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— Retrieval Practice (@RetrieveLearn) June 7, 2022
On 05/26/2022,
in Augmented Reality (AR), CMS/LMS, collaboration, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, microlearning, personalized/customized learning, productivity / tips and tricks, social learning / networks, technology (general), tools, training / L&D, vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The report below contains some great examples of a few of the elements in a learning ecosystem! Though there are many other elements in a learning ecosystem, tools and technologies are certainly two key components of one.
Some of the topics in this report at:
- Knowledge bases and knowledge management technology
- Microlearning
- Learning record store
- Learning Experience Platform (LXP)
- Augmented reality / Virtual reality (AR/VR)
- Adaptive learning / Intelligent tutor
- Technology stack
2022 Trends in Learning Technology — from learningguild.com by Steve Foreman
Excerpt:
In this research report, Steve Foreman analyzes recent survey findings to examine eight learning technologies and explore how they impact the L&D space, organizations, customer satisfaction, and more.
On 03/31/2022,
in Daniel S. Christian, learning, learning theories, memory, personalized/customized learning, psychology,
by Daniel Christian
I Analyzed 13 TED Talks on Improving Your Memory — Here’s the Quintessence — from learntrepreneurs.com by Eva Keiffenheim
How you can make the most out of your brain.
Excerpt:
In her talk, brain researcher and professor Lara Boyds explains what science currently knows about neuroplasticity. In essence, your brain can change in three ways.
Change 1 — Increase chemical signalling
Your brain works by sending chemicals signals from cell to cell, so-called neurons. This transfer triggers actions and reactions. To support learning your brain can increase the concentration of these signals between your neurons. Chemical signalling is related to your short-term memory.
Change 2 — Alter the physical structure
During learning, the connections between neurons change. In the first change, your brain’s structure stays the same. Here, your brain’s physical structure changes — which takes more time. That’s why altering the physical structure influences your long-term memory.
For example, research shows that London taxi cab drivers who actually have to memorize a map of London to get their taxicab license have larger brain regions devoted to spatial or mapping memories.
Change 3 — Alter brain function
This one is crucial (and will also be mentioned in the following talks). When you use a brain region, it becomes more and more accessible. Whenever you access a specific memory, it becomes easier and easier to use again.
But Boyd’s talk doesn’t stop here. She further explores what limits or facilitates neuroplasticity. She researches how people can recover from brain damages such as a stroke and developed therapies that prime or prepare the brain to learn — including simulation, exercise and robotics.
Her research is also helpful for healthy brains — here are the two most important lessons:
The primary driver of change in your brain is your behaviour.
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There is no one size fits all approach to learning.
From DSC:
This is so important. It’s the underlying cognitive science/psychology involved in the posting I recently created that was entitled, “What are the ramifications of having cognitive “highways in our minds?” It occurs to me that patience, grace, forgiveness, work, new habits, and more are required here.
On 03/29/2022,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 5G, A/V -- audio/visual, adult learning, Alternatives, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, assistive technologies, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, content development, aggregation, repositories, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), Hyflex learning, ideas, innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, law schools, learner profiles, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, marketplaces, media/film, microlearning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, Natural Language Processing (NLP), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, personalized/customized learning, platforms, reinvent, skills, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, society, streams of content, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, tools, ubiquitous learning, United States, universities, vendors, videoconferencing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, vision/possibilities, vocational / trades, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Likewise TV Brings Curation to Streaming — from lifewire.com by Cesar Aroldo-Cadenas
And it’s available on iOS, Android, and some smart TVs
All your streaming services in one place. One search. One watchlist. Socially powered recommendations.
Entertainment startup Likewise has launched a new recommendations hub that pulls from all the different streaming platforms to give you personalized picks.
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Likewise TV is a streaming hub powered by machine learning, people from the Likewise community, and other streaming services. The service aims to do away with mindlessly scrolling through a menu, looking for something to watch, or jumping from one app to another by providing a single location for recommendations.
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Note that Likewise TV is purely an aggregator.
Also see:
From DSC:
Now we need this type of AI-based recommendation engine, aggregator, and service for learning-related resources!
I realize that we have a long ways to go here — as a friend/former colleague of mine just reminded me that these recommendation engines often miss the mark. I’m just hoping that a recommendation engine like this could ingest our cloud-based learner profiles and our current goals and then present some promising learning-related possibilities for us. Especially if the following graphic is or will be the case in the future:
Here’s what I’ve learned about building skills and how skills shape your career.
A visual thread (1/11) ?1. Degrees don’t age well. Your current skills and skill level tell organizations more about your real value. pic.twitter.com/Z1edxrYAB1
— Jeff Kortenbosch ?? (@jeffkortenbosch) March 13, 2022
Also relevant/see:
- Samsung’s New M8 Monitor Combines Entertainment and Work — from lifewire.com by Cesar Cadenas
From DSC:
Some interesting/noteworthy features:
- “The 32- inch display has Wi-Fi capabilities to supports multiple streaming services, can stream smartphone content, and comes with a removable SlimFit Cam.”
