new media literacies

QR codes for digital literacy

On 02/04/2011, in mobile learning, mobile technologies, new media literacies, by Daniel Christian

QR codes for digital literacy — from Instructional Design Fusions

Increasingly, we are recognizing that mobile devices are an important way to connect people to learning and health tools. However, text interfaces can be very problematic for individuals with poor literacy. Enter QR codes. Although we may associate them with high tech uses, they can play a valuable role in overcoming some text literacy challenges that can make the effective use of mobile phones impossible for some.

This video by adaptivepath.com describing the Mobiglyph project demonstrates how QR codes can help reduce the digital divide.

Tagged with: literacy • Mobile learning • mobile technology • new media literacies • QR codes -- tagging

Millions of TV’s (as completely converged/Internet-connected devices) = millions of learners?!?

On 01/20/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, animation, blended learning, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, hybrid learning, immersion, informal learning, innovation, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, love of learning, marketplaces, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, podcasting, simulations, social learning / networks, social media, strategy, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:

The other day, I created/posted the top graphic below. Take the concepts below — hook them up to engines that use cloud-based learner profiles — and you have some serious potential for powerful, global, ubiquitous learning! A touch-sensitive panel might be interesting here as well.

Come to think of it, add social networking, videoconferencing, and web-based collaboration tools — the power to learn would be quite impressive. Multimedia to the nth degree.

Then add to that online marketplaces for teaching and learning — where you can be both a teacher and a learner at the same time — hmmm…

From DSC:
Then today, I saw Cisco’s piece on their Videoscape product line! Check it out!

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The e-learning skills gap — Clive Sheperd

On 01/20/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, elearning, expectations, game-changing environment, generational differences, instructional design, multimedia, new media literacies, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • corporate training / universities • digital audio • digital learning • digital video • e-learning • game-changing environment • generational differences • instructional design • Mobile learning • multimedia • new media literacies • training

How will technologies like AirPlay change education? 24x7x365 access on any device is one possibility..

On 01/17/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), informal learning, innovation, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, simulations, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, training / L&D, transmedia, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, videoconferencing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, webinars, by Daniel Christian

Addendum on 1-20-11:
The future of the TV is online — from telegraph.co.uk
Your television’s going to get connected, says Matt Warman

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Learning: Is there an app for that? [Research from Joan Ganz Cooney Center]

On 01/15/2011, in digital learning, disruption, game-changing environment, generational differences, K-12 related, learning, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, research, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: digital learning • game-changing environment • generational differences • learning • Mobile learning • mobile technology • multimedia • new media literacies • research • teaching & learning

Math that moves

On 01/12/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, blended learning, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, expectations, face-to-face, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), hybrid learning, innovation, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, love of learning, mathematics, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, passions, play, podcasting, reading, simulations, storytelling, student-related, tablets, teaching & learning, tools, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, visualizing information, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I post this here — with higher ed included in the tags/categories — because if the trend within K-12 continues (i.e. that of using such technologies as the iPad, digital textbooks, mobile learning devices, etc.), students’ expectations WILL be impacted. When they hit our doorsteps, they will come with their heightened sets of expectations. The question is, will we in higher ed be ready for them?

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Tagged with: digital citizenship • K-12 • new media literacies

2011 New Media Consortium (NMC) Symposium on New Media and Learning

On 01/05/2011, in digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, engagement / engaging students, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, social learning / networks, social media, by Daniel Christian

2011 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning
March 29, 2011 – March 31, 2011
Online hosted by NMC

The 2011 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning, the seventeenth in the NMC’s Series of Virtual Symposia, will explore the impact of new media on teaching, learning, research, and creative expression, especially in higher education. New media, for this event, is interpreted broadly as anything from creative uses of digital media and new forms of communication to alternative publishing methods and media-rich tools. The Symposium seeks to explore new media in the context of a current social phenomenon and not simply as a means of content delivery.

Proposals are encouraged on any of the following themes, but this list is not exhaustive and selections will not be limited to these categories:

digital gaming in education
digital storytelling practices
new forms of multimedia production and delivery
social media, social networking and global connections
new media and mobile devices
data visualization
media-rich communication tools
new literacies
any technology or practice that shows promise for engaging students and supporting teaching and learning using new media

Tagged with: digital audio • digital citizenship • digital learning • digital photography • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • digital video • engagement • Mobile learning • mobile technology • multimedia • new media literacies • social learning • social media • social networking

Next Generation Learning

On 12/27/2010, in blogs / blogging / vlogging, change, collaboration, communications, digital learning, emerging technologies, future, innovation, learning ecosystem, learning theories, multimedia, new media literacies, podcasting, research, by Daniel Christian

Next Generation Learning — from The Great Ideas Conference
Excerpt:

Learning is undergoing drastic changes. Access to technology has allowed us to engage in a range of new media activities including blogging, co-creation, gaming, instant messaging, podcasting, social networking, social sharing and video creation. These new forms of media allow us to communicate and collaborate in new ways.

