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Self Publishing Using iBooks Author [JAMF]

On 06/12/2013, in Apple, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, new business models, publishing, by Daniel Christian

Description
Self Publishing Using iBooks Author is aimed towards introducing you to using to Apple’s powerful eBook authoring software, the new possibilities it provides, and help start you on the path to creating your very own books to share and distribute.

Being an eBook about iBooks Author, created using iBooks Author, we will take advantage of this and explore every facet of this software while demonstrating on the pages how we went about creating the layouts and designs you see using iBooks Author’s many features.

Free.
Available on iPad.

Tagged with: Apple • e-books • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • e-readers • new publishing models • publishing

Netflix CEO: ‘TV in the future will be like a giant iPad’ [Ligaya ]

On 05/17/2013, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, experimentation, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multi-touch, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, platforms, presentations, publishing, reinvent, second screen apps, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, streams of content, student-related, surviving, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, telecommunications, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, webinars, by Daniel Christian

Netflix CEO: ‘TV in the future will be like a giant iPad’ — from business.financialpost.com by Armina Ligaya

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

Q: What do you think is going to happen over the next five or 10 years in internet video?

A: Well, you know, the fundamental thing is the internet has been getting faster. And now it’s video capable, which is really a last-five-years phenomenon. And, internet video will be very transformative across all societies for telemedicine, for online learning, for education. For communication of various sorts. And it brings, whether it’s person to person, or a recorded video like a movie or a TV show, to a person it will be very transformative.

And, TV in the future will be like a giant iPad. It will have a bunch of apps on it, each app will have a unique experience.

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So we’re getting beyond just a stream of video, which is all broadcast technology can do, to really try to be innovative about the interaction.

From DSC: re: Adobe’s Project Context:
This is the type of hardware/software combination that I’ve been hoping for and envisioning! Excellent!

It appears to be the type of setup whereby students could quickly and easily collaborate with one another — in a face-to-face setting (and ideally in remote locations as well) — by not just displaying files but also being able to share files with one another. Files can be sent up to the interactive, multi-touch displays as well as to an interactive table. So it’s not just displaying files, but actually sharing files and being able to collaboratively work on a project.

Eventually, I see this being able to be done in your living room. What if MOOCs could integrate this type of web-based collaboration into their projects?

But for now, this is a HUGE step forward in this vision. Great work Adobe! This is innovative! Very helpful!

Example screenshots:

AdobeProjectContext-2

Also see:

Adobe’s hardware experiments are more than just hobbies: Hands-on with Project Context –– from techcrunch.com by Frederic Lardinois
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
At its MAX conference in Los Angeles [on 5/6/13], Adobe showed quite a few products that will soon be available to its customers, but it also highlighted a number of hardware experiments, including Project Context, a totally re-imagined way for creating magazine layouts, as well as an advanced stylus and a ruler for touchscreens.

Tagged with: A/V • Adobe • Bring your own device (BYOD) • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • collaboration • creativity • Daniel S. Christian • emerging technologies • experimentation • future • future of higher education • innovation • interactivity • journalism • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • learning spaces • MOOCs • publishing • smart classrooms • tools • web-based collaboration • workplace

10 developer tips to build a responsive website [infographic] — Rowinski

On 04/17/2013, in mobile learning, mobile technologies, publishing, web design and production, by Daniel Christian

10 developer tips to build a responsive website [infographic] — from readwrite.com by Dan Rowinski

Excerpt:

Responsive design is a concept where you build your website once and then format it so it can adapt to any screen size that accesses it. Designers use HTML5 and CSS to build the sites and set parameters so the content will resize itself whether the user is in vertical or horizontal viewing mode, on a tablet, desktop or smartphone or even a screen as large as a television.

Also see:

65 percent of Buzzfeed’s traffic now comes from mobile devices — from paidcontent.com by Janko Roettgers
Summary:
The world is ending for traditional media companies, but new players who ignore the rules, and bet on mobile, will prevail, argues Huffington Post Co-Founder and Buzzfeed Chairman Kenneth Lerer.

Tagged with: CSS • html • Mobile learning • mobile technology • publishing • web design

Digization, sole growth engine for Europe’s creative industries? [Vaquier]

On 04/16/2013, in business, creativity, digital textbooks, Europe, music, publishing, television, UK, by Daniel Christian

Digization, sole growth engine for Europe’s creative industries? — from inaglobal.fr/en/… by Nicolas Vaquier
[NEWS] According to a recently published study entitled The Digital Future of Creative U.K., digitization is the sole growth engine for Europe’s creative industries.
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Excerpt from Conclusion:

Finally, the study delivers conclusions for the whole of the creative industries and forecasts for their future. It notes that with the fragmentation of media consumption, advertising money is now divided between a number of players. While total advertising revenues have climbed, individual companies can no longer expect profits to be as high as they were in the past. Online advertising is still a challenge, and the monetization of already existing content will not be enough to meet it. The Digital Future of Creative U.K. furthermore highlights the complementarity of digital and analog, refuting the idea of one technology’s cannibalization of the other, using the example of catch-up television.

