social learning / networks

Digital learning: What kids really want [Riedel & Evans]

On 02/07/2012, in 21st century, digital learning, digital textbooks, education reform, expectations, K-12 related, online learning, online tutoring, social learning / networks, student-related, ubiquitous learning, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Digital learning: What kids really want — from The Journal by Chris Riedel

Excerpt:

According to [Project Tomorrow CEO Julie] Evans, the data from those surveys indicated that students:

Have a growing interest in social-based learning;
Want to connect with and develop a personal network of expert resources;
Are looking for tools that increase untethered learning; and
Want a digitally rich learning environment, unencumbered by traditional rules.

Also:

Other things students at all grade levels are looking for include access to online tutoring, the ability to take online classes, access to real-word data and databases, greater access to teachers using SMS/text messaging, education-based virtual reality and games, and increased access to digital collaboration tools.

Tagged with: Connectivism • digital learning • digital textbooks • online learning • online tutoring • personal learning networks (PLNs) • social learning • student expectations • student-related • ubiquitous learning • virtual reality / worlds / learning • web-based collaboration

Another steps towards “learning from the living room”

On 02/01/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, business side of he, changing business models, collaboration, convergence, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, disruption, distance education, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education reform, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, interactivity, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, mobile learning, multimedia, new business models, online learning, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, reinvent, social learning / networks, social media, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, trends, TVs, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Living room video calling users to surpass 16 million in 2015 — from instat.com

Excerpt:

The video calling market can be divided into three sub-markets depending on the device which is being used to make the call: PCs, Mobile, and living room (digital home) devices. Living room video calling is a nascent market and currently has a relatively small user base. New NPD In-Stat (www.in-stat) research forecasts that total users will increase from 1.5 million in 2011 to 16.4 million in 2015. Asia Pacific will be the largest market for living room video calling by a significant margin as this is the region with the highest video calling enabled device shipments.

From DSC:

The massive convergence of the TV, the computer, and the telephone continues
The current model of higher ed has run it’s course — the model is breaking down
The cost of obtaining an education must decrease; new business models are and will continue to come to fruition
One of those business models is what I call “The Forthcoming Walmart of Education“
One of the pieces of this “Walmart of Education” will involve “learning from the living room“
“Students” will be able to watch one device while interacting with another device (though I could also see everything happening via one device as well)
Learning will likely be more interactive, multimedia-based, available 24x7x365, personalized, customized and backed up by some serious social networking/learning, analytics, artificial intelligence, learning agents, and online-based tutoring
“Textbooks” will flow into the living rooms as well as to tablets, smart phones, and other devices; but they will be more like apps where updates will occur as necessary
Rock-star profs are likely to emerge
Anyway…”stay tuned”

Also see:

A Disrupted Higher-Ed System — from The Chronicle by Jeff Selingo

Excerpt:
Just look at the last month:

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that it would create MITx, a self-service learning system in which students can take online tests and earn certificates after watching free course materials posted by the university.
StraighterLine, which offers self-paced introductory courses online, said that it would give students access to the Collegiate Learning Assessment and other similar tests, allowing them to take results to employers or colleges to demonstrate their proficiency in certain academic areas.
Apple introduced three free pieces of software that allow students to download or create textbooks, and that permit instructors to create a digital curriculum in iTunesU.

From DSC:
Some items that caught my eye (so far) from CES 2012:

CES 2012: The convergence of TV and mobile platforms — from readwriteweb.com by Dan Rowinski
…mobile operating systems are on a path to fundamentally change how content is delivered.
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Prepare yourself: Kinect is coming to Windows Feb. 1 — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
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LG unveils giant 84″ TV with voice, gesture control — from Mashable.com by Samantha Murphy

