Learning from the Living [Class] Room

Immersive “Holodeck” Classroom with Leap Motion Control

On 10/25/2013, in education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, immersion, innovation, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, multimedia, participation, trends, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I’d like to thank Mr. Cal Keen, an incredible technologist
and a great person from Calvin College, for this resource.

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Also relevant/see this item from educationdive.com:

FROM THE CAMPFIRE TO THE HOLODECK
Author: David Thornburg
Release Date: Available now
Price: $21.64 (Hardcover)

With “From the Campfire to the Holodeck: Creating Engaging and Powerful 21st Century Learning Environments,” award-winning futurist and educational consultant David Thornburg sets out to provide schools with a guidebook for transitioning from traditional classrooms and lecture halls to the immersive, student-centered, technologically driven learning experience of tomorrow. That’s where the title comes in, if you haven’t picked up on it yet, as it takes teachers from being the “sage on the stage” dictating everything to students to being the “guide at the side,” facilitating the experience.

Addendum:

Teaching how to learn [Harvard Medical School & phys.org]

On 10/25/2013, in health, heutagogy, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, by Daniel Christian

Teaching how to learn — from phys.org

Excerpt:

Medicine is a constantly changing field. With each passing year, new diseases and treatments continue to be discovered, and some of what has been “known” in medicine is proven wrong. Doctors must keep their knowledge and skills up to date after completing medical school and clinical training, medical educators say, but many often lack access to the training necessary to identify learning needs, or craft plans to fill knowledge gaps on their own.

Citing a growing body of evidence, education leaders at Harvard Medical School said at Medical Education Day 2013 that the issue will be addressed by shifting the focus of HMS’s standard medical education curriculum from simply transferring factual knowledge to students to fostering more independent learning and problem solving.

That, in turn, means faculty members must develop new skills to help transform medical students into lifelong learners.

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“We want students to develop skills and habits of mind that encourage lifelong, self-directed learning, but we don’t do a lot to prepare them for that,” said Richard Schwartzstein, director of the Academy at Harvard Medical School and Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medical Education at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, who served as the day’s course director.

Science behind transmedia storytelling & why you need to be across it now [marketingmag.com.au]

On 10/25/2013, in Australia, business, communications, creativity, digital storytelling, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, multimedia, new media literacies, story, storytelling, transmedia, by Daniel Christian

The science behind transmedia storytelling & why you need to be across it now — infographic from marketingmag.com.au

Excerpt/description of infographic:

Transmedia storytelling is a marketing buzzword that will be around for a while – and for good reason. Brand storytellers are being forced to create new transmedia experiences by integrating dynamic content, often co-created through audience participation.

Getty Images has released a new infographic explaining the effective transmedia storytelling can offer the consumer if done correctly.

The infographic details how a transmedia story can lead to stronger emotional connections to brands and the ability for businesses to engage with new or jaded audiences to send brand loyalty soaring via this new media experience.

For this reason, Getty’s infographic explains why becoming effective storytellers in the transmedia marketplace is something that should be top of mind for marketers, advertisers and business decision makers.

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From DSC:
After reviewing the infographic, I wondered…how might some of this relate to education? Engaging students? Fostering creativity in a variety of areas/disciplines?

From DSC:
Valerie’s interactive chart speaks to many of the items I was trying to capture a while back in this graphic:

50+ Percent Off! The Walmart of Education [Christian & Grush]

On 10/17/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, disruption, education reform, education technology, experimentation, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, ideas, innovation, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, reinvent, social learning / networks, staying relevant, strategy, surviving, trends, universities, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
This piece is from a recent interview I did with Mary Grush (Campus Technology; @Campus_Tech) re: The Walmart of Education. Though this vision dates back to 2008, we are most assuredly seeing signs of this vision taking place today. Thanks Mary for your time!

It’s important to note that this vision also aligns with what I’ve been saying about Learning from the Living [Class] Room. Videos regarding this vision have been designed, shot, edited — and they are forthcoming. I’d like to thank Mr. Steven Niedzielski (@marketing4pt0) here at Calvin College and also Mr. Sam Beckett (@samjohnbeck) for their help and assistance with those videos.

More choice. More control. “An interactive video performance from the London Symphony Orchestra”

On 10/16/2013, in A/V -- audio/visual, innovation, interactivity, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, music, smart/connected TV, streams of content, UK, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
With thanks to Nicola Ryan (@Nicola_Ryan) for this resource.

More choice. More control. Tapping into passions/gifts. “How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses” [Davis]

On 10/16/2013, in Daniel S. Christian, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning theories, more voice more choice more control, motivation, participation, passions, by Daniel Christian

How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses — from wired.com by Joshua Davis

Excerpts:

That’s why a new breed of educators, inspired by everything from the Internet to evolutionary psychology, neuroscience, and AI, are inventing radical new ways for children to learn, grow, and thrive. To them, knowledge isn’t a commodity that’s delivered from teacher to student but something that emerges from the students’ own curiosity-fueled exploration. Teachers provide prompts, not answers, and then they step aside so students can teach themselves and one another. They are creating ways for children to discover their passion—and uncovering a generation of geniuses in the process.