- The M8 has Wi-Fi connectivity for its native streaming apps so you won’t have to connect to a computer to watch something on Netflix. And its Far Field Voice mic can be used w/ the Always On feature to control devices like Amazon Alexa with your voice, even if the monitor is off.
- “You can also connect devices to the monitor via the SmartThings Hub, which can be tracked with the official SmartThings app.”
I wonder how what we call the TV (or television) will continue to morph in the future.
Addendum on 3/31/22 from DSC:
Perhaps people will co-create their learning playlists…as is now possible with Spotify’s “Blend” feature:
Today’s Blend update allows you to share your personal Spotify playlists with your entire group chat—up to 10 users. You can manually invite these friends and family members to join you from in the app, then Spotify will create a playlist for you all to listen to using a mixture of everyone’s music preferences. Spotify will also create a special share card that everyone in the group can use to save and share the created playlist in the future.
On 03/28/2022,
in active learning, Daniel S. Christian, education, education reform, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, instructional design, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, more voice more choice more control, parents/guardians, participation, passions, personalized/customized learning, play, productivity / tips and tricks, reinvent, society, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, United States, youth,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/17/2022,
in accessibility / UDL, assistive technologies, Bias | Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), colleges, community colleges, educational games / serious games, higher education, neurodivergent/special needs, personalized/customized learning, United States, universities, vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning,
by Daniel Christian
How Virtual Reality Can Be More Accessible with WalkinVR — from equalentry.com by Meryl Evans
Excerpt:
In another scenario, you can’t reach up high. Or maybe you can’t hold the virtual reality controllers or press the buttons.
WalkinVR Driver fills in the gap. It’s a free driver that enhances virtual reality to work with the person’s abilities and preferences. One option is the Xbox Controller Move , which allows you to connect a standard Xbox video game controller to the game.
Also relevant/see:
Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities? — from chronicle.com
Excerpt:
Here’s a sector-by-sector look at the percentage of undergraduates who reported a disability to the campus’s office of disability services, or a similar office, in the academic years 2016-17 to 2019-20. Undergraduate students with disabilities are those who reported that they had one or more of the following conditions: a specific learning disability, a visual impairment, a hearing difficulty or deafness, a speech impairment, an orthopedic impairment, or another health impairment. The diversity and related offices provide these students with such services as note-takers and American Sign Language interpreters.
Addendum later on 3/17/22:
Assistive technology personalizes the learning environment — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch
Excerpt:
We talk a lot about personalized learning and how it can benefit learners by providing them with more detailed instruction catered to their needs. It helps them overcome learning challenges and achieve their educational goals.
We’ve also discussed assistive technologies – technologies designed to aid students with learning difficulties and other disabilities, understand and retain knowledge to improve their learning outcomes. The two can go hand-in-hand, as assistive technology can help all students receive a more personalized learning experience.
Let’s take a look at some of the ways that AT is used in the classroom and its personalized learning.
On 02/24/2022,
in business, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, digital learning, India, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, personalized/customized learning, platforms, training / L&D, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
A new hybrid learning methodology — from chieflearningofficer.com by Robert O. Brinkerhoff, Edward L. Boon
The proliferation of digital learning transfer platforms offers the opportunity for a new and impact-enhancing hybrid: learning programs that are at the same time standardized and personalized.
Excerpt:
Such a program in the context of our example of the global manufacturing company training its shop floor managers might have the following elements, all created with the expertise of a centralized corporate L&D function:
- Classroom-style presentations on video with breakout room discussion options embedded for local facilitation.
- Facilitator’s guides (translated into local languages) for leading the classroom breakouts.
- Coaching tools and resources for managers to conduct one-on-ones.
- A library of brief videos of good (and bad) examples of managers interacting with direct reports with second-language subtitles.
- Guidelines for facilitating periodic virtual check-in meetings (schedules weekly, bi-weekly, etc. to be decided locally).
- Assignments, with associated resources, for learners to complete by requesting coaching sessions with their manager.
We propose that the proliferation of digital learning transfer platforms (also known as learning experience platforms or LXPs) offers the opportunity for a new and impact-enhancing hybrid: Learning programs that are at the same time standardized and personalized.
Along the lines of corporate training / Learning & Development (L&D), see:
- Workplace Learning Insights from Experts — from upsidelearning.com
On 02/12/2022,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Blockchain, business, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, credentialing, Daniel S. Christian, education, education technology, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, experimentation, future, higher education, ideas, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, IT in HE, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, personalized/customized learning, platforms, privacy, society, student-related, training / L&D, United States, universities, vendors, vision/possibilities, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Technology We Need: Documenting the complete Learner Record — from gettingsmart.com by Nate McClennen and Rebecca Midles
Key Points
- Most innovative schools and a number of states have built Graduate Profiles/Learner Profiles and a handful have created K12 competency progressions that articulate pathways towards meeting the profile.
- These learning organizations are using a learning management system (LMS) that does not accommodate comprehensive Learner Records, does not capture or report transparent growth to learners or their families and does not capture out-of-course learning experiences.
- We issue a challenge to those building and creating solutions.
From DSC:
The above posting reminds me of the following graphic:
