social media

Social media and its impact on how we learn in the workplace — from C4PLT by Jane Hart

From DSC:
One reflection that jumped out at me from Jane’s excellent presentation…and that I believe is a universal truth:

If an organization doesn’t respond to changing conditions, needs, desires, preferences, best interests, and/or the requirements of its customers, that organization will diminish in usefulness and will most likely (albeit eventually) go out of business.

I know I’m not introducing a new thought here and the above statement seems very self-evident, but do we heed this advice in corporate L&D? Corporate IT? IT within higher education? In higher education as an industry?

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • adult learners/learning • change • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • formal learning • higher education • informal learning • learning • learning ecosystem • online learning • personal learning networks (PLNs) • personalized learning • social learning • social media • social networking • training

Items on Connected/Smart TV’s from nyxiotechnologies.com

On 07/26/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, play, social learning / networks, social media, storytelling, streams of content, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Intel predicts Smart TV is the device of the future — from nyxiotechnologies.com’s blog
Chipmaker Intel believes that the Smart TV is the electronic device of the future, in the living room anyway.

Excerpt:

The Smart TV is already upon us, in its various forms from various manufacturers. It has arrived with 3D capabilities, web browsing and social networking and applications. Currently Samsung and LG seem to be two of the big players pushing the Smart TV to consumers.

Also see:

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The Smart Worker: Learning continuously with social media [Hart]

On 07/25/2011, in career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, informal learning, professional development, social learning / networks, social media, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Smart Worker: Learning continuously with social media — from Jane Hart

Tagged with: career development • corporate / business world • corporate universities / corporate training • informal learning • professional development • social learning • social networking • training

What’s the future for traditional training departments? The Summer of 2011 E-Learning Debate continues. (UK)

On 07/24/2011, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, elearning, formal learning, future, informal learning, learning, learning ecosystem, social learning / networks, social media, traditional / tradition, training / L&D, trends, UK, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

E-learning Debate becomes less formal, more social — from epic.co.uk
The future of L&D department debate continues — from Jane Hart
Response to the Epic e-Learning Debate — from Nic Laycock
Give Cruella a chance — from Clive Sheperd

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • e-learning • enterprise learning • formal learning • future • informal learning • learning ecosystem • social learning • social media • traditional • training • trends • UK

The state of the Internet

On 07/24/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, global / globalization, internet, mobile technologies, social learning / networks, social media, trends, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • global • internet • mobile technology • social media • social networking • trends

The business impact of Social Media [Finley; U of Massachusetts Dartmouth]

On 07/08/2011, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, social media, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

The business impact of Social Media [infographic]— from ReadWriteWeb.com by Klint Finley

Excerpt:

Socialcast (which was recently acquired by ReadWriteWeb sponsor VMware) ran an interesting infographic [this] week visualizing, among other things, a social media study conducted by the Center for Marketing at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on the use of social media in Fortune 500 companies (we covered part of this study back in 2008).

The majority of companies studied found social media – such as blogging, social networking and online video – to be successful. Even as far back 2007 (why does that seem like so long ago?), a majority of the companies surveyed found social media to be at least somewhat important.

Tagged with: business • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • social media • training

12 Trends from Cannes 2011

On 06/29/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, digital storytelling, marketing/social marketing, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, social learning / networks, social media, tablets, technology (general), trends, by Daniel Christian

Social TV
Digital storytelling
HTML 5 and the rise of web apps
Collaboration and co-creation
The power of real-time
The rise of social business
Designing for networks and understanding social spread
Seamless integration across devices
The power of the tangible / creating social objects
The rise of the tablet
Getting creative with players and browsers
Socially connected objects

Some reflections on the future of higher ed from Bryan Alexander [Educause]

On 06/29/2011, in change, future of higher education, game-changing environment, mobile learning, mobile technologies, open courseware and systems, social learning / networks, social media, writing, by Daniel Christian

This Visible College — from Educause (Vol. 34, No. 2, 2011) by Bryan Alexander

Excerpt:

In this column we’ll explore another part of higher education using only one scenario — but it’s a doozy.