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Introducing The MakerBot Replicator™
January 10, 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) – MakerBot Industries is excited to announce the launch of its latest product, The MakerBot Replicator™, which will debut at CES in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, January 10th. The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! Assembled in Brooklyn by skilled technicians, the MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box. Starting at $1749, The MakerBot Replicator™ is an affordable, open source 3D printer that is compact enough to sit on your desktop. Want to print in two colors? Choose the Dualstrusion™ option!
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USA Network taps Yap.tv for branded social TV app
Yap.tv said the deal will make it the first independent social TV developer to create a custom-branded version of its app for the iPad and iPhone for a major network.??
NEW YORK – NBCUniversal’s USA Network has partnered with Yap.tv, a maker of a social TV guide app for mobile devices, to launch a USA-branded app for its shows and fans as it and other channels continue to expand the use of social media to reach and engage viewers.
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Samsung unveils a motion-controlled TV and the U.S. Galaxy Note [PICS]— from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
During its keynote address at CES on Monday, Samsung unveiled a connected TV with voice and gesture recognition, WiFi-enabled cameras and its thinnest ultrabook yet. It also introduced its Galaxy Note smartphone to the U.S. for the first time.

Coincident announces ScreenSync TV Technology — from marketwatch.com
New solution allows companies to create interactive experiences for viewers that synchronize their tablets with shows they are watching on their televisions
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Also see:
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2012 CES Unveiled press event: Interactive television highlights — from itvt.com by Will Keller

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • 3D • A/V • change • convergence • Daniel S. Christian • digital audio • digital learning • digital video • disruption • distance ed • e-learning • emerging technologies • engagement • gesture / gesturing • human-computer interaction (HCI) • interactivity • internet • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • multimedia • online learning • Smart/Connected TV • social learning • social media • social networking • technologies for the home • transmedia • trends • TV

Moxie’s 2012 Trends Report [From DSC: Well worth your time!]

On 01/06/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, change, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, convergence, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, game-changing environment, global, human-computer interaction (HCI), internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, mobile learning, mobile technologies, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, pace of change, reinvent, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, storytelling, streams of content, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, trends, TVs, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Always On Web
Web of Things
Big Data
Next Gen Search
Mobile Sharing
Mobile Social Activism
Impulse Commerce
Brands As Partners
The New Living Room <– From DSC: This is one of those key areas that I’m trying to keep a pulse check on for re: our learning ecosystems of the future
Personal Data Security

Also see:

3 trends for 2012 — from digitaltonto.com by Greg Satell
What trended in 2011 (and what to expect from 2012) — from techi.com by Scarlett Madison

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • analytics • change • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • communications • Connectivism • convergence • corporate / business world • dangers of the status quo • Daniel S. Christian • digital learning • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • digital video • disruption • e-books • e-publishing related items (EPUB and more) • e-readers • educational technology • future • game-changing environment • Global learning • iPod • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • Lifelong learning • machine-to-machine communications • marketing/social marketing • marketplaces • more choice more control • multimedia • new business models • online learning • online media • pace of change • reinvent • Smart/Connected TV • social learning • social media • staying relevant • storytelling • telecommunications • transmedia • trends • TV • ubiquitous learning • Walmart of Education • web-based collaboration • workplace

[Infographic] How is the TV landscape changing?

On 01/06/2012, in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, elearning, emerging technologies, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, social learning / networks, TVs, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:

Why do I post things like this? Because the infographic below relates to an emerging future and some developing trends whereby we’ll also be able to “Learn from the Living Room” at extremely affordable prices (if not free).

Also see:

AppleTV
LG to Roll Out Its Own Google TV at CES 2012 [PICS] — from Mashable.com by Charlie White

Tagged with: Daniel S. Christian • digital learning • e-learning • emerging technologies • learning from the living [class] room • online learning • Smart/Connected TV • social learning • social networking • web-based collaboration

Our learning ecosystems may soon be expanding in scope/delivery mechanisms [Christian]; Global Smart TV market worth $265 billion by 2016 [Kastelein]

On 01/04/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, social learning / networks, technologies for your home, TVs, by Daniel Christian

Global Smart TV market worth $265 billion by 2016 — from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

From DSC:
You can bet educational apps will be part of these emerging technologies. My take on this is that:

The scope of our learning ecosystems will expand rapidly.
We will be able to participate in them as much or as little as we want to. I call it, Learning from the Living Room.
Such trends will likely go hand-in-hand with innovations involving social-based learning, mobile learning, personalized/customized learning, and will take advantage of cheaper ways of learning that will help one gain mastery over a particular subject/discipline 24x7x365 (and will be a piece of something I call The Walmart of Education) .

