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How teens do research in the digital world [Purcell, Rainie, Heaps, Buchanan, Friedrich, Jacklin, Chen, Zickuhr]

On 11/07/2012, in 21st century, research, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

How teens do research in the digital world — from pewinternet.org by Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie, Alan Heaps, Judy Buchanan, Linda Friedrich, Amanda Jacklin, Clara Chen, Kathryn Zickuhr

Excerpt from the Overview:

The teachers who instruct the most advanced American secondary school students render mixed verdicts about students’ research habits and the impact of technology on their studies.

Some 77% of advanced placement (AP) and National Writing Project (NWP) teachers surveyed say that the internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” impact on their students’ research work. But 87% say these technologies are creating an “easily distracted generation with short attention spans” and 64% say today’s digital technologies “do more to distract students than to help them academically.”

According to this survey of teachers, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project in collaboration with the College Board and the National Writing Project, the internet has opened up a vast world of information for today’s students, yet students’ digital literacy skills have yet to catch up:

 

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Broadband, broadcast lines erode as TV shifts to a mobile, multiscreen media landscape [O’Halloran; Q2 2012 data]

On 11/03/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, global / globalization, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, mirroring and/or multiple devices, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, second screen apps, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, by Daniel Christian

Broadband, broadcast lines erode as TV shifts to a mobile, multiscreen media landscape — from by Joseph O’Halloran back from 2/11/2012

Excerpt:

[Q2 2012] research from online video firm Ooyala has confirmed the trend that viewers around the world are embracing mobile, multiscreen experiences for both long-form and short-form content.

The Ooyala Global Video Index Report for the second quarter of 2012 reveals that online video uptake may be rising across the world but that engagement patterns vary by country and region, with a number of global video hot spots. For example, in the UK the survey revealed that 15% of the total time spent watching online video occurs on mobile phones and tablets, while 11% of the total time spent watching online video in China occurs on tablets and smart phones.

From DSC:
Though this report summarizes data from Q2 2012, it shows the developing trends on some of the ways that people are using their devices (throughout the globe).  I will continue to watch this space  for what happens with learning-based applications; especially those apps using 2 screens.
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Why is American Higher Education so averse to change? [Selingo]

On 11/01/2012, in 21st century, career development, change, dangers of the status quo, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, leadership, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy, student-related, United States, by Daniel Christian

Why is American Higher Education so averse to change? — from Jeff Selingo

Excerpt:

In my 15 years of reporting on higher education—and especially in the last year as I have reported for my forthcoming book on the future of higher education—colleges and universities have come to remind me of other American content industries that have been disrupted in the last decade: newspapers and magazines, music, and book publishing. In many ways, colleges and universities are following the same playbook:

 

From DSC:
I hope that higher education learns from what the Internet did to other industries.  I hope we can reinvent ourselves, stay relevant, and ride the wave to create WIN-WIN situations…and not get crushed by it.

 

 

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Some sharp/potential innovations in our learning ecosystems

On 10/29/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), emerging technologies, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, learning ecosystem, tablets, technologies for your home, by Daniel Christian

Why Apple could still own the living room of the future — from cultofmac.com by Mike Elgan

 

Why Apple Could Still Own the Living Room of the Future

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony, Google and all the big-screen TV makers want to
own the the all-purpose living room entertainment system of tomorrow.

 

 

Connected home has broad appeal — from connectedworldmag.com

Excerpt:

Connectivity is becoming a part of so many home devices and systems that someday soon we may no longer refer to “connected home” technology but instead simply say technology for the home. The connected aspect will be implied, thanks in part to M2M (machine-to-machine) technology.

 

 

Augmented Reality in education — from ARNews.TV by Paul Hamilton

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Augmented Reality in Education - October 26 2012

 

 

Learn best practices for using iBooks Author in education — from the New Media Consortium

Excerpt:

In 2012 the AT&T Learning Studio, NMC member Abilene Christian University (ACU) produced an annual report for corporate and on-campus audiences. The report needed to showcase media content within the broader context of our mandate to be a learning laboratory within the university. ACU chose iBooks Author to test its value as a tool for first-time users and design professionals. This webinar recording will walk you through opportunities and challenges in using iBooks Author for major projects.

 

 

Gartner Reveals Top Predictions for IT Organizations and Users for 2013 and Beyond
Analysts Examine Latest Industry Directions at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, October 21-25 in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla., October 24, 2012—

Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and IT users for 2013 and beyond. Gartner analysts presented their findings during Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, being held here through October 25.

