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Learning Without Frontiers World Summit (June 19-21, 2013) — re: Learning, Innovation and Society

On 12/07/2012, in creativity, digital learning, education, education reform, Europe, future, global / globalization, innovation, learning, society, by Daniel Christian

LWF World Summit – The Barbican – June 17th-21st, 2013

Other resources/links

This is Learning Without Frontiers
Learning Without Frontiers (LWF) is a global platform that facilitates the ongoing dialogue about the future of learning. LWF attracts an engaged and open-minded audience who are forward thinking, curious and receptive to new ideas and perspectives about education, teaching and learning. They are an international audience of thought leaders, policy makers, innovators, entrepreneurs and leading practitioners from across the education, digital media and technology sectors. They are education leaders, intellectuals, social and political theorists, artists, designers, futurists, architects, publishers, broadcasters, technologists, parents, teachers and learners. They come to ask the big questions, discuss the big challenges and seek to answer them by innovation, enterprise and an enduring optimism. http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com

Tagged with: creativity • digital learning • education • education reform • Europe • future • global • innovation • learning • society

Also see the following items from Genius:

The New Consumer Agenda:
From authentic collaboration to small indulgences … what consumers want in 2013 and beyond, and how brands are responding.

Marketing Trends 2013+:
From black marketing to crowd creatives, brand gaming to urban formats, solomo and diffusion … what will be big in marketing in 2013

Additional notes from DSC:

With thanks going out to Mr. Jim Woods (@hyperinnovation) on twitter for this resource
The wave-related graphics above are very appropriate for our times — and I’d rather be surfing the waves then being crushed by them!

Tagged with: 21st century • business • career development • Connectivism • corporate / business world • creativity • economics/business • experimentation • game-changing environment • generational differences • global • innovation • leadership • marketing/social marketing • new business models • participation • passions • personal learning networks (PLNs) • social learning • social media • web-based collaboration • workplace

The Futurist: Outlook for 2013 [World Future Society]

On 12/05/2012, in future, global / globalization, society, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: future • global • society

A fascinating business model for free online education [Falk]

On 11/29/2012, in business side of he, disruption, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, innovation, languages and translation, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: global • Global learning • languages • new business models • new business models in he • translation

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

An innovative, sharp concept for a potential Apple TV

On 11/27/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, content development, aggregation, repositories, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, 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, flipping -- inverted learning, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), immersion, informal learning, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, participation, personalized/customized learning, second screen apps, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, streams of content, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), 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

An à la carte Apple TV concept integrates Siri, FaceTime, and cable/satellite providers (Gallery) — from 9to5mac.com by Jordan Kahn

Example “screenshots” from this concept:

Also see:

This is the dream Apple TV concept — from cultofmac.com by Alex Heath
Quick Review: New Apple TV’s (3rd gen) Pros and Cons — from blogote.com
Check out what Apple TV might look like — from businessinsider.com by Dylan Love
Study reveals that Connected TVs are ready for prime time — from mediatel.co.uk by Jeff Siegel
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From DSC:
This relates to what I’m calling “Learning from the Living [Class] Room”

Psalm 95:1-2

On 11/20/2012, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, society, by Daniel Christian

Psalm 95:1-2

“Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.”

Tagged with: faith • global • hearts -- matters of the heart • relationships

Reflections on “Spanish MOOC”

On 11/16/2012, in dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, elearning, experimentation, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, ideas, innovation, languages and translation, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, real-world assignments, reinvent, staying relevant, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I wonder how MOOCs focused on language will go…? It could be great to practice a language from folks all around the world — or will it be chaotic? Different accents. Real-world speaking and listening. Real world conflict, perhaps, as well. But it seems like there could be some effective learning going on — at least “on paper”. I wonder, too, if 1/2 of the time folks could speak one language — and would be the students during that part of the class — while the other 1/2 of the time they speak another language — and would be the “teachers.”