“But you do have one thing that makes you the equal of any kid in the world,” Juárez Correa said. “Potential.”

He looked around the room. “And from now on,” he told them, “we’re going to use that potential to make you the best students in the world.”

Paloma was silent, waiting to be told what to do. She didn’t realize that over the next nine months, her experience of school would be rewritten, tapping into an array of educational innovations from around the world and vaulting her and some of her classmates to the top of the math and language rankings in Mexico.

“So,” Juárez Correa said, “what do you want to learn?”

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“The bottom line is, if you’re not the one controlling your learning, you’re not going to learn as well.”

Tidebreak Next Generation Mobile App Powers Full-Participation Learning [digitaljournal.com]

On 10/15/2013, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Bring your own device (BYOD), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, interactivity, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, multi-touch, multimedia, new media literacies, participation, second screen apps, simulations, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, streams of content, student-related, tablets, teaching & learning, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Tidebreak Next Generation Mobile App Powers Full-Participation Learning — from digitaljournal.com

Excerpts (emphasis DSC):

Mountain View and Anaheim, CA (PRWEB) October 15, 2013

New web app increases collaboration between students and faculty in classroom in BYOD learning environments.

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“Using technology in the classroom can help spur creativity, increase participation, and foster a collaborative environment,” said Andrew J. Milne, Ph.D., chief executive officer of Tidebreak. “The latest version of Tidebreak’s mobile web app allows students to use any tablet or handheld device to share information with the entire class in real-time. By incorporating mobile web apps into devices that students already own, faculty can improve the learning process by creating a more collaborative environment that encourages active participation.”

The mobile web app from Tidebreak has many new features that will help increase student participation in the classroom. New features that have been incorporated into ClassSpot, ClassSpot PBL and TeamSpot include:

Work “at the board” without getting up – Full keyboard and track pad control from a tablet or phone allows students to collaborate on the large classroom screen in real-time.
Bridge the physical and digital world – Capture and share photos of whiteboard content, physical objects, or images and then share it on-screen or archive it instantly.
Surf and share – Search the web for relevant content and then share it to the main screen, the session archive, or to everyone in the group simultaneously.
Navigate an enhanced design – A great deal of improvement has gone into the user interface which helps generate new ideas among students.

Interesting concepts embedded at Coursmos.com

On 10/14/2013, in 21st century, higher education, innovation, instructional design, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, love of learning, online learning, streams of content, by Daniel Christian

From coursmos.com

Complete a micro-course in just one hour or less.
Learn just what you need or are interested in right now.
Expand any lesson as a separate micro-course.
Request a new micro-course and get it in a few days.

From DSC:
Would be interesting if this type of model gets integrated into Learning from the Living [Class] Room type of approach. It brings to my mind “just-in-time learning” as well as the idea of tapping into “streams of content.”

Also see:

Video: Enstitute: The entrepreneurial alternative to college — from PBS NewsHour Online

Excerpt:

Many of us go about our lives constantly surrounded by screens, immersed in various “stories”: movies, TV shows, books, plot-driven video games, news articles, advertising, and more. Whether we realize it or not, we’re creating new behaviors, routines, mindsets, and expectations around what we watch, read or play—which in turn presents new challenges and opportunities for creators and marketers.

In other words, while the fundamentals of good storytelling remain the same, technology is changing how stories can be told. But what does that mean exactly?

Smart Machines: IBM’S Watson and the era of cognitive computing [Kelly &Hamm]

On 10/09/2013, in 21st century, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, business, computer science, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, emerging technologies, experimentation, future of higher education, game-changing environment, heutagogy, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, online learning, online media, online tutoring, platforms, programming, research, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Smart Machines: IBM’S Watson and the era of cognitive computing — from cup.columbia.edu by John E. Kelly III, Director of IBM Research, and Steve Hamm, writer at IBM and former business and technology journalist

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

Computers today are brilliant idiots. They have tremendous capacities for storing information and performing numerical calculations-far superior to those of any human. Yet when it comes to another class of skills, the capacities for understanding, learning, adapting, and interacting, computers are woefully inferior to humans; there are many situations where computers can’t do a lot to help us.

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But the goal is not to replicate human brains or replace human thinking with machine thinking. Rather, in the era of cognitive systems, humans and machines will collaborate to produce better results, each bringing its own skills to the partnership. The machines will be more rational and analytic-and, of course, possess encyclopedic memories and tremendous computational abilities. People will provide judgment, intuition, empathy, a moral compass, and human creativity.

From DSC:
Consider what Watson “read in” to come up with some recommendations:

Watson

Addendum on 10/14/13 (emphasis DSC):

Watson is being used to assist with the treatment of cancer patients. According to an article from medicalnewstoday.com, Watson is “revolutionizing cancer care and research and speeding up progress for patients.”

In that same article, it mentions that, so far, Watson has ingested:

Over 600,000 pieces of medical evidence
2,000,000 pages of text from 42 academic journals and clinical trials based on oncology research
A huge number of patients’ records spanning decades of cancer treatment history, including medical records and patient outcomes. Watson can sift through 1.5 million pieces of such records and provide doctors with evidence-based treatment options within seconds.