 Gartner’s top predictions focus on economic risks, opportunities and innovations that will impel CIOs to move to the next generation of business-driven solutions. Selected from across Gartner’s research areas as the most compelling and critical predictions, they address the trends and topics that underline the reduction of control that IT has over the forces that affect it.

 “The priorities of CEOs must be dealt with by CIOs who exist in a still-turbulent economy and increasingly uncertain technology future,” said Daryl Plummer, managing vice president and Gartner fellow. “As consumerization takes hold and the Nexus of Forces drives CEOs to certain expectations, CIOs must still provide reliability, serviceability and availability of systems and services. Their priorities must span multiple areas. As the world of IT moves forward, it is finding that it must coordinate activities in a much wider scope than it once controlled, and as a result, a loss of control echoes through several predictions we are making.”

Gartner’s top predictions for IT organizations include the following…

 

Invisible’s ‘The New Obsolete’ showcases self-constructed instruments, touts a typewriter-driven piano (video) — from engadget.com by Billy Steele

Invisible's 'The New Obsolete' showcases selfconstructed instruments, touts a typewriterdriven piano

 

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“The Walmart of Education” appears to be materializing in front of our eyes [Christian]

On 10/27/2012, in 21st century, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, reinvent, staying relevant, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
“The Walmart of Education [Christian, 2008]” appears to be materializing in front of our eyes.

 

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All-You-Can-Eat-Education for $30 a Month
Via: OnlineUniversities.com

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The world is not enough: Google and the future of augmented reality [Madrigal]

On 10/27/2012, in 21st century, Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, emerging technologies, future, Google, innovation, vendors, by Daniel Christian

The world is not enough: Google and the future of augmented reality — from TheAtlantic.com by Alexis C. Madrigal
The new Google FieldTrip app probes the question: What digital information do you want to see overlaid on the physical world?

Also see:

Field Trip

 

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SmartGlass — from Microsoft — reminds me of the convergence…and of learning from the living room.

On 10/27/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, innovation, learner profiles, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, online media, online tutoring, smart/connected TV, technologies for your home, television, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

SmartGlass from Microsoft reminds me of the convergence...of learning from the living room.

 

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Learning from the living room -- a component of our future learning ecosystems -- by Daniel S. Christian, June 2012

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Rethink college: 3 takeaways from the TIME Summit on Higher Education [Webley]

On 10/25/2012, in 21st century, business side of he, change, changing business models, colleges, community colleges, future of higher education, higher education, United States, universities, by Daniel Christian

Rethink college: 3 takeaways from the TIME Summit on Higher Education — from nation.time.com by Kayla Webley

Excerpt:

For a room full of academics talking about the future of higher education, the conversation was surprisingly blunt.  Yesterday TIME gathered more than 100 college presidents and other experts from across the U.S. to talk about the biggest problems facing higher education, which U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan summed up for the room as “high prices, low completion rates, and too little accountability.”

 

 

Also see:

  • Higher-Education Poll –– from nation.time.com by Josh Sanburn
    Excerpt:
    The American public and senior administrators at U.S. colleges and universities overwhelmingly agree that higher education is in crisis, according to a new poll, but they fundamentally disagree over how to fix it and even what the main purpose of higher education is. According to a survey sponsored by TIME and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, 89% of U.S. adults and 96% of senior administrators at colleges and universities said higher education is in crisis, and nearly 4 in 10 in both groups considered the crisis to be “severe.”
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The robot doctor will see you now [Alsever]

On 10/23/2012, in 21st century, emerging technologies, health, innovation, nursing, robotics, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

The robot doctor will see you now — from tech.fortune.cnn.com by Jennifer Alsever, contributor
The RP-VITA robot promises to eliminate geographic boundaries and allow physician specialists to care for faraway patients.

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Reflections on some items dealing with the future of higher education

On 10/23/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, changing business models, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, by Daniel Christian

The future of higher education: White paper  — from IBM and the American Council on Education (ACE; specifically, the ACE Fellows Program)

Excerpts (emphasis DSC):

The role of higher education is to give students the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in a globally competitive world. Education isn’t just about teaching students to take tests well, but rather to create lifelong learners who can contribute to a thriving society and competitive economy.

From DSC:
We will have a very hard time creating lifelong learners if a large swath of people dislike learning in the first place.  When 20-30%+ of our youth are not even graduating from high school, I can’t help but recall a saying from one of my first coaches:

Always change a losing game. Never change a winning game.

