the Catbird Seat” presentation at EdNET 2012.)

Also see/relevant:

Big data in K-12: Attack of the recommendation engines” — Nelson Heller — Part I
The Cloud and Big Data Will Transform Translation – Executive Viewpoint 2013 Prediction: Lingotek — from virtual-strategy.com by Larry Warnock

Tagged with: data mining • human-computer interaction (HCI) • voice recognition

Tagged with: analytics • data mining • special needs

Over the top: the new war for TV is just beginning [Patel]

On 12/05/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Bring your own device (BYOD), business side of he, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, future, game-changing environment, Google, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, machine-to-machine communications, media/film, Microsoft, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, online media, online tutoring, participation, personalized/customized learning, play, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, streams of content, technologies for your home, telecommunications, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), using teams, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, webinars, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I’m beginning to wonder if many of us will be moving off of Moodle, Sakai, Bb Learn, Desire2Learn, etc. to platforms and ecosystems that are being created by Apple, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. Rockstar professors on “primetime” — or anytime. If that happens, you can be sure there will be teams of specialists creating and delivering the content and learning experiences.

Will Richmond on Top 2013 TV Trends [from Videomind by Greg Franzese]

On 11/29/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Bring your own device (BYOD), changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communities of practice, convergence, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, 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, flipping -- inverted learning, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), informal learning, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interaction design, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multi-touch, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, participation, personalized/customized learning, platforms, reinvent, RSS, second screen apps, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, strategy, streams of content, student-related, tablets, technologies for your home, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, using teams, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I continue to watch this space as the foundations are being put into place for what I’m calling, “Learning from the Living [Class] Room.”

Earth’s nervous system: Looking at humanity through big data (Susan Karlin)

On 11/29/2012, in 21st century, analytics, data related items, future, global / globalization, psychology, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: analytics • data mining • digital citizenship • future • global • psychology • society

Reflecting on the Top IT Issues of 2012 [Schaffhauser]

On 11/15/2012, in analytics, career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, data related items, IT in HE, leadership, professional development, strategy, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Reflecting on the Top IT Issues of 2012 — from campustechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser

Updating IT professionals’ skills and roles to accommodate new technologies and changing IT delivery models
Supporting IT consumerization and bring-your-own device programs
Developing a cloud strategy
Improving the institution’s operational efficiency through IT
Integrating IT into institutional decision-making
Using analytics to support the important institutional outcomes
Funding IT initiatives
Transforming the institution’s business with IT
Supporting research with high-performance computing, large data, and analytics
Establishing and implementing IT governance throughout the institution

Also see:

Involving students in IT — — from campustechnology.com by Keith Norbury
IT shops are turning to students to staff help desks, troubleshoot, and more. For schools, it’s a way to cut costs; for students, it’s a learning experience and a pathway to employment.

Tagged with: analytics • career development • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • data mining • IT • leadership • professional development • strategy • vision

The “Online Learning Dream Team” as of November 2012 [Christian]

On 11/12/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communities of practice, competency-based learning/education, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, future, future of higher education, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, online learning, online media, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, real-world assignments, second screen apps, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, student-related, technology (general), telepresence, user experience (UX), user interface design, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I understand that Mr. George Lucas is going to express his generosity in donating the $4.05 billion from the sale of Lucasfilm to education.

Here’s a question/idea that I’d like to put forth to Mr. Lucas (or to the United States Department of Education, or to another interested/committed party):

Would you consider using the $4+ billion gift to build an “Online Learning Dream Team?”

Original image credit (before purchased/edited by DSC)
yobro10 / 123RF Stock Photo

From DSC:
What do you think? What other “players” — technologies, vendors, skillsets, etc. — should be on this team?

Perhaps videography?
Online tutoring?
Student academic services?
Animation?
Digital photography?

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Predicting what topics will trend on Twitter [MIT]

On 11/07/2012, in analytics, computer science, data related items, programming, by Daniel Christian

Predicting what topics will trend on Twitter — from MIT

Excerpt:

At the Interdisciplinary Workshop on Information and Decision in Social Networks at MIT in November, Associate Professor Devavrat Shah and his student, Stanislav Nikolov, will present a new algorithm that can, with 95 percent accuracy, predict which topics will trend an average of an hour and a half before Twitter’s algorithm puts them on the list — and sometimes as much as four or five hours before.

