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Online Learning, From the Margins to the Center [Schroeder]

On 08/03/2022, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Augmented Reality (AR), business side of he, change, changing business models, collaboration, colleges, community colleges, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, Holographic comms, ideas, immersion, innovation, instructional design, interaction design, IT in HE, law schools, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, learning spaces, Metaverse, Mixed Reality (MR), online learning, society, teaching & learning, trends, United States, universities, user experience (UX), virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, wearables, web-based collaboration, Web3, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

Online Learning, From the Margins to the Center — from insidehighered.com by Ray Schroeder
Online learning has evolved over the past 25 years from a niche position on the margins of higher ed to the leading driver of growth in enrollment and innovation.

Excerpt:

Online learning has grown from a marginal niche of higher ed to the largest provider of postsecondary learning in the world. We are now on the cusp of yet another technological evolution in the delivery of online learning. The advent of the metaverse in higher education is closer than many casual observers may think. By 2025, we will begin to see significant numbers of offerings using avatars and immersive technologies such as virtual reality, augmented reality and extended reality engaging learners at a distance.

Do you have developmental immersion laboratories for your faculty and staff to prepare for 2025? Who at your university is advocating for the integration of VR, AR and XR into online delivery? Are you already collaborating with industry and business in developing the most effective and relevant technology-enhanced online programs that will meet their needs? Those who lead in these ventures will set the standards and gain the recruiting advantage in higher education.

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The edtech top 50 — emerging companies for higher education

On 08/03/2022, in education technology, emerging technologies, higher education, innovation, instructional design, technology (general), vendors, by Daniel Christian

The edtech top 50 — emerging companies for higher education — from medium.com by Nic Newman (back from June 27, 2022)

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Brief reflections on “Brands Are Already Making Millions in the Metaverse. Here’s What Business Owners Need To Know.” [Sherry]

On 07/29/2022, in art, attention, business, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, communities of practice, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, Emotion, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, global / globalization, immersion, innovation, instructional design, interaction design, interactivity, K-12 related, Learning Experience Design, learning spaces, maker movement, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, Metaverse, student-related, teachers, technologies for your home, United States, user experience (UX), vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, XR - extended reality, youth, by Daniel Christian

Brands Are Already Making Millions in the Metaverse. Here’s What Business Owners Need To Know. — from inc.com by Ben Sherry
Entrepreneurs who follow Gen-Z into the metaverse could gain a competitive advantage.

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

If you’re still skeptical about the metaverse, you certainly aren’t alone. According to a recent survey, 55 percent of adults with yearly incomes over $100,000 said they were not interested or excited about the concept, while 37 percent said they were primarily worried about it. Only 6 percent of respondents claimed to be excited about the metaverse.

Those numbers might not seem encouraging, but it’s important to remember that one of the most popular metaverse platforms currently available, Roblox, averages more than 54 million daily users, the vast majority of whom are Gen-Z or younger. Those users have cumulatively spent more than $1 billion on digital items such as outfits or accessories designed to be worn by player avatars in addition to in-experience upgrades and various other paid features.

From DSC:
The article stated that over 30 million virtual worlds had been created from scratch using Roblox Studio, the platform’s creation engine. So youth are creating, sharing, and participating in virtual worlds all the time…while experimenting, playing, and practicing their creativity. This all is done outside of school. Hmm…

 

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Online education’s reputation jumps, survey says [Seltzer]

On 07/29/2022, in adjunct faculty, colleges, community colleges, education technology, faculty, higher education, online learning, teaching & learning, United States, universities, by Daniel Christian

Online education’s reputation jumps, survey says — from highereddive.com by Rick Seltzer

Excerpt from “Dive Brief:”

  • Almost half of adults in the U.S., 47%, think online education is of roughly the same quality as in-person instruction, increasing sharply from about a third who said the same last year, according to survey data released Tuesday by left-leaning think tank New America.
  • But four out of five respondents said online education should cost less than in-person instruction, the survey found. More generally, people are almost evenly divided over whether students can get affordable, high-quality education after high school.
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An interesting question: “What happens to a college’s online programs if the company operating them changes hands?” [Swaak]

On 07/25/2022, in change, colleges, community colleges, education technology, future of higher education, higher education, ideas, India, instructional design, leadership, learning ecosystem, online learning, online media, United States, universities, vendors, by Daniel Christian

An Overseas Ed-Tech Firm Wants to Buy 2U. What Could That Mean for Colleges? — from chronicle.com by Taylor Swaak

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

What happens to a college’s online programs if the company operating them changes hands? It’s a question on the minds of higher-ed leaders as an overseas ed-tech company attempts to buy 2U. 

Byju’s, an ed-tech behemoth based in India, has put more than $1 billion on the table to acquire the online program manager, Bloomberg first reported late last month. 2U is one of the largest online-program managers, or OPMs, in the United States, known for scaling up online-degree programs and teaming up with more than 130 American colleges, including large institutions such as Arizona State, New York, and Syracuse Universities. It’s also the parent company of the online-course provider edX.

