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North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries and its Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) are partnering with strategic consultants brightspot strategy and DEGW to design, share, and promote an updated model for institutions to plan and support technology-rich informal learning spaces. This Learning Space Toolkit will include a roadmap to guide the process along with tools and techniques for assessing needs, understanding technology, describing spaces, planning and delivering support services, and assembling space, technology, and services to meet needs, even as they change.
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On 05/17/2012,
in A/V -- audio/visual, education, education technology, emerging technologies, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, learning spaces, smart classrooms, student teaching/teacher education,
by Daniel Christian
We need a “Fab Lab for Education” — from innosightinstitute.org by Alex Hernandez
Excerpt:
In my dreams, [insert city] would open a Fab Lab for Education.
The Fab Lab for Education is a place where educators with big ideas can prototype new approaches to education and operate them for six weeks at a time with real kids. In other sectors, fab labs are mini-workshops where inventors can make “almost anything” without re-tooling an entire factory. Educators should have a place to try amazing, new ideas without “re-tooling” a whole school.
For educators, getting selected to prototype their big idea is a huge honor and people travel across the country to see their work. By the way, they don’t have to quit their jobs to do this and everyone knows that not all the programs will succeed.
The Fab Lab for Education is a highly flexible and customizable space, kind of like the Exploratorium in San Francisco. Philanthropists stock the lab with all the things needed to test out new ideas: 3-D printers, legos, amazing books, art supplies, post-it notes… basically whatever the educators need.
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The Fab Lab for Education team has five jobs…
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Additional reflection from DSC:
Great, innovative thinking Alex on this posting. Speaking of such dreams, it’s my dream to have such a place here on campus where folks could “kick the tires” on various technologies — where educators, faculty members, etc. could collaboratively work with each other and with educational technologists. Before a “standard” gets put into place (i.e. such as an implementation of an interactive whiteboard), such a facility could help people test out a variety of potential pathways. Ideas emerge and they morph into something else. Innovation could occur. Emerging technologies could be identified and tested out.
Other thoughts:
- This would be a great place for our future educators/student teachers to have access to as well
- Ideas/innovations arising from some of these facilities might be eligible for patents and additional income streams to keep such facilities open/sustainable
- Successful approaches could be shared with other school districts, colleges, universities
- Human Computer Interaction (HCI)-related work could be a piece of this vision — esp. in regards to developing the next gen Smart Classroom and learning spaces
On 05/08/2012,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, education technology, educational games / serious games, innovation, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, smart classrooms, technologies for your home, tools, trends, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
What is AirServer? — my thanks to Mr. Johnny Ansari at Calvin College for this resource
Overview
AirServer is a powerful Mac/PC application that enables you to stream or mirror your iOS device, such as your iPhone 4S, to your Mac/PC. If your computer is connected to a secondary or alternative display, such as an HDTV or projector, your iOS device can use that display. If your iOS device allows Mirroring then anything you see on that device can be displayed on the big screen.
AirServer is the most advanced AirPlay/AirTunes receiver app on the market. Mirroring has been fully supported since version 4.0 of AirServer. No other app will let you seamlessly stream audio, videos, photos, and photo slideshows to your Mac or iOS device. AirServer gives you more features for less money, and it keeps getting better. Android fans rejoice: we now support AirPlay streaming to Mac from Android devices running doubleTwist+AirTwist.
AirServer makes history — 1 May, 2012
We’re so hyped about our latest breakthrough with AirServer that we couldn’t hold back any longer. This is something no other app has done. This is history in the making.
AirPlay Mirroring for PC is here!
That’s right. AirServer is the first and only software that can Mirror your iPhone/iPad to your Windows PC. This is a pre-release version and doesn’t yet have sound or some of the eye candy features of full blown AirServer. But it does have Mirroring. And Mirroring will enable you to take your iPhone 4S and display the screen pixel perfect on your PC. Over the coming weeks we’ll be adding free updates to the PC version to bring it up to speed with the Mac version. Exciting times ahead.