Also relevant/see:

Samsung Electronics to enrich Smart TV ecosystem by supporting app developers — also from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • convergence • Daniel S. Christian • emerging technologies • innovation • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • Mobile learning • Smart/Connected TV • social learning • trends • TV • Walmart of Education

Tagged with: Smart/Connected TV • social learning • social media • social networking

Harvard and Mashable give Social TV Kudos for 2012 in Game Changer Reviews

On 12/21/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, game-changing environment, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, television, by Daniel Christian

Harvard and Mashable give Social TV Kudos for 2012 in Game Changer Reviews — from appmarket.tv

Excerpt:

Both the Harvard Business Review and Mashable have pegged Social TV as a game changer for 2012 – one year behind MIT Technology Review and the UK’s Wired Magazine slated it for 2011.

Also see:

Social media analysis: TV’s next revolution?
Bluefin Labs painstakingly tracks all conversations about US TV shows. The results are incredibly useful for producers, broadcasters and brands.

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • convergence • game-changing environment • social media • social networking • technologies for the home • TV

Readmill.com

On 12/08/2011, in digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, education technology, emerging technologies, library / librarians, reading, social learning / networks, social media, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I originally saw this at:

Readmill goes public: is the future of books social? — from gigaom.com by Bobbie Johnson

Tagged with: digital learning • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • educational technology • library / librarians • literacy • literature • reading • social learning • social media • social networking

Tagged with: social networking • trends • vendors

Count on Apple iTV in 2012, analyst says [Meredith]

On 11/30/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, educational games / serious games, elearning, future, game-changing environment, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, social learning / networks, storytelling, technologies for your home, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

Count on Apple iTV in 2012, analyst says — from technewsdaily.com by Leslie Meredith

Excerpt:

The rumors that Apple will launch an actual TV have hit the headlines again following comments made today (Nov. 30) by analyst Gene Munster at an industry conference. Munster went so far as to tell his audience at the Ignition: Future of Media conference in New York City to wait to buy a new TV, because Apple’s TV is “going to be awesome.”

Addendum on 12/2/11:

Google Is Totally Revamping YouTube To Make It More Like TV — from businessinsider.com by Matt Rosoff

Tagged with: A/V • Apple • convergence • Daniel S. Christian • digital storytelling • e-learning • future • game-changing environment • learning ecosystem • learning from the living [class] room • online learning • social learning • storytelling • transmedia • trends • TV • Walmart of Education

The education technologies that educators believe can have the biggest impact on student learning [Walsh]

On 11/15/2011, in CMS/LMS, digital learning, digital textbooks, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, internet, mobile learning, online learning, personalized/customized learning, project-based learning, social learning / networks, by Daniel Christian

Graphic from:

The education technologies that educators believe can have the biggest impact on student learning (survey results) — by K. Walsh on November 13, 2011

Tagged with: CMS/LMS • customized learning • digital learning • digital textbooks • educational technology • flipping -- inverted learning • games • internet • Mobile learning • online learning • personalized learning • project-based learning • social learning • tablets

The 2011 Global Education Conference will be held November 14 – 18, online and free.

On 11/11/2011, in communities of practice, global, K-12 related, social learning / networks, by Daniel Christian

The 2011 Global Education Conference will be held November 14 – 18, online and free. Sessions will take place in multiple time zones and multiple languages over the five days. The 2010 Global Education Conference had 15,028 unique logins and presentations from 62 countries.

To attend and be kept informed of the latest conference news and updates, please join this network (you can still attend sessions if your membership is pending). The sessions schedule is now live and available in multiple time zones HERE.

Tagged with: communities of practice • global • Global learning • K-12 • social networking

Item ultimately impacting “learning from the living room”: Connected TVs to outsell games consoles for first time this year [Kastelein]

On 11/09/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Daniel S. Christian, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, social learning / networks, social media, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

Connected TVs to outsell games consoles for first time this year — from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

Also see:

Cable Companies Battle Digital Divide With $9.95 a Month Broadband

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • Connectivism • Daniel S. Christian • learning from the living [class] room • social learning • social media • trends • TV

5 current technologies that will shape our classrooms [fractuslearning.com]

On 11/02/2011, in 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, education technology, personalized/customized learning, social learning / networks, social media, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 3D • A/V • augmented reality • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • customized learning • educational technology • personalized learning • social media • social networking

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