On 05/13/2010,
in educational games / serious games, simulations,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/12/2010,
in Apple, education technology, educational games / serious games,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
For me…I’m beginning to wonder if we will move towards the use of these devices so that students can better see and experience what we are trying to relay to them. So often, students can’t see visual information (as in CAD drawings, stars in a galaxy, items under a microscope, numbers or equations on a spreadsheet, etc.) when images are projected onto a screen.
Also see:
On 05/07/2010,
in educational games / serious games, elearning, instructional design, learning agents, simulations, training / L&D, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Excerpts from Future of Learning Technology – 2015 — The Upside Learning Solutions Blog
5. Games (and simulations) will become integral part of workplace learning. Overall the culture of gaming is becoming pervasive and the cost of game development is decreasing. Both these trends are increasing the acceptance of games for workplace learning, an area where cost of development and delivery have always been a concern. As the focus of learning departments change to being facilitators rather than providers of training, engaging solutions like games will become crucial.
6. Birth of new Authoring Tools. We will also see new authoring tools which allow designers to make application scenarios easily and quickly. Tools like thinking worlds are great for quickly creating 3D based decision simulations (or even simple 3D games). Dr. Michael Allen (creator of Authorware) is working on a new tool called Zebra (which he talks about here — from DSC ID’s should check that video out) that would make engaging eLearning creation easy with drag and drop objects.
Dr. Michael Allen -- discussing their new authoring tool -- Zebra
7. Emergence of Personal Learning Agents. As the semantic web finally starts to form and common ontologies for various types learning content are developed, intelligent personal learning software agents will emerge as learning content mediators. Having a software agent that runs on a personal computing device such as a mobile phone or tablet and constantly monitors content streams on the internet to provide up-to-date information based on personal preferences, workplace conditions, or for the task at hand will make a good performance support and learning assistance system.
On 05/05/2010,
in educational games / serious games, elearning, geography / geology, simulations, tools,
by Daniel Christian
CityOne: A Smarter Planet game
Think you know what it takes to make the energy systems that serve a city more efficient? Given the opportunity, could you make the city’s water cleaner and more plentiful, its banks more robust and customer-centric and its retail stores more innovative?
Your mission
Level-Up your skills and discover how to make our Planet smarter, revolutionize industries and solve real-world business, environmental and logistical problems using IBM solutions.
New Game Demo featured in Agility @ Work Lounge at IMPACT 2010.
On 05/03/2010,
in educational games / serious games,
by Daniel Christian
Games Beyond Entertainment Week is a series of one and two-day conferences designed to explore serious game and emerging market opportunities for videogames and videogame technologies. Featuring over 10 unique events including the 6th Annual Games for Health Conference, Games Beyond Entertainment Week is focused on networking, promotion, business development, and knowledge sharing of interest to both the videogame industry and the multitude of sectors using or investing in videogames to further their specific organizational missions.
- 6th Annual Games for Health Conference
- Serious Games Festival & Conference
- Out & About : The Mobile Serious Games Conference
- 3rd Annual Games Accessibility Day
- 3rd Annual Virtual Worlds & Health Day
- Emerging Markets in Videogames Symposium
- Serious Games Design & Development Bootcamp
- iPhone Design & Production Bootcamp
On 04/26/2010,
in educational games / serious games, game-changing environment, generational differences, K-12 related, online learning, online media,
by Daniel Christian
Also, see this posting from Startl:
Pearson, Intel Capital and Ascend Venture Group Invest in Innovative Educational Game Designer, Tabula Digita
On 04/22/2010,
in art, computer science, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, economics, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, engineering, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, physics, programming, project-based learning, psychology, science, smart classrooms, sociology, storytelling, student-related, user experience (UX), virtual field trips, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
What sorts of cross-disciplinary assignments come to mind when you view these items?
- Visitors explore the electromagnetic spectrum on a custom 100? multitouch table
- AudioTouch Multitouch Audio Table
- MT 50 Multitouch Table
- Microsoft Surface – The Possibilities
- Innovative use of technology
- Interactive Retail Solutions
- “Holographic” Multitouch (Eatang Digital Technology)
- The Big Screens Show
- Touch Topics
- Multi Touch Music Wall
- Video-wall / Multi-display / Big Screen / Super Size Display
- How to Build a 20′ Multitouch Screen in 3 Weeks
- Interactive Storytelling on Microsoft Surface
- More Multi-touch: Multi-touch Table at Schlossmuseum Linz, by Struckt Design Studio (added 4/24/10)
For these and other reasons, I’m trying to get a multi-touch wall built into our future smart classrooms.
Talk about keeping students engaged! Talk about working together in teams — very real-world!
On 04/13/2010,
in Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, dangers of the status quo, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, game-changing environment, innovation, K-12 related, mobile learning, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Executive Summary
- Key Trends
- Critical Challenges
- Technologies to Watch
- The Horizon Project
Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less
- Cloud Computing
- Collaborative Environments
Time-to-Adoption: Two to Three Years
- Game-Based Learning
- Mobiles
Time-to-Adoption: Four to Five Years
- Augmented Reality
- Flexible Displays
On 04/02/2010,
in educational games / serious games, online learning, online media, simulations,
by Daniel Christian
Realityworks teaches Business Ed with online simulation games — from The Journal
On 04/01/2010,
in blogs / blogging / vlogging, educational games / serious games,
by Daniel Christian
Our Favorite Game Design Blogs — from Upside Learning Blog by Abhijit Kadle
On 04/01/2010,
in educational games / serious games,
by Daniel Christian
Game Based Learning 2010 – Recap: Day 1 — from Upside Learning Blog by Amit Garg
On 03/26/2010,
in 24x7x365 access, change, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, educational games / serious games, mobile learning, mobile technologies,
by Daniel Christian
Above resource is from the Mobile iEducator blog
On 03/12/2010,
in 21st century, 3D, Apple, Augmented Reality (AR), blended learning, change, colleges, computer science, convergence, creativity, dangers of the status quo, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, disruption, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, faculty, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, generational differences, geography / geology, global / globalization, higher education, hybrid learning, innovation, internet, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, liberal arts, online learning, online media, pace of change, participation, passions, pedagogy, smart classrooms, strategy, teaching & learning, teaching online, training / L&D, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
A vision of the future Smart Classroom — Daniel S. Christian
On 03/08/2010,
in 21st century, Apple, art, Augmented Reality (AR), blended learning, blogs / blogging / vlogging, CMS/LMS, colleges, computer science, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, engineering, geography / geology, Google, graphics, higher education, history, hybrid learning, innovation, K-12 related, languages and translation, learning, learning ecosystem, liberal arts, mathematics, multimedia, music, online learning, online media, pedagogy, physics, podcasting, psychology, RSS, science, social learning / networks, sociology, STEAM-related, story, storytelling, teachers, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, telecommunications, web design and production, writing,
by Daniel Christian
Student-provided sites from The Teaching & Learning Digital Studio at Calvin College
Digital Studio Sites is a blog with a large collection links from the Teaching & Learning Digital Studio Staff at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI) that covers a wide range of academic topics and more. The staff scours the Web for the best, most interesting, and useful Web sites for the classroom (and maybe beyond) on the Internet and continually updates the list of links. Professors can quickly find sites related to their field of study by keyword, search, or by subscribing via RSS feed.