“Class begins when the classroom door closes.” This image is enshrined in many practices, much popular memory, and even campus policies. But the concept may well be turned inside out in the near future as several trends coincide, altering the ways we teach and learn. That shut door is about to be wrenched open and our closed classes drawn into a global, visible college (compared to the invisible college described by David Staley and Dennis Trinkle¹).

None of these supporting trends is mysterious or surprising:

Social media

Mobile computing

Open content

…

When these three trends combine, though, the synthesis surpasses each individual trend. What they do is turn the classroom inside out.

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Everything I’ve described is happening now. What happens when these trends continue to grow and cross-pollinate?

Future of Higher Education — from Educause (Vol. 34, No. 1, 2011) by Bryan Alexander

Excerpt:

What does the future hold for higher education? How is American academia changing under the impact of continuous technological transformation?

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The Future of Scholarly Publication
Scholarly publication is one of the most vital parts of higher education.4 Publications are in many ways the acme of faculty assessment: publish or perish. Our articles and books are the visible, enduring record of academic work, outlasting the lifespans of researchers, staff, and students. An entire industry both depends on and supports this output. Research output is deeply interwoven into many aspects of campus life, from hiring policies to library budgets and admissions materials. It is also a field in crisis, hammered by the Great Recession and torqued by ongoing technological revolutions.

Tagged with: change • future of higher education • game-changing environment • journals • Mobile learning • mobile technology • open • scholarly writing • social learning • social media

Are you ready for the second wave of social media? [Stanchak]

On 06/29/2011, in communities of practice, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, future, social learning / networks, social media, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Are you ready for the second wave of social media? — from smartblogs.com by Jesse Stanchak

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

When people ask what the next big thing in social media will be, they’re usually looking for an ascendant platform that will supplant Facebook the way Facebook supplanted MySpace or they’re expecting a feature set, such as geo-location or group messaging. But what if it’s not a network or a tool? What if it’s an application?

“Internal social media is the second wave … the future of work is in communities,” said Cisco’s Andrew Warden at this week’s Corporate Social Media Summit.

Warden gave the crowd four reasons to start looking at internal social tools…

From DSC:
My thanks to Tracy Gravesande for posting this item over at the “The Social Learning Community Network” (a Yammer-based community of practice)

Also of potential interest here is:

Thoughts From The Enterprise 2.0 Conference — from Yammer

Addendum on 7/5/11:

Report: Social Media Brings New Engagement to TV

Tagged with: communities of practice • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • future • social learning • social media • training • workplace

A New Business Model for News : Community

On 06/20/2011, in journalism, new business models, social media, society, sociology, by Daniel Christian

A New Business Model for News : Community — from TrendBird.biz

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

We are social beings. Three-quarters of all American adults belong to voluntary or organized groups, according to “The Social Side of the Internet,” a study published this year by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project. In fact, today’s social media culture may be reversing the decline in social behavior that Robert D. Putnam documented in his book “Bowling Alone.” While 56 percent of non-Internet users belong to a group, 80 percent of Internet users participate in groups, according to the study.

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But if there is a common thread that weaves through Foursquare, Facebook, Zynga, Twitter, BlogHer and many other pioneers in the social economy, it is this: Creating community engenders value for people. And providing value is the heart of any successful business model.

Tagged with: connect • Connectivism • journalism • new business models • social • social media • sociology

The Future of Work, NYC [Maltoni]

On 06/02/2011, in business, collaboration, corporate / business world, future, mobile technologies, social media, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Future of Work, NYC — from conversationagent.com by Valeria Maltoni

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

Tonight, I will be engaged in a Podio conversation kicking off a series on the future of work with fellow professionals and globetrotters Marcia Conner and Jennifer Magnolfi in New York City.

Moderated by Stowe Boyd, the session will cover several questions on how social media is impacting the world of business on the inside.