The study announces the transformation of the value creation chain. The horizontal integration of production, distribution and marketing intermediaries that prevailed in the traditional system will be dissolved by more profitable digital alternatives, diminishing the importance of these intermediaries. The study predicts that the concept of “chain” will furthermore be replaced by that of a “network” of relations, with consumption and participation at its heart. The rise in the number of players and the lowering of entry barriers will thus allow for greater quantity as well as relevance of content on offer.

Tagged with: business • creativity • Europe • games • music • publishing • TV • UK

Also see:

Watchitoo, Pearson LearningStudio offer real-time HD video chat option for online courses — from thejournal.com by Caitlin Moriarity

Excerpt:

Watchitoo and Pearson eCollege have teamed up to add an integrated collaboration solution, including real-time video chat, to the Pearson LearningStudio SaaS online education platform.

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • analytics • data mining • digital learning • digital storytelling • Global learning • second screen apps • Smart/Connected TV • streams of content • vendors

“Unbound” — the unbinding of the book — Matt MacInnis from Inkling at TOC 2013

On 03/07/2013, in innovation, new business models, publishing, by Daniel Christian

Some notes from DSC — with thanks to Mr. Steven Chevalia for the initial resource/video:

Changes in the past were mainly about the methods of getting knowledge onto paper.

Only 3 key medium changes

Oral speaking/tradition to writing
Writing to print
Print to electronic

But now, the traditional book model is coming unbound.

Amazon.com:

Controls customers — 30% of books sold through them
Controls product – forced to build products that are a $10 text model

Inkling is introducing two main changes to get away from that empire’s methods of doing business:

A way to build for the medium — Inkling Habitat — “The only collaborative publishing environment designed for professionals.”
A new way to discover and sell your materials (which uses normal Google searches vs having to go through Amazon.com) — Inkling’s Content Discovery Platform

Tagged with: innovation • new publishing models • publishing

Very interesting, new offering/business model from imgZine — personal subscriptions to journalists

On 02/14/2013, in career development, Europe, marketing/social marketing, new business models, new media literacies, publishing, streams of content, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Hmmmm…I wonder how this might apply to education? Will we move more towards personal brands vs. institutional brands?

Tagged with: career development • Europe • marketing/social marketing • new business models • new media literacies • publishing • streams of content

The object formerly known as the textbook –– from The Chronicle by Jeff Young

Holly Gressley for The Chronicle

Excerpt:

Textbook publishers argue that their newest digital products shouldn’t even be called “textbooks.” They’re really software programs built to deliver a mix of text, videos, and homework assignments. But delivering them is just the beginning. No old-school textbook was able to be customized for each student in the classroom. The books never graded the homework. And while they contain sample exam questions, they couldn’t administer the test themselves.

One publisher calls its products “personalized learning experiences,” another “courseware,” and one insists on using its own brand name, “MindTap.” For now, this new product could be called “the object formerly known as the textbook.”

From DSC:
Imagine how this sort of thing might fit into the “chalkboard of the future” — as applications and content flow onto the “board” from open source repositories and/or from the publishers’ cloud-based repositories of content…

Daniel Christian: The Chalkboard of the Future

or in learning from the living room…

The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart/Connected TV

Also see:

Required reading? Really? [infographic from chronicle.com]

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • customized learning • Daniel S. Christian • digital learning • digital textbooks • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • human-computer interaction (HCI) • intelligent systems • intelligent tutoring • interactivity • learning ecosystem • multimedia • new publishing models • participation • personalized learning • publishing • smart classrooms • Smart/Connected TV • trends

McGraw-Hill & Kno offer a peek into the future of textbooks [Empson]

On 01/10/2013, in Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, future, innovation, more voice more choice more control, online learning, publishing, second screen apps, tablets, technologies for your home, textbooks, by Daniel Christian

McGraw-Hill & Kno offer a peek into the future of textbooks: They’re dynamic, vocal, adaptive & bring stats to studying — from techcrunch.com by Rip Empson

Excerpt:

The suite leverages adaptive learning technology — one of the hottest topics in education this past year — which, simply put, seeks to personalize the educational experience by collecting data on student comprehension (knowledge, skill and confidence), employing algorithms to create customized study plans/paths based on that data. The goal being to keep students engaged (and improving) by helping them to identify and focus on areas where they’re struggling.

Prediction from DSC:
I’d like to take these developments one step further…

These developments will find their way into our living rooms, via second screen devices and interactions with Smart/Connected TVs. Highly-sophisticated, back-end, behind the scenes technologies will continue to develop (think Next Gen Knewton or IBM’s Watson) — aiding in the fulfillment of one’s learning objectives. Personalized, digital playlists will be presented and will feature multimedia-based content, with chances for more choice, more control, interactivity, social learning, and more. They will meet us where we are at (i.e. in our Zone of Proximal Development), and encourage us to keep learning via game-like interfaces…but will try not to overwhelm or discourage us. But live persons will either be instantly available to assist, and/or will help us walk through the steps, and/or perhaps we’ll go through these types of exercises in virtual cohorts (that come together quickly, then once finished with the badge or exercise, will disband).

