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If a pair of 20-something lip-syncing comedians can have ~30 million subscribers, what might that mean for master teachers/professors/trainers in the future?

On 01/06/2015, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, attention, communications, communities of practice, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital storytelling, education, education technology, engagement / engaging students, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, Google, heutagogy, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, lifelong learning, media/film, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multimedia, new business models, online learning, online media, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, web-based collaboration, youth, by Daniel Christian

YouTube’s Chief, Hitting a New ‘Play’ Button — from nytimes.com by Jonathan Mahler

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

At one point, the moderator asked Ms. Wojcicki if she thought cable television would still be around in 10 years. She paused for a moment before answering, with a bit of a sly smile, “Maybe.” The crowd laughed, even though just about everyone in the packed auditorium knew she was only half-joking.

If cable TV is gone in a decade, Ms. Wojcicki and the global digital video empire over which she presides will be one of the main causes. YouTube, founded in 2005 as a do-it-yourself platform for video hobbyists — its original motto was “Broadcast Yourself” — now produces more hit programming than any Hollywood studio.

Smosh, a pair of 20-something lip-syncing comedians, have roughly 30 million subscribers to their various YouTube channels. PewDiePie, a 24-year-old Swede who provides humorous commentary while he plays video games, has a following of similar size. The list goes on and on. For the sake of perspective, successful network television shows like “NCIS: New Orleans” or “The Big Bang Theory” average a little more than half that in weekly viewership. The 46-year-old Ms. Wojcicki — who will soon give birth to her fifth child — has quietly become one of the most powerful media executives in the world.

Also see:

Smart TV Alliance serves 58 million TV sets — from broadbandtvnews.com by by Robert Briel
Excerpt:
The Smart TV Alliance development platform is now compatible with one-third of the global smart TV market. App developers who use the Alliance’s common developer portal can reach 58 million smart TVs in a single, integrated process. The brands served include LG Electronics, Panasonic, TP Vision and Toshiba
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Roku-Connected Televisions And The Future Of The Smart TV Wars — from fastcompany.com by Chris Gayomali
At CES, Roku announced new partnerships that will cram its platform inside more televisions. Built-in is the new box.
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Netflix Launches Smart TV Seal of Approval Program — from variety.com by Todd Spangler
Sony, LG, Sharp, Vizo and makers of Roku TVs are expected to be first certified under ‘Netflix Recommended TV’ program
Excerpt:
Netflix — in a smart bid to get its brand affixed onto smart TVs — has announced the “Netflix Recommended TV” certification program under which it will give the thumbs up to Internet-connected television sets that deliver the best possible video-streaming experience for its service.

From DSC:
As you can see, BBBBBIIIIIGGGGG players are getting into this game. And there will be BBBBBIIIIIGGGGG opportunities that open up via what occurs in our living rooms. Such affordances won’t be limited to the future of entertainment only.

The future of digital [BI Intelligence]

On 12/09/2014, in 21st century, Apple, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, emerging technologies, future, generational differences, Google, media/film, Microsoft, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, smart/connected TV, trends, by Daniel Christian

Excerpts:

Some notes:

Google is now bigger than all newspapers, magazines and dwarfs big media
YouTube reaches more 18-34 year olds than any cable network
YouTube is closing in on broadcast-network revenue
TV now has to share attention with digital
TV still massive, digital video still a blip
Basically, Google is swallowing the world…

Reflections on “The University of Southern California, Condé Nast and WIRED launch Master of Integrated Design, Business and Technology”

On 11/18/2014, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, adult learning, Amazon, analytics, Apple, art, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, business side of he, career development, changing business models, collaboration, competency-based learning/education, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, design, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, Google, higher education, IBM, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, MBA, Microsoft, new business models, pace of change, professional development, real-world assignments, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy, student-related, technology (general), workplace, by Daniel Christian

Following up on yesterday’s posting, History Channel bringing online courses to higher ed, I wanted to thank Mr. Rob Kingyens, President at Qubed Education, for alerting me to some related work that Qubed Education is doing. Below is an example of that work:

The University of Southern California, Condé Nast and WIRED launch Master of Integrated Design, Business and Technology — from qubededucation.com
New Learning Model Combines Network and Access of WIRED with Academic Strength and Vision of the USC Roski School of Art and Design

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

MARIN, Calif., October 1, 2014 – The University of Southern California, Condé Nast and WIRED today announced a partnership to create a new online Master’s degree in Integrated Design, Business and Technology. The partnership creates an unprecedented learning experience, combining the expertise of the editors, writers, and designers at WIRED with the academic rigor of USC, a leading research university known for its pioneering interdisciplinary programs. The aim of the 18-24 month degree is to educate creative thinkers and technologists to better equip them to transform the world of industry and enterprise. The first cohort is scheduled to begin in the 2015-2016 academic year.