 

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Five #AI-related items

On 07/21/2022, in 21st century, 5G, A/V -- audio/visual, Africa, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, Augmented Reality (AR), Australia, Blockchain, bots, business, Canada, career development, computer science, corporate / business world, data related items, education, education technology, emerging technologies, engineering, entrepreneurship, Europe, experimentation, future, global / globalization, health, India, innovation, learning agents, Natural Language Processing (NLP), NVIDIA, platforms, robotics, technology (general), telecommunications, tools, UK, United States, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, voice recognition / voice enabled interfaces, workplace, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

Ways that artificial intelligence is revolutionizing education — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch

Excerpt:

I was speaking with an aging schoolteacher who believes that AI is destroying education. They challenged me to come up with 26 ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is improving education, and instead, I came up with. They’re right here.

AI Startup Speeds Healthcare Innovations To Save Lives — from by Geri Stengel

Excerpt:

This project was a light-bulb moment for her. The financial industry had Bloomberg to analyze content and data to help investors uncover opportunities and minimize risk, and pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device companies needed something similar.

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Is the use of virtual instructors going to be used to fill any lasting vacancies within K12? [Christian]

On 07/21/2022, in 24x7x365 access, changing business models, distance education, education, education technology, K-12 related, motivation, new business models, online learning, remote teaching and learning, society, student-related, teachers, United States, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual K-12 schools, virtual tutoring, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Is the use of virtual instructors going to be used more to fill vacancies within K12? Hmmm…time will tell. 

By the way, I think online-based learning works for many people, but certainly it isn’t for everyone (even with the likely unfair assumption that everyone has Internet access and the equipment/setup that they need). From what I’ve observed, it works best for very disciplined, motivated students — they need to be a bit more independent in their learning. But school systems should have backup plans in place if the exodus continues.

Education tech companies bring virtual teaching to the table as solution to teacher shortage — from thedenverchannel.com by Chloe Nordquist

Excerpts:

Education technology companies like Elevate K-12, which is a live streaming instruction platform, are growing. Especially in areas where hiring a teacher can be tough.
…
The company is seeing more interest from teachers in joining their platform. One is for schedule flexibility.

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3 reading activities with a creative twist [Burns]

On 07/21/2022, in blogs / blogging / vlogging, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education, education technology, ideas, K-12 related, pedagogy, productivity / tips and tricks, reading, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

3 reading activities with a creative twist — from classtechtips.com by Dr. Monica Burns

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Reflecting on identities in educational development [Mihai]

On 07/20/2022, in adjunct faculty, collaboration, colleges, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, education technology, Europe, faculty, higher education, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, pedagogy, United States, universities, by Daniel Christian

Reflecting on identities in educational development — from educationalist.substack.com by Alexandra Mihai

Introduction:

Welcome to a new issue of “The Educationalist”! In the past weeks I had the chance to reflect a lot on my identity as an educational developer, through inspiring conversations with colleagues and peers from my global personal learning network passionate about the topic. For me this is one of the professional identities, alongside being a scholar and an educator. Believe it or not, I think I found a way to combine them that works well and helps me stay enthusiastic about my work. In the past years I’ve been fortunate to hear so many interesting stories from faculty developers around the world, and I am always fascinated by them. It is a complex space, a diverse space and what I’m bringing to you this week are only some initial reflections, by no means a comprehensive account of what being an educational developer (or faculty developer, will use the terms interchangeably here) means. I hope that, even if this is more like an essay than a curated collection of practical tips and resources, it will still resonate with some of you, whether you are working as Faculty, educational developers, in university administration or leadership roles. I added some articles for those of you who would like to dive deeper into the topic, I can guarantee they make very thought-provoking reads. As usual, I welcome your ideas and comments. Have a nice week!

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‘Hologram patients’ and mixed reality headsets help train UK medical students in world first

On 07/18/2022, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, content development, aggregation, repositories, Design Thinking, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, face-to-face, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, health, higher education, Holographic comms, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interaction design, interactivity, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, Mixed Reality (MR), UK, universities, usability, user experience (UX), using teams, vendors, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

‘Hologram patients’ and mixed reality headsets help train UK medical students in world first — from uk.news.yahoo.com

Excerpts:

Medical students in Cambridge, England are experiencing a new way of “hands-on learning” – featuring the use of holographic patients.

Through a mixed reality training system called HoloScenarios, students at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, part of the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, are now being trained via immersive holographic patient scenarios in a world first.
…
The new technology is aimed at providing a more affordable alternative to traditional immersive medical simulation training involving patient actors, which can demand a lot of resources.

Developers also hope the technology will help improve access to medical training worldwide.