And for yet another item on innovation within higher ed! Whew!

Excelsior College and three California Community Colleges offer credit for professor-less MOOC — from online colleges.com by Alex Wukman
Excerpt:
Excelsior College has partnered with San Diego City College, San Diego Miramar College, and Santa Rosa Junior College to offer credit for a professor-less, or mechanical, massive open online course (MOOC). The course, an introduction to statistics class, is being developed by the 20 Million Minds Foundation and the online learning community OpenStudy.

Tagged with: dangers of the status quo • Daniel S. Christian • e-learning • experimentation • future of higher education • game-changing environment • Global learning • ideas • innovation • languages • MOOCs • new business models in he • real-world assignments • reinvent • staying relevant • translation • Walmart of Education • web-based collaboration

How education entrepreneur Chris Whittle disproved skeptics [inc.com]

On 11/14/2012, in education, education reform, entrepreneurship, experimentation, global / globalization, by Daniel Christian

Along these lines of innovation/experimentation (but this time within higher education):

You can now earn real college credit from online education provider Coursera — from fastcoexist.com by Anya Kamenetz
Free courses from 33 top global universities + an online exam from a third party + a small fee = a radically cheap alternative to college education for millions of students.

Tagged with: education • education reform • entrepreneurship • experimentation • Global learning • innovation • K-12

Reflections on “Race against the machine” [Brynjolfsson]

On 11/08/2012, in 21st century, business, change, computer science, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, economics, emerging technologies, engineering, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, pace of change, programming, reinvent, robotics, by Daniel Christian

Digital Revolution’s Winners And Losers — from Information Week by John Foley
Workers with in-demand digital skills benefit most as computers increasingly take over
everyday tasks. In this InformationWeek 500 video, MIT’s Erik Brynjolfsson discusses
how this trend could affect your enterprise.

From DSC:
I agree with Erik that a large swath of people are being left behind, mainly because of technological changes and the pace of those changes. Again I ask, can you hear the engines roar? How can we re-train folks to take advantage of the 3+million open jobs out there? How can we reinvent ourselves as quickly as possible?

The pace has changed -- don't come onto the track in a Model T

Addendums:

Andrew McAfee: Are droids taking our jobs?
Robots and algorithms are getting good at jobs like building cars, writing articles, translating — jobs that once required a human. So what will we humans do for work? Andrew McAfee walks through recent labor data to say: We ain’t seen nothing yet. But then he steps back to look at big history, and comes up with a surprising and even thrilling view of what comes next.
America’s jobs gap: 9 million — from cnn.com by Tami Luhby

Tagged with: 21st century • CFHE12 • change • computer science • Daniel S. Christian • economics/business • emerging technologies • engineering • future of higher education • game-changing environment • global • Global learning • pace of change • programming • reinvent • robotics • society • The Singularity

Joshua 24:15

On 11/08/2012, in faith, global / globalization, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, society, by Daniel Christian

Joshua 24:15 (NIV)

¹⁵But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”

Tagged with: faith • global • hearts -- matters of the heart • relationships • society

Broadband, broadcast lines erode as TV shifts to a mobile, multiscreen media landscape — from by Joseph O’Halloran back from 2/11/2012

Excerpt:

[Q2 2012] research from online video firm Ooyala has confirmed the trend that viewers around the world are embracing mobile, multiscreen experiences for both long-form and short-form content.

The Ooyala Global Video Index Report for the second quarter of 2012 reveals that online video uptake may be rising across the world but that engagement patterns vary by country and region, with a number of global video hot spots. For example, in the UK the survey revealed that 15% of the total time spent watching online video occurs on mobile phones and tablets, while 11% of the total time spent watching online video in China occurs on tablets and smart phones.

From DSC:
Though this report summarizes data from Q2 2012, it shows the developing trends on some of the ways that people are using their devices (throughout the globe). I will continue to watch this space for what happens with learning-based applications; especially those apps using 2 screens.