Next Generation Learning at Great Ideas 2011 will look at what the research says in terms of how people learn differently with the use of these new forms of media and how to successfully apply and implement the research in your association. No other time in history has there been this type of convergence for associations providing learning and education. It will also be a learning lab that models unique, innovative education formats including hands-on interactive activities to live-streaming to facilitated Peer2Peer Roundtables. Come experience the content and see new ways to involve others in learning.

Tagged with: collaboration • communications • digital learning • emerging technologies • future • innovation • learning ecosystem • learning theories • multimedia • new media literacies • podcasting • research • social learning

How might some of this apply to the “chalkboards of the future”?

On 12/10/2010, in digital textbooks, game-changing environment, innovation, learning spaces, new business models, new media literacies, publishing, smart classrooms, textbooks, by Daniel Christian

— from Touch User Interface

Tagged with: digital learning • digital textbooks • emerging technologies • game-changing environment • innovation • learning spaces • new media literacies • new publishing models • publishing • smart classrooms • textbooks

Items re: digital media literacy

On 11/30/2010, in digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital video, multimedia, new media literacies, by Daniel Christian

Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action — by Renee Hobbs

The Knight Commission Recommendation
The Heritage of Digital and Media Literacy
Meeting the Needs of All
Where Learning Occurs
Learning and Teaching: What Works
Issues to Consider When Implementing Digital and Media Literacy Programs
A Plan of Action: 10 Recommendations
Who Should Do What
Conclusion: Imagining the Future

Ten steps for better media literacy skills — from eSchoolNews.com by Meris Stansbury
New action plan calls for educators, community leaders to promote media literacy education

Innovation? Yes, Please! — from blog.futureofed.org by Jesse Moyer

Tagged with: digital audio • digital citizenship • digital learning • digital photography • digital video • multimedia • new media literacies

November Learning presents BLC 2010 — M. Wesch Keynote

On 10/21/2010, in creativity, education, engagement / engaging students, love of learning, new media literacies, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: anthropology • creativity • education • engagement • love of learning • new media literacies

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010: Final list, presentation and more

On 10/20/2010, in 21st century, Adobe, Apple, blogs / blogging / vlogging, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-readers, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, higher education, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, online media, open courseware and systems, platforms, podcasting, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, RSS, social learning / networks, social media, storytelling, student-related, teaching & learning, teaching online, tools, training / L&D, UK, United States, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010: Final list, presentation and more — from Jane Knight

Yesterday I finalised the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2010 list. Many thanks to the 545 people who shared their Top 10 Tools for Learning and contributed to the building of the list. Although this list is available online, I also created this presentation which provides the information as a slideset – embedded below.

Jane Hart, a Social Business Consultant, and founder
of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies.

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Seven steps for using more rich media in learning

On 10/16/2010, in digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, elearning, instructional design, multimedia, new media literacies, by Daniel Christian

Seven steps for using more rich media in learning — from eLearning Roadtrip by Ellen Wagner

Tagged with: digital audio • digital learning • digital video • e-learning • instructional design • multimedia • new media literacies

New “ELI 7 Things”…Brief explores online media editing

On 10/08/2010, in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, multimedia, new media literacies, online media, productivity / tips and tricks, teaching & learning, tools, by Daniel Christian

New “ELI 7 Things”…Brief explores online media editing — from Educause Learning Initiative (ELI)

In the 7 Things You Should Know About Online Media Editing, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, find out how the use of online media editing tools encourages instructors and students to explore learning activities and assessments with new media.

Excerpt:

What is it?
Cloud-based media editing applications allow anyone with web access and a suitable computing device to touch up photographs, mix music, and edit video. These web-based services may offer a more limited tool set than full-scale software editing suites, but they are generally cross-platform, device-independent, and less expensive, particularly as most offer at least some of their services at no cost.

What are the implications for teaching and learning?
Web-based editors reduce logistical challenges for instructors by providing all students with access to media editing tools. The free or low-cost nature of these editors allows students to use them to build complex and collaborative learning projects involving rich media, something that should be inviting to faculty members who take the approach that students learn best when they are engaged in projects that result in creative output. Because these tools are inexpensive or free and do not require sophisticated user skills, they offer faculty new avenues to devise new kinds of activities that go beyond the standard term paper and, in many cases, might be more representative of authentic assessment. Moreover, because the threshold is so low to use online media services, the opportunities they present to work in new media are open to students in virtually any discipline.

Tagged with: cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • multimedia • new media literacies • online media • productivity • teaching & learning • tips and tricks • tools

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