On 05/07/2012,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, multimedia, online learning, online media, smart/connected TV, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends,
by Daniel Christian
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Also see:
- A new learning “channel” is developing — posted on April 30, 2011 at FutureLearn.org by Daniel Christian
and…
- Aereo.com
- NimbleTV.com
- Samsung launches their interactive Smart TVs in India
- Why IPTV is the Future
- Interactive eBook Apps: The Reinvention of Reading and Interactivity
- The 5 C’s of connected TV
- Research and Markets: The 2012 Battle for Dominance in the Digital Living Room Report: 400 Bn Households Worldwide to have some form of Smart TV by 2016
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/55tgll/the_battle_for_dom) has announced the addition of the “The Battle for Dominance in the Digital Living Room” report to their offering. A growing number of devices are starting to connect television sets to the Internet allowing for the delivery of a wide variety of new entertainment services. The Battle for Dominance in the Digital Living Room looks at the battle to connect televsion sets in consumers’ homes to the Internet and the impact this will have on the media industry. The focus is on providing an introduction to the issues involved with connected TVs and a look at the baseline forecasts for connected households. Over 400 million households worldwide to have some form of Smart TV by 2016. - The future of TV isn’t TV, it’s broadband.
- Future of the book for IDEO
Addendums on 5/8/12:
Double vision: TV gets interactive — from thetowntalk.com by Fraizer Moore
Piers Fawkes: The future of TV — from psfk.com by Piers Fawkes
A solid Q&A with such questions as:
- The old hierarchical vertical order of: channel – series – episode, seems to be in danger, letting the horizontal disorder take its place. What do you think broadcasters can do to serve people during this shift?
- The TV channel is being challenged, first by VOD and now by internet based services. How do you think the TV channels’ role will evolve in the next 5 years? Will the traditional push-based model maintain its centrality or will users be looking for search-only and pull-based alternatives?
- A new form of TV means new revenue models. Who do you think will finance the next successful TV show in 10 years and how? Will the new channels’ role generate new business models? How you imagine them?
- To protect our brain from information overload we need to filter and recommendations are a form of filtering. How do you think people’s recommendations will shape the future role of TV channels in the next years to come?
- Artificial Intelligence, Smart Agents and algorithms are directing us into a world of Adaptive User Interfaces capable of recognizing different users and provide them with an anticipated, personalized experience. How do you think the future TV will shape around people’s habits and tastes?
On 05/04/2012,
in Australia, collaboration, education technology, learning spaces, pedagogy, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
Guest blog for WISE (Qatar) on re-designing spaces for learning — from the professional blog of Stephen Harris, Director & Founder of the Sydney Centre for Innovation in Learning – www.scil.nsw.edu.au
Excerpt:
My focus is the key importance of spatial awareness in redesigning spaces for learning. I hope the second decade of this century will be marked by an awareness that redesigning spaces will be as important to change processes, as describing the new skills deemed necessary for learning and career creation in the last decade. I will focus on our journey of change as a case study for education redesign.
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The benefits are well captured in this equation:
180 students + 6 teachers + one agile space + collaborative learning + BYOD (bring your own device) = engaged learners + zero behavior issues.
From DSC:
I originally saw this at:
- Change the space, change the program, expect high outcomes — from gettingsmart.com by Tom Vander Ark
The Weston Family Learning Centre / Hariri Pontari Architects — from archdaily.com by Diego Hernandez
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© Tom Arban
© Tom Arban
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Addendum on 5/8/12:
On 05/01/2012,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, architecture, change, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, design, engagement / engaging students, innovation, learning spaces, smart classrooms, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
ExoPC and Panama team up to bring ‘tablet desks’ to students— from HuffingtonPost.com and The classroom of the future: Panama wants to give students “tablet desks” — from tabtimes.com by Doug Drinkwater
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The teacher controls the interactive board using an user friendly interface
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Adobe Photoshop Controller for EXOdesk
Adobe Photoshop TM Controller for EXOdesk makes it possible to control Photoshop TM from an EXOdesk in order to boost your productivity.
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What’s happening in the workplace? — from metropolismag.com by Jan Johnson
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The evolving office in 2012, equipped with Allsteel’s collaborative furniture collection, Gather
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Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Steelcase, and IDEO Collaborate to Innovate on the Future of Meetings and Work
Marriott Hotels & Resorts Launches “The Future of Work Innovation Co-Labs” To Offer Enhanced Hosted Work Experiences for Gen X and Gen Y Global Travelers.