Tagged with: Daniel S. Christian • digital learning • digital textbooks • emerging technologies • future • innovation • interactivity • more choice more control • publishing • second screen apps • tablets • textbooks • vendors

Experiment: Innovate with Apple’s continually-developing ecosystem [Christian]

On 01/07/2013, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Bring your own device (BYOD), Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, experimentation, future of higher education, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, multi-touch, multimedia, online learning, platforms, publishing, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, strategy, tablets, television, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
The other day, I mentioned how important it will be for institutions of higher education to increase the priority of experimentation. Clicking on the graphic below will give you an example of the kind of vision/experiment that I’m talking about.

(Though, more practically speaking, to operationalize this type of vision would actually require a series of much smaller experiments; I just wanted to present the overall vision of how these pieces might fit together).

NOTE:
This 11″x17″ image is a 10MB PDF file, so it may take some time to appear.
Feel free to right-click on the graphic in order to download/save/print the file as well.

Also relevant is this upcoming event from educause:

The professor as digital author and publisher: Creating and delivering e-textbooks with iBooks Author and iTunes U

1/8/13 addendum resulting from a Tweet from a great colleague, Mr. Travis LaFleur (@travislafleur), UX Designer at BiggsGilmore

Check out the work of Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs) — example blog posting: Refresh: The Platform

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • Apple • Bring your own device (BYOD) • Daniel S. Christian • digital audio • digital learning • digital textbooks • digital video • e-books • e-learning • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • e-readers • emerging technologies • experimentation • future of higher education • higher education • human-computer interaction (HCI) • innovation • internet • iPad • iPhone • iTunes U • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • learning spaces • machine-to-machine communications • mirroring / multiple devices • Mobile learning • multi-touch • multimedia • new publishing models • platforms • publishing • smart classrooms • Smart/Connected TV • social learning • strategy • tablets • textbooks • TV • vision

Wow! A 250 page/min, high-speed scanner from the Ishikawa Oku Laboratory

On 11/28/2012, in Asia, digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), productivity / tips and tricks, publishing, tools, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: Asia • digital textbooks • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • e-readers • productivity • publishing • tools

McGraw-Hill to sell education business to Apollo for $2.5 billion [gilfuseducationgroup.com]

On 11/27/2012, in change, publishing, by Daniel Christian

McGraw-Hill to sell education business to Apollo for $2.5 billion — from gilfuseducationgroup.com

Excerpt:

McGraw-Hill’s education print revenues have been rapidly declining while the company has had great difficulties and political infighting about evolving to digital products and services. Essentially the education division needs a “change of control” to help get its act together. Can a change of control help?

The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) (“the Company”) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its McGraw-Hill Education business to investment funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC (NYSE: APO) (collectively with its subsidiaries, “Apollo”), for a purchase price of $2.5 billion, subject to certain closing adjustments. As part of this transaction, McGraw-Hill will receive $250 million in senior unsecured notes issued by the purchaser at an annual interest rate of 8.5%. The transaction, which is expected to close in late 2012 or early 2013, is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.

Tagged with: change • publishing

The education giant adapts — from MIT Technology Review by Jessica Leber
Pearson is the world’s largest book publisher. Now it wants to be a one-stop shop for digital education.

Excerpt:

Pearson pulled this off with a decade-long string of acquisitions that helped it shift its emphasis from selling books to selling education services. The London-based company styles itself as the “world’s leading learning company,” even if that learning isn’t delivered through traditional books. These days, Pearson is more like an IT department for classrooms and schools. It sells technology infrastructure, software, and consulting services to schools—services that in turn help deliver the vast stock of textbook content Pearson owns. The company says its revenue from online content and services will surpass those of the traditional publishing business this year.

From DSC:
I congratulate Pearson on reinventing itself. The words of Steve Jobs ring in my mind…something about cannibalizing one’s business before someone else does it for you. Several other words and phrases come to my mind after seeing the above article — that regular readers of this blog and my archived website will instantly recognize:

Dangers of the status quo
Staying relevant
Survival
Disruption/change
New business models
Game-changing environment
Using teams of specialists

Also relevant here/see:

Three big changes ahead for higher education — from onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com

Tagged with: CFHE12 • change • disruption • e-books • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • e-readers • educational technology • game-changing environment • higher education • innovation • IT • new business models • new publishing models • online learning • online media • publishing • staying relevant • surviving • Using teams

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10 developer tips to build a responsive website [infographic] — Rowinski

Digization, sole growth engine for Europe’s creative industries? [Vaquier]

“Unbound” — the unbinding of the book — Matt MacInnis from Inkling at TOC 2013

Very interesting, new offering/business model from imgZine — personal subscriptions to journalists

McGraw-Hill & Kno offer a peek into the future of textbooks [Empson]

McGraw-Hill to sell education business to Apollo for $2.5 billion [gilfuseducationgroup.com]

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