In Boyd’s own words:

[…] As our work becomes more social, more mobile, and increasingly channeled through mobile, social ‘work media’, what is the relationship between workers and business?

What will ‘workplace’ and ‘at work’ mean when people work in many locations and increasingly lose the distinction between work and leisure time?

How can business rethink the workplace in light of the primacy of social network-based communication and collaboration?

I’ve been living these questions for most of my career in corporate America.

Tagged with: business • collaboration • corporate / business world • future • mobile technology • social media • web-based collaboration • workplace

Connected TV Summit: TV apps and second screen strategies [Wells]

On 05/21/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, disruption, emerging technologies, global / globalization, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, online learning, online media, pace of change, social media, television, by Daniel Christian

Connected TV Summit: TV apps and second screen strategies — from tvgenious.net by Emma Wells

Excerpts (emphasis by DSC — especially as it relates to education & learning-based apps):

Connected TV has been around for a while, and 2010 has seen connected devices, especially smartphones, go mainstream. One of the key highlights of today’s Summit was the fact that the second screen is becoming an important part of the TV environment.

New consumer behaviour patterns and the rapid pace of technology have given birth to TV everywhere strategies, companion apps, TV apps, and VoD adoption.

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The TV App Experience

At the event, it was hypothesised that “consumers are starting to redefine what they see as television”. This is good news for TV app developers, as they seek to mould a new, modern, TV experience.

TV apps are seen as an ideal way to hand control over to the viewers. Additionally, TV apps can be used as the gateway to personalised viewing, and social media-integrated content. According to BT’s Andy Heselwood, the connected TV winner will be “the company who makes the shared TV experience personal”. How to do this effectively without cluttering the TV screen and ruining the “lean back” experience still remains to be seen.

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The main benefit of TV apps is that they are lightfooted and require substantially less effort to update than the set top box (STB) or TV. This means that lifecycles can be accelerated, and there is more room for experimentation and development. During the summit, Siemens even went so far as to say that TV apps on connected TVs can “throw the set top box out of your operations plan”. If true, this prediction could spell trouble for STB manufacturers.

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • convergence • disruption • emerging technologies • global • Global learning • learning ecosystem • learning spaces • online learning • pace of change • TV

10 emerging technologies for 2011 — MIT Technology Review

On 05/14/2011, in 21st century, biology, chemistry, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, emerging technologies, engineering, mobile technologies, social learning / networks, social media, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 21st century • biology • chemistry • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • computer science • emerging technologies • engineering • human-computer interaction (HCI) • mobile technology • social media • social networking • technology (general)

MyTVBuddy kicks off as the first pan-European Social TV app on iPad — from appmarket.tv (emphasis DSC)

Excerpt:

Today E-ZONE unveiled its iPad app MyTVBuddy claiming it takes Social TV to the next level of exploration, interaction, engagement and participation by letting users check in to TV programs, watch videos, post messages on Facebook, share Twitter messages, participate in conversations and see where other users are located. MyTVBuddy kicks off with a special launch edition of Eurovision 2011.

MyTVBuddy comes with a solution for turning TV viewing into a social experience by using mobile devices such as the iPad. According to a recent study from Yahoo, nearly 90 percent of people watching television are using a mobile device at the same time. Be it Twitter, Facebook, email or instant messaging, they are doing more than just watching.

From DSC:
TV and entertainment coming up to bat — with learning-related applications on deck! 🙂

Also see:

Special launch edition: Eurovision 2011 — from mytvbuddy.net

Addendum on 5/11/11:

Why connected TV is poised to revolutionize entertainment

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • active learning • digital audio • digital storytelling • digital video • emerging technologies • Europe • innovation • interactivity • Mobile learning • mobile technology • participation • social learning • social media • social networking • technologies for the home • transmedia • trends • TV

From DSC: Some items on the connected TV, TV 3.0, other. Don’t underestimate where this is heading!

On 05/05/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Europe, global / globalization, multimedia, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, transmedia, trends, UK, by Daniel Christian