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Los Angeles, Calif. – The nature of work is changing: it’s mobile, fast-paced and global. While most people demand choice and control to work when and how they want, wherever they are, working remotely doesn’t always offer consistent options when it comes to access, comforts and convenience. Marriott Hotels & Resorts, the flagship brand of Marriott International (NYSE:MAR); Steelcase, the world’s leading workplace experience provider; and global design and innovation consultancy, IDEO, today announced a collaboration to design, create and test innovative concepts and solutions for the future of work and meetings in hotels. The collaboration comes to life this week as a showcase of these potential solutions is unveiled at the Marriott Hotels & Resorts Global General Manager Conference in Los Angeles.
Also see:
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Also see:
- North Entrance of library brings new student workspace — from nineronline.com Elizabeth Bartholf
- .The Pitfalls of sitting too close — from sales-jobs.fins.com by Kelly Eggers
It sure sounded like a good idea. When Tuft and Lach Law, a small law practice in St. Paul, Minn. opted for open, shared office space, they didn’t expect to hate it. After all, numerous academic studies have shown that workers are more productive in open offices and, in the trendsetting tech industry, open plans are standard. For the law firm, it didn’t work out that way. “We had a receptionist and secretary sharing a workstation,” said Thomas Tuft. “The one with the biggest voice could be heard on the other’s phone calls and in attorney offices by clients on the phone with the attorneys.” If two people had to take a call simultaneously, they were forced to whisper..
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- Creating Learning Spaces Through Collaboration – The Library is a 3rd Place to Consider — from Aaron Cohen Associates
. - Space-saving dome shaped bookshelf built into workspace ceiling – – from PSFK.com
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A sample image from University of Exeter item re: learning spaces
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The refurbished Forum Library
opens 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Addendum on 5/24/12:
- Designing the Office to be less and more — from HermanMiller.com by Randall Braaksma
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On 04/17/2012,
in collaboration, learning spaces, smart classrooms, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/16/2012,
in Asia, collaboration, learning spaces, real-world assignments, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
Coworking spaces team with universities to bridge the gap between classroom and practice — from gigaom.com by Jessica Stillman
Excerpt:
With tuition costs mounting, the national student loan burden growing and employers complaining about a lack of certain job skills, no one is really in love with the current university education system. But with frustration comes creativity, as initiatives of all sorts attempt to dream up a better way. Should we go back to an apprentice system? Is online learning the answer? How about re-imagining universities as coffee shops?
Excerpt from http://blog.eriin.com/tags/collaborative-workspace/
Essentially, Kennel is a collaborative workspace for creative entrepreneurs in Singapore. Set facing the fringe of a forest, with ceiling-to-floor glass windows spanning across the entire space, we like to think that Kennel lets you switch easily between the bustle of Dempsey Hill and the calm serenity of nature. We also love that the walls are covered in Ideapaint, with markers readily available around the entire space for you to write anything on the walls. It is clear that the space was designed for creativity and collaboration to thrive!
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An alternative to incubators: the co-working space — from venturebeat.com by Genevieve DeGuzman
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Book igloo — from thisiscolossal.com
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Massive theater converted into magnificent bookstore — from mymodernmet.com posted by Katie Hosmer
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Addendum on 4/13/12:
- Curl tables by Constanze Schweda — from design-milk.com
On 04/11/2012,
in learning spaces,
by Daniel Christian
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Be sure to check out their video:
On 04/04/2012,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital audio, digital video, learning spaces, presentations, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
- Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad — by Splashtop Inc.
Celebrating Splashtop named by Apple as “Top 25 best-selling iPad app of ALL-TIME!” Splashtop apps: Remote Desktop, CamCam, Touchpad, FileHound, etc. Over 6 million users are enjoying Splashtop apps today! Go everywhere with your iPad and have full access to your PC or MAC!
** #1 iPad app in US in June 2011
** #1 iPad app in 23 countries
** #1 iPad business app in 63 countries