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“The pace of technology development requires higher education to continue to respond with programs that are flexible and adaptable, and that meet the needs of future cultural and business leaders,” said Dean Muhl.

“We’ve been thinking for years about what a university curriculum with WIRED would look like, and now we have a chance to build it with a terrific partner,” said Dadich. “Taking the best from USC and WIRED, we can teach discipline and disruption, business fundamentals, and the very latest innovation models from Silicon Valley. This is going to be thrilling.”

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USC’s program development and build out will be powered by higher education partners Synergis Education and Qubed Education.

From Qubed’s website:

Qubed is the gateway for world-class, global brands to enter the education market with top tier universities.

From DSC:
I’ve long wondered if institutions of higher education will need to pool resources and/or form more partnerships and collaborations — either with other universities/colleges or with organizations outside of higher education. This reflection grows stronger for me when I:

Think that team-based content creation and delivery is pulling ahead of the pack
Hear about the financial situations of many institutions of higher education today (example1; example2)
See the momentum building up behind Competency Based Education (CBE)
Witness the growth of alternatives like Ideo Futures, Yieldr Academy, Lessons Go Where, ClassDo, Udemy, C-Suite TV.com and others
Hear about the potential advantages of learning analytics
See the pace of change accelerating — challenging higher education to keep up

For some institution(s) of higher education out there with deep pockets and a strong reputation, I could see them partnering up with an IBM (Watson), Google (Deepmind), Apple (Siri), Amazon (Echo), or Microsoft (Cortana) to create some next generation learning platforms. In fact, this is one of the areas I see occurring as lifelong learning/self-directed learning opportunities hit our living rooms. The underlying technologies these companies are working on could be powerful allies in the way people learn in the future — doing some heavy lifting to build the foundations in a variety of disciplines, and leaving the higher-order learning and the addressing of gaps to professors, teachers, trainers, and others.

Google leads $542 million funding of mysterious AR firm Magic Leap [Kastrenakes & Popper]

On 10/22/2014, in A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, Google, innovation, love of learning, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Google leads $542 million funding of mysterious augmented reality firm Magic Leap — from theverge.com by Jacob Kastrenakes and Ben Popper

Excerpt:

Google is leading a huge $542 million round of funding for the secretive startup Magic Leap, which is said to be working on augmented reality glasses that can create digital objects that appear to exist in the world around you. Though little is known about what Magic Leap is working on, Google is placing a big bet on it: in addition to the funding, Android and Chrome leader Sundar Pichai will join Magic Leap’s board, as will Google’s corporate development vice-president Don Harrison. The funding is also coming directly from Google itself — not from an investment arm like Google Ventures — all suggesting this is a strategic move to align the two companies and eventually partner when the tech is more mature down the road.

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Magic Leap also says that it may “positively transform the process of education.”

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Some solid thoughts on modern day business from Eric Schmidt & Jonathan Rosenberg

On 10/20/2014, in 21st century, business, career development, change, changing business models, corporate / business world, creativity, experimentation, game-changing environment, generational differences, Google, innovation, internet, pace of change, passions, student-related, technology (general), workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Another slide mentioned the importance of asking:

What’s changed?
What assumptions are people making that are no longer true?
Why does everything feel like it’s speeding up?

People in higher ed would be wise to ask these questions.

How an interactive book, ‘Alice,’ is making $70K a week on iOS [Cheredar]

On 09/30/2014, in Apple, art, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, digital learning, digital storytelling, education technology, Google, interactivity, K-12 related, mobile learning, multi-touch, multimedia, participation, storytelling, user experience (UX), by Daniel Christian

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Excerpt:

Alice is presented as a mobile app, but it’s technically a book that can be read on iPads and Android tablets. The story is based on the classic Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and it features beautiful illustrations you can interact with by touching the tablet screen, as well as an engaging narrator reading each page.

“Regular e-books have limitations, and I wanted to create a new level of engagement. I wanted to combine interactive experience along with film ‘feel,’” Paletz said in an interview. “The application is an art book, a conceptual book, and an educational book all in one, so it has something for everyone.”