The algorithm could be of great interest to Twitter, which could charge a premium for ads linked to popular topics, but it also represents a new approach to statistical analysis that could, in theory, apply to any quantity that varies over time: the duration of a bus ride, ticket sales for films, maybe even stock prices.

Like all machine-learning algorithms, Shah and Nikolov’s needs to be “trained”: it combs through data in a sample set — in this case, data about topics that previously did and did not trend — and tries to find meaningful patterns. What distinguishes it is that it’s nonparametric, meaning that it makes no assumptions about the shape of patterns.

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In principle, Shah says, the new algorithm could be applied to any sequence of measurements performed at regular intervals. But the correlation between historical data and future events may not always be as clear cut as in the case of Twitter posts. Filtering out all the noise in the historical data might require such enormous training sets that the problem becomes computationally intractable even for a massively distributed program. But if the right subset of training data can be identified, Shah says, “It will work.”

Tagged with: analytics • computer science • data mining • programming

Excerpt:

Agarwal believes that education is about to change dramatically. The reason is the power of the Web and its associated data-crunching technologies. Thanks to these changes, it’s now possible to stream video classes with sophisticated interactive elements, and researchers can scoop up student data that could help them make teaching more effective. The technology is powerful, fairly cheap, and global in its reach. EdX has said it hopes to teach a billion students.

Which brings me to this graphic:

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Also see:

One man, one computer, 10 million students: How Khan Academy is reinventing education — from Forbes.com by Michael Noer

Tagged with: analytics • Daniel S. Christian • data mining • disruption • educational technology • game-changing environment • innovation • intelligent systems • intelligent tutoring • learner profiles • learning from the living [class] room • new business models in he • online learning • online tutoring • reinvent • staying relevant • Walmart of Education

Mindblowing implications!!! “IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile”

On 10/18/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, convergence, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital learning, disruption, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, lifelong learning, mobile learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, smart/connected TV, trends, ubiquitous learning, by Daniel Christian

IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile — from singularityhub.com by Jason Dorrier

From DSC:
This relates to what I was trying to get at with the posting on mobile learning. I would add the word “Education” to the list of industries that the technologies encapsulated in Watson will impact in the future. Combine this with the convergence that’s enabling/building the Learning from the Living [Class] Room environment, and you have one heck of an individualized, data-driven, learning ecosystem that’s available 24 x 7 x 365 — throughout your lifetime!!!

Also relevant here are some visions/graphics I created from 2012 and from 2008:

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

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • 24x7x365 • AI • analytics • CFHE12 • convergence • cost of getting an education • customized learning • dangers of the status quo • Daniel S. Christian • data mining • disruption • emerging technologies • future • future of higher education • game-changing environment • homeschooling/homeschoolers • innovation • intelligent systems • intelligent tutoring • Learning Agents • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • learning preferences • Lifelong learning • Mobile learning • MOOCs • more choice more control • online learning • online tutoring • personalized learning • Smart/Connected TV • trends • ubiquitous learning • Walmart of Education

Big Data in K-12: Attack of the Recommendation Engines – Part I [Heller]

On 10/17/2012, in analytics, data related items, future, K-12 related, trends, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Big Data in K-12: Attack of the Recommendation Engines – Part I –– from EdNetInsight.com by Nelson B. Heller, President, The HellerResults Group — Friday, October 12, 2012

Excerpt:

Big Data Meets Education
A wave of K-12 entrepreneurial initiatives sees the application of “big data” as the key to instructional technology’s Holy Grail—intelligent real-time differentiated instruction akin to working one-on-one with a brilliant personal instructor. Investors, aware of the powerful strides made in recommendation engines by Internet giants Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Netflix, and Zynga, as well as for a host of military and commercial applications, see in big data education’s “next big thing.” In this and my next article, I’m going to explore what’s happening in this arena and in voice recognition technology, which, if you look under the hood, can be thought of as being driven by the same advances in data science and recommendation engines. These articles are based in part on my recent View From the Catbird Seat presentation at EdNET 2012. Read on to see what threats and opportunities this new frontier represents for your own organization.

Tagged with: analytics • data mining • future • K-12 • trends • vendors

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