I think that our biggest gift to students is not what they were able to get on an ACT or SAT test — though I realize how important that can be in getting into College ABC or University of XYZ (and thus hopefully helping them get started on a solid footing/career).  Rather, on a grander scale, our biggest gift to our students is that they would enjoy learning; that we could help students identify their God-given passion(s), talents, gifts, abilities — and then go develop them and use them to serve others. Everyone will benefit if they do so; and the students will know joy and purpose in their lives. These are the types of WIN-WIN situations that square up with the thinking of many economists —  “Do what you do best and everyone benefits.”

 

College is dead. Long live college! — from nation.time.com by Amanda Ripley

Excerpt:

From DSC:
Whether MOOCs make it or not, the key contribution (at least as of fall 2012) about them for me is that they are helping usher in much more innovative ways of thinking and are helping us to experiment more within higher education.
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Mindblowing implications!!! “IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile”

On 10/18/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, convergence, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, data related items, digital learning, disruption, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, lifelong learning, mobile learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, smart/connected TV, trends, ubiquitous learning, by Daniel Christian

IBM’s Watson expands commercial applications, aims to go mobile  — from singularityhub.com by Jason Dorrier

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From DSC:
This relates to what I was trying to get at with the posting on mobile learning.  I would add the word “Education” to the list of industries that the technologies encapsulated in Watson will impact in the future. Combine this with the convergence that’s enabling/building the Learning from the Living [Class] Room environment, and you have one heck of an individualized, data-driven, learning ecosystem that’s available 24 x 7 x 365 — throughout your lifetime!!!

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IBM Watson-Introduction and Future Applications

 

 

Also relevant here are some visions/graphics I created from 2012 and from 2008:

 

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

 

 

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Why couldn't these channels represent online-based courses/MOOCs? Daniel Christian - 10-17-12

 

 

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The coming revolution in health care [Bluestein]

On 10/02/2012, in 21st century, change, disruption, emerging technologies, future, health, innovation, nursing, technology (general), web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

The coming revolution in health care — from inc.com by Adam Bluestein
To understand how the American health-care system is about to change, forget Washington. Look to the innovative companies hard at work on the future.

Excerpts/BIG IDEAS:

  • Medicine is a marketplace
    With new software, the doctor will see you now, not in three weeks.
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  • The consumer is king
    How to get good data into the hands of patients.
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  • The digital health record is here
    A cure for chronic paperwork.
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  • Health care is social
    Is the crowd smarter than your doctor? Just possibly.
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  • The house call makes a comeback
    A computer screen becomes an exam room.
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  • The algorithm is in
    Why smart software means better diagnoses.
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  • Your doctor is watching you
    How a simple text message can make you healthier.

 

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Top 10: Best jobs for robots 2012 [Green]

On 10/01/2012, in 21st century, career development, professional development, robotics, workplace, by Daniel Christian
Top 10: Best jobs for robots 2012 — from roboticsbusinessreview.com by Tom Green
Help wanted: humans need not apply

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Also on that page, a link to:

 

From DSC:
Why do I keep putting these items re: robotics up on a blog called Learning Ecosystems? Off the top of my head, here are a couple of the reasons why:

  1. Each year, more workers are losing their jobs to robots.  Such workers, if they want to remain in the workforce, are going to need to go back and do some more learning. Lifelong learning continues its way to becoming the norm now. To put it another way…we are potentially leaving a large swath of people behind in this quickly moving technological age — with a larger swath amassing unless such folks can reinvent themselves. Such reinventing work will likely require obtaining some new skills and/or knowledge
  2. It relates to engineering and computer science, two (of the many) disciplines that I’m interested in and like to keep an eye on.

 

 

 

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20 things educators need to know about learning spaces [Clifford]

On 10/01/2012, in 21st century, Australia, change, learning spaces, smart classrooms, by Daniel Christian

20 things educators need to know about learning spaces — from newsroom.opencolleges.edu.au by Miriam Clifford

Excerpt:

The 21stcentury is challenging old notions of learning spaces.

The idea that students must be seated at desks working in rows is quickly becoming archaic. Technology and collaborative work environments are changing the design of learning spaces. Experts hope that the emerging paradigm will translate into improved learning spaces and influence future architectural design.

Stephen Heppell and expert panelists recently spoke in Australia about physical spaces in The changing face of Education. Heppell, an international expert in the fields of learning, new media and technology, is known for his “eyes on the horizon, feet on the ground philosophy”.

He has moved countless organizations into the digital age.

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Green light given to driverless cars in California. [McBride]

On 09/26/2012, in 21st century, emerging technologies, future, Google, innovation, by Daniel Christian

Green light given to driverless cars in California. — from nbcnews.com by Sarah McBride

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Google’s self-driving car goes out for a spin.

Addendum on 9/27/12:

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