From DSC: With a shout out to
Laura Devaney who posted this on Twitter.

Some solid resources re: Google Chromebooks & Google in the classroom

On 07/10/2014, in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, education technology, Google, K-12 related, tools, vendors, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

New: Google Launched Google Educator Groups (Great Learning Platform for Teachers) | June 11, 2014 — from educatorstechnology.com

Excerpt:

Google Educator Groups (GEGs) is a new project launched by Google [on June 10, 2014]. This project aims at bringing the benefits of technology to schools, classrooms and communities across the world through the collaborative work of a community of passionate educators. GEGs is a place where educators, principals, school administrators, professors, teachers, students, and anyone else interested in using Google Products to help people learn , get to meet and collaborate with each other .

Google Art Project
Massive online global collection makes art accesible to all

The Chromebook vs. iPad Debate | Technology in Music Education — from techinmusiced.wordpress.com by Christopher Russell

OPINION: Why We Are Misunderstanding the Chromebook-iPad Debate — from edsurge.com by Tim Holt

A variety of postings at edudemic.com re: Chromebooks

A variety of postings at GettingSmart.com re: Chromebooks

A variety of postings at KQED.org (Mind/Shift) re: Chromebooks

Chromebooks & Chromeboxes for education — from google.com

New Excellent Google Drive Guide for Teachers and Students — from educatorstechnology.com | June 16, 2014

Excerpt:

I don’t want you to miss this wonderful resource on how to be a Google Drive master. This is basically a Google Doc that features a plethora of video tutorials and activities related to each tool in Google Drive. The main objectives of this guide is to help teachers and students leverage the power of Google Drive tool in education. It provides them with video tutorials covering each of the Drive applications ( Google Doc, Presentation, Drawing, and Google Forms ) and with each of these videos is an attached activity that should be completed to show mastery of the topic under discussion. I have spent sometime going through these tutorials and activities and I found them really helpful. All thanks go back to Vicki Davis through whom I learned about this resource ( by the way Vicki has recently published a new book entitled ” Reinventing Writing: The 9 Tools That Are Changing Writing, Teaching, and Learning Forever“

Here is a round-up of all the video tutorials included in this guide, you can also check the entire guide from this link.

From DSC:
Personally, I would also recommend to anyone out there considering a rollout of Chromebooks to set up some Google Alerts. You could use such words/phrases as “Google Apps For Education,” “GAFE,” “Chromebooks,” “rollouts,” plus any other keywords that you are interested in.

Addendums:

A Response to Joshua Kim’s ‘3 Reasons Why Chromebook Beats iPad in 1:1 Programs’ — from edsurge.com by Tim Holt
http://www.scoop.it/t/chromebook-for-education
The RSS feed for the Chrome Show

Does this phenomenon of how ecosystems will compete in the future also apply to educationally-related products/services?

On 06/25/2014, in Amazon, Apple, business, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, future, game-changing environment, Google, heutagogy, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, lifelong learning, Microsoft, mobile learning, mobile technologies, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, online learning, online media, platforms, programming, second screen apps, smart/connected TV, strategy, streams of content, student-related, tablets, technologies for your home, technology (general), trends, ubiquitous learning, by Daniel Christian

Mobile Megatrends 2014…uncovering major mobile trends in 2014 — from visionmobile.com

Excerpt:

This report examines five major trends that we expect to shape the future of mobile in the coming years:

Apps: The Tip of the Iceberg
Mobile Ecosystems: Don’t Come Late to the Game
OTT Squared: Messaging Apps are the new Platforms
Handset Business Reboot: Hardware is the new Distribution
The Future of HTML5: Beyond the Browser

From DSC:
In looking at the below excerpted slide from this solid presentation, I have to ask…

“Does this same phenomenon also apply to educationally-related products/services?”

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Yes, I think it does.

That is, the educationally-related products and services of an organization will compete not by size, but how well the experience roams across screens. Lifelong learners (who are using well-designed learning experiences) will be able to tap into streams of content on multiple devices and never skip a beat. The organizations who provide such solid learning experiences across multiple “channels” should do well in the future. This is due to:

The affordances of cloud-based computing
The increasing power of mobile computing
The convergence of the television, the telephone, and the computer — which is opening up the door for powerful, interactive, multi-directional communications that involve smart/connected televisions
Generation Z’s extensive use of screens*

* From Here Comes Generation Z — bloombergview.com by Leonid Bershidsky

If Y-ers were the perfectly connected generation, Z-ers are overconnected. They multi-task across five screens: TV, phone, laptop, desktop and either a tablet or some handheld gaming device, spending 41 percent of their time outside of school with computers of some kind or another, compared to 22 percent 10 years ago.