One of IBM’s General Managers who works with Watson said:

“breakthrough capabilities bring forward the first in a series of Watson-based technologies, which exemplifies the value of applying big data and analytics and cognitive computing to tackle the industry’s most pressing challenges.”

A JPMorgan Ph.D.? — from InsideHigherEd.com by Ry Rivard

Excerpt:

JPMorgan Chase plans to give $17 million to start a doctoral program at the University of Delaware, an effort that may raise new questions about collaborations between colleges and donors.

As part of the plan, JPMorgan will renovate a building to house the program, put up money to pay program faculty and pay a full ride for students seeking a degree, according to an internal university plan. In addition, JPMorgan employees may sit on dissertation committees and advise the university on which faculty members should teach in the program, according to the planning document and a top university official.

From DSC:
I’ll add this partnership to the list:

AT&T, Udacity, and Georgia Tech.
Google and edX.
Microsoft and Degreed.
IBM sending Watson to school and partnering with 1000+ universities (see here and here).
JP Morgan and University of Delaware (see this addendum from 10/7/13)

Is there a new trend forming here? Will there be tighter integration between the corporate world and the world of higher education?

If so, my thoughts re: The Walmart of Education and Learning from the Living [Class] Room could be taking a giant step forward. I say this because such visions require some serious resources. It will take a handful of larger organizations with deep pockets — and or many smaller organizations pooling their resources — to enable these trends. But we are starting to see some organizations with deep pockets forming such partnerships out there.

Is this all a good thing? In some ways yes, in other ways, I’m not so sure. There are a variety of reasons to go to college; getting a job is just one of them. But given the price of education, things are now out of balance; students are now being forced into a more career-focused perspective for their college experience.

Also, given the pace of change, those in the corporate world have a decision to make — should they work with current institutions to enable change, create their own communities of practice, bring further training in house,…other?

Reflections on “Microsoft joins Degreed’s crusade to ‘jailbreak the degree’” [Heussner]

On 10/06/2013, in consortiums, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, Microsoft, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, strategy, surviving, using teams, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Microsoft joins Degreed’s crusade to ‘jailbreak the degree’ – from gigaom.com by Ki Mae Heussner

Excerpt:

Degreed, a San Francisco startup taking on traditional degrees and diplomas with a digital credential that reflects lifelong learning, has recruited its first corporate partner to its corner.

This week the startup said it will launch a partnership with Microsoft Virtual Academy, the tech giant’s online IT training site, which will give students who complete the program’s classes a way to display their achievements on Degreed.

From DSC:
AT&T and Georgia Tech.
Google and edX.
Microsoft and Degreed.
IBM sending Watson to school and partnering with 1000+ universities (see here and here).
JP Morgan and University of Delaware (see this addendum from 10/7/13)

Is there a new trend forming here?

Getty Images bets on videos, transmedia storytelling — from techgoondu.com by Raymond Lau

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Also see:

Getty Images Interactive video wall in action at Cannes Lions 2013 <– the type of technologies that may be featured in Smart Classrooms of the future; or better yet, in our living rooms

Reflections from “What colleges will teach in 2025” [Meacham]

On 10/03/2013, in 21st century, business side of he, change, changing business models, colleges, community colleges, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, liberal arts, more voice more choice more control, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, universities, by Daniel Christian

What colleges will teach in 2025 — from nation.time.com by Jon Meacham (@jmeacham); with thanks to Brian Bailey (@EdTechEmpowers) for posting this resource on Twitter
America must resolve the conflict between knowledge and know-how

Excerpt:

At the heart of the debate between traditionalists (who love a core) and many academics (who prefer to teach more specialized courses and allow students more freedom to set their own curriculums) is a tension between two different questions about the purposes of college. There are those who insist that the key outcome lies in the answer to “What should every college graduate know?”—perhaps minimizing the chances that future surveys will show that poor John Roberts is less recognizable than Lady Gaga. Others ask, What should every college graduate know how to do?

Those three additional words contain multitudes. The prevailing contemporary vision, even in the liberal arts, emphasizes action: active thought, active expression, active preparation for lifelong learning. Engaging with a text or question, marshaling data and arguments and expressing oneself takes precedence over the acquisition of general knowledge.

From DSC:
The article prompted me to create the graphic below, asking…

Learning Ecosystems

Immersive “Holodeck” Classroom with Leap Motion Control

Teaching how to learn [Harvard Medical School & phys.org]

Science behind transmedia storytelling & why you need to be across it now [marketingmag.com.au]

A solid interactive chart by Valerie Landau: “Indicators pointing to disruptive innovation in higher education”

More choice. More control. “An interactive video performance from the London Symphony Orchestra”

More choice. More control. Tapping into passions/gifts. “How a radical new teaching method could unleash a generation of geniuses” [Davis]

Interesting concepts embedded at Coursmos.com

Reflections on “Microsoft joins Degreed’s crusade to ‘jailbreak the degree’” [Heussner]

Getty Images bets on videos, transmedia storytelling [Lau]

Reflections from “What colleges will teach in 2025” [Meacham]

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