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20 ideas for using video meetings with students — infographic [elearninginfographics.com]

On 07/18/2022, in collaboration, communications, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, engagement / engaging students, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, instructional design, K-12 related, learning, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, online media, online tutoring, parents/guardians, participation, pedagogy, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, reading, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

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Top Content Providers For Immersive Learning (2022) [Pappas]

On 07/18/2022, in 21st century, active learning, attention, Augmented Reality (AR), content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate universities / corporate training, digital learning, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, Emotion, engagement / engaging students, human-computer interaction (HCI), immersion, innovation, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Metaverse, Mixed Reality (MR), platforms, simulations, skills, training / L&D, vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

Top Content Providers For Immersive Learning (2022) — from elearningindustry.com by Christopher Pappas

Summary: 

Immersive learning experiences allow learners to interact by simulating real-life scenarios. Are you ready to offer engaging virtual environments and experiences to your workforce? Dive right into this thoroughly curated top list featuring the best content providers for VR training and bring your teams one step closer to the Metaverse.

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“An AI algorithm wrote an academic thesis on itself in two hours” + four other AI-related items

On 07/18/2022, in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, business, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, education technology, emerging technologies, experimentation, future, learning spaces, personalized/customized learning, smart classrooms, society, tools, training / L&D, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

After an AI bot wrote a scientific paper on itself, the researcher behind the experiment says she hopes she didn’t open a ‘Pandora’s box’ — from insider.com by Hannah Getahun

Excerpt:

  • An artificial-intelligence algorithm called GPT-3 wrote an academic thesis on itself in two hours.
  • The researcher who directed the AI to write the paper submitted it to a journal with the bot’s consent.
  • “We just hope we didn’t open a Pandora’s box,” the researcher wrote in Scientific American.

AI Empowers Scalable Personalized Learning and Knowledge Sharing — from learningsolutionsmag.com by Markus Bernhardt

Excerpt:

AI aids in providing true personalization
Automation through AI is providing us with the tools necessary to deploy fully personalized digital learning, extremely fast and at scale. With the advent of this technology, we will see a revolution in digital training; in addition, I predict that the impact the digital piece will have on human-led efforts will lead to a further revolution of education, training, workshops, mentoring, and coaching.

How A.I. Could Help You Design Your Perfect Office (or Store) — from inc.com by Ben Sherry
Artificial intelligence may soon help fill the gap between your interior design skills and your imagination.

Excerpt:

Boom Interactive is one of several companies attempting to streamline the interior design process using automation. The Salt Lake City-based startup’s free app, Bubbles, which is scheduled to soft launch in the third quarter of 2022, uses artificial intelligence to read floor plans and create a “digital twin” of your real-life space, according to CEO and founder Timber Barker. Once a “twin” has been created, users have full freedom to customize the space by adding doors, erasing walls, and placing furniture.

The Increasing Role of Artificial Intelligence in Our Lives — from rdene915.com by Rachelle Dene Poth

Excerpt:

All of this recent information has made me even more curious about the role artificial intelligence will play over the next few months as we hopefully get back to more of a normal life experience and can engage in work and learning but also in leisure activities. What can we learn from the recent uptick in AI information and how can it help us in the future?

Optical illusions could help us build the next generation of AI — from digitaltrends.com by Luke Dormehl

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Survey Shows Teachers See Play and Choice in Learning Methods As Key to Student Engagement [Kuykendall]

On 07/16/2022, in active learning, attention, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, K-12 related, learning, Learning Experience Design, learning preferences, more voice more choice more control, motivation, participation, play, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, United States, vendors, youth, by Daniel Christian

Survey Shows Teachers See Play and Choice in Learning Methods As Key to Student Engagement — from thejournal.com by Kristal Kuykendall

Excerpt:

A recent survey of teachers by Kahoot reveals that educators see playful learning and student choice in learning methods as vital to helping boost student engagement and outcomes, according to a new report from the ed tech company.

Kahoot’s May survey of over 8,000 K–16 educators nationwide found that teachers are still concerned about drops in student engagement during the pandemic, and they consider more student-centered approaches as the path forward.

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17 Best Video Converter Software in 2022 (Free and Paid) [Cecilia Hwung]

On 07/14/2022, in A/V -- audio/visual, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate universities / corporate training, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, experimentation, higher education, instructional design, IT in HE, K-12 related, tools, training / L&D, universities, vendors, by Daniel Christian

17 Best Video Converter Software in 2022 (Free and Paid) — from videoproc.com by Cecilia Hwung

Excerpt:

Looking for the best video converter software? We may need a free or paid video converter for various reasons. For instance,

  • Change videos into different formats for playing on iPhone, TVs, PS4, Xbox, Mac…
  • Convert videos recorded by GoPro, DJI, iPhone, DSLR cameras, or screen captures to editing-friendly format
  • Transcode videos for sending on Discord, Pinterest, Twitter, and other social media without quality loss
  • Share the same video on different platforms with different formats for getting the best outcomes on each platform
  • Convert DVDs (including the new and 99-title DVDs) with favored chapters, subtitles, and languages
  • …

Given the fact that hundreds of paid and free video converters out there claim themselves to be powerful, fast, and easy-to-learn while giving no compromise to quality, choosing the best video converter software becomes one of the most frustrating roadblocks you may encounter.

Lucky you are here. We have carefully selected and assembled a list of the best video converter software you can get right now. Most of them are open-source and cross-platform, meaning they are completely free video file converter programs for Windows 11/10/8/7, macOS, Linux, and web.

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