How teachers are learning: Professional development remix [edSurge]

On 06/04/2014, in career development, Google, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, professional development, teachers, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

How teachers are learning: Professional development remix — from edSurge, June 2014

Excerpts:

Addendum, also from edSurge today:

Google Launches Learning Space in Brazil
Designing a learning environment as versatile as the tools

How might “Innovation lessons from Google’s self-driving car” [Barba] apply to higher education?

On 06/03/2014, in cost of getting a degree, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, experimentation, Google, higher education, ideas, innovation, by Daniel Christian

Innovation lessons from Google’s self-driving car — from game-changer.net by Jorge Barba

Excerpts (emphasis DSC):

Idealistic vision
In Google’s own language, this is a moonshot project. It’s something that will make a dent in the future, that is worth pursuing though it might not work. In the end, the results could be dramatic…

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What are you changing and how will the world look like after you change it?

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Where can we make the most initial impact in the least amount of time?

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Unlike incremental ideas, really big ideas have no clear business case; only potential. And you have to find that potential in a very disciplined way.

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Bottom line:
Innovation requires a different kind of leadership. One that understands that innovation requires trial and error. The rhetoric of innovation is often about fun and creativity, but the reality is that innovation is hard work and can be a very taxing, uncomfortable process, both emotionally and intellectually. We can learn valuable innovation lessons from Google, a true innovator, on what it takes to create the conditions for projects like these to happen and become real.

From DSC:

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Institutions of higher education have developed some great products and services out there for creating solid scholars, thinkers, future citizens, and much more; however, such programs are increasingly out of reach for many people (or they come with a crushing weight that stays on a graduate’s back for years to come).

So I’d like to see those of us working within higher education take some lessons from the likes of Google: It’s time for some serious innovation and experimentation. Such a shift requires massive cultural changes throughout many of our institutions of higher education (not all, but many).

We need to continue to provide quality products and services, but at much more affordable prices. What we have now is NOT working for many people. It’s simply not working.

Towards that end, it’s time for TRIMTAB Groups, experimentation, and innovation throughout higher education.

NOTE:
With the affordances that come from technology, it isn’t always possible to put $$ figures on things like ROI’s. To see this immediately, think of the difficulty in trying to nail down any sort of accurate ROI from your email system or from your voicemail system or from your networking infrastructure. I don’t think it can be done. This is where bold, visionary, informed thinking comes into play. We can start small; then see what is and isn’t working.

TheTrimtabInHigherEducation-DanielChristian

From DSC, some related questions:
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Does the word filiopiestistic relate to higher education? If so, in what ways might that be detrimental?
FILIOPIETISTIC:
Of or relating to an often excessive veneration of ancestors or tradition; fil·io·pi·e·tism noun
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Is this what we want to become? Have we already become it? –> Only Rich Kids Should Go to College — from time.com by Dan Kadlec @dankadlecThe evidence keeps mounting: college loans are holding back young Americans in unprecedented numbers.

Augmented Reality: 32 resources about using it in education [Greller]

On 06/01/2014, in Augmented Reality (AR), digital learning, education, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, Google, ideas, innovation, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Augmented Reality: 32 resources about using it in education — from mediaspecialistsguide.blogspot.com by Julie Greller

Excerpt:

According to Webster’s Dictionary, augmented reality is “an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed through a device (as a smartphone camera); also : the technology used to create augmented reality.” Think of it as a type of virtual reality, using the computer to copy your world. You are probably familiar with a tool created by Google which falls into this category: Google Glass. Although augmented reality has existed for a long time, we as teachers are only now grasping how to use it in the classroom. Let’s take a look below.

Learning Ecosystems

The future of digital [BI Intelligence]

Google leads $542 million funding of mysterious AR firm Magic Leap [Kastrenakes & Popper]

How teachers are learning: Professional development remix [edSurge]

How might “Innovation lessons from Google’s self-driving car” [Barba] apply to higher education?

Augmented Reality: 32 resources about using it in education [Greller]

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