On 04/08/2011,
in collaboration, content development, aggregation, repositories, digital audio, digital video, graphics, media/film, productivity / tips and tricks, tools, vendors, web design and production, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/07/2011,
in collaboration, global / globalization, productivity / tips and tricks, teaching & learning, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
The complete educator’s guide to using Skype effectively in the classroom — from The Edublogger by Sue Waters
On 04/05/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, business, change, collaboration, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, digital video, future, innovation, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, online learning, online tutoring, teaching online, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Swedish Online Store Features Live, Interactive Salespeople [VIDEO] — from Mashable.com
Excerpt:
Swedish telecom company 3 Sweden has bridged the gap between Internet commerce and brick and mortar with 3LiveShop. The new site features employees interacting with customers, live, over videoscreens. As the video above shows, the Chatroulette-like site was made possible with custom-built touchscreens that look like they’re right out of The Minority Report. Using the screens, the online salespeople are able to bring up images of phones the company sells and field questions about them.
Questions/reflections from DSC:
If this does turn out to be the case:
- Should students have a solid comfort level with technology in order to be marketable in the future?
- What changes do we need to make to our curriculums — at all levels — to insure their success in this type of world?
- Will this setup be similar for the online teachers/professors out there?
- Will this type of setup lead to incredible levels of individualized attention? Or will such services only be for people who can afford this level of personalized attention?
- What changes will the corporate world need to make to incorporate this type of channel?
- Will this offer 24x7x365 access, with certain call centers either online 24 hours a day, or different call centers spread throughout the world coming online and offline in synch w/ each other?
On 04/01/2011,
in collaboration, corporate / business world, higher education, innovation, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
A reflection upon 3 Trends in Idea Management – from ReadWriteWeb.com by Klint Findley
Excerpt:
Idea management software seeks two “holy grails” of enterprise collaboration technology: 1) innovation and 2) the breaking down of silos.
If such software and systems could breakdown silos — and if the culture of one’s organization could support it — this type of endeavor could be hugely important in catapulting an organization ahead of other organizations within its industry.
Many of us can look back in our careers where we have had solid ideas that we tried to get adopted or pursued. However, such ideas may have made it up a layer or two in one’s job family/ladder — but then the idea was halted. Thus, those ideas are never heard by others in different departments/parts of the organization — people that might have seen an application for the idea and might have pursued it. Or perhaps, other people who might have built upon/modified the idea to produce something even more useful to the organization. Far too often the people on “the front lines” within an organization do not talk to each other enough.
A related line of questioning:
- Could such systems be made available to students? Prospective students?
- Would there be value in that? (That is, what classes would students like to see…what topics would they like to learn about…what ideas do they have for teaching topic ABC.)
From Spigit.com
Overview:
Higher education around the country has not been immune to economic decline over the last few years, and the education industry all over has been looking for new ways to help solve their problems. There will always be a place for education, as there will be for improving it, and improving the way it is implemented. Improvements in student-faculty collaboration are a necessity now more than ever, as many educators, students, and administrators have learned.
Challenge:
With nearly 70,000 faculty, staff and undergraduate students, the president of the University of Texas at Austin expressed the desire to better connect people and increase collaboration between departments. The need for a centralized and focused platform to discuss ideas and improvements that would advance the university’s mission was a top priority for the school.
Solution:
By implementing Spigit’s idea management platform, UT is able to gather ideas from students and staff and collaborate on ways to improve the school and further the university’s mission. This centralized platform has increased engagement, stimulated participation and facilitated creative problem solving in the Education Industry. Due to the overwhelming success with faculty and staff, University of Texas has now created another community for students and alumni, totaling nearly 500,000 people.
Also see:
- Collaboration in the Era of Crowdsourcing — from cmswire.com by Hutch Carpenter
On 03/31/2011,
in collaboration, creativity, emerging technologies, innovation, learning spaces, multi-touch, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/23/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, education technology, emerging technologies, Google, multi-touch, smart classrooms, tablets, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
SENSUS and Open Exhibits – Easy Sharing Between Tables, Tablets & Phones — from ideum.com by Jim Spadaccini
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The concept is simple:
Make networking and sharing transparent across
multitouch devices and operating systems.
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From DSC:
Even more powerful if such a file could be quickly sent/shared with a remote classroom/student!
On 03/18/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, active learning, adult learning, career development, change, collaboration, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital textbooks, distance education, informal learning, instructional design, learning ecosystem, learning theories, lifelong learning, microlearning, online learning, online media, pace of change, professional development, publishing, RSS, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, strategy, student-related, surviving, teaching & learning, textbooks, training / L&D, ubiquitous learning, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
After looking at some items concerning Connectivism*, I’ve been reflecting upon the following questions:
- What’s the best way for us to dip our feet into the constantly moving streams of content?
(No matter the topic or discipline, the streams continue to flow.) - What’s the optimal setup for K-12 based “courses”?
- What’s the optimal setup for “courses” within higher education?
- How should L&D departments deal with this phenomenon?
- How do publishers and textbook authors want to address this situation?
Thinking of Gonzalez (2004; as cited in Siemens (2005)) description of the challenges of rapidly diminishing knowledge life:
“One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. The “half-life of knowledge” is the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete. Half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago. The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation (ASTD). To combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations have been forced to develop new methods of deploying instruction.”
Stephen Downes addresses this and points to a possible solution to this phenomenon in his presentation from 3/15/11 entitled “Educational Projection: Supporting Distributed Learning Online.”
Excerpt/slides:
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I need to put more thought into this, but wanted to throw this question out there…more later…
* From DSC: Some of the items I looked at regarding Connectivism — some directly related, others indirectly-related — were:
Siemens, G. (2005). Connectivism: A learning theory for the digital age. Retrieved from http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm.
Downes, S. (2005). An introduction to connective knowledge. Retrieved from http://www. downes. ca/post/33034. Downes noted that this was published in Hug, Theo (ed. ) (2007): Media, knowledge & education – exploring new spaces, relations and dynamics in digital media ecologies. Proceedings of the International Conference held on June 25-26, 2007. November 27, 2007.
Kop, R. & Hill, A. (2008). Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past? International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, v9 n3 p1-13 Oct 2008.
Tracey, R. (2009). Instructivism, constructivism or connectivism? Training & Development in Australia, December, 2009. p08-09, 2p. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. ISSN 0310-4664.
Kerr, B. (2007). A challenge to connectivism. Retrieved at http://learningevolves. wikispaces. com/kerr.
Sims, R. (2008). Rethinking (e)learning: A manifesto for connected generations. Distance Education Vol. 29, No. 2, August 2008, 153–164. ISSN 0158-7919 print/ISSN 1475-0198 online. DOI: 10. 1080/01587910802154954
Lisa Dawley. (2009). Social network knowledge construction: emerging virtual world pedagogy. On the Horizon, 17(2), 109-121. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 1880656431).
Hargadon, S. (2011). Ugh. Classic politics now extends to social networking in education. Retrieved from http://www. stevehargadon. com/2011/03/ugh-classic-politics-now-extends-to. html.
Cross, J. (2001). Crowd-inspired innovation. Retrieved from http://www.internettime.com/2011/03/crowd-inspired-innovation.
Rogers-Estable, M.. (2009). Web 2.0 and distance education: Tools and techniques. Distance Learning, 6(4), 55-60. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 2017059921).
Marrotte-Newman, S.. (2009). Why virtual schools exist and understanding their culture. Distance Learning, 6(4), 31-35. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 2017059881).
Hilton, J., Graham, C., Rich, P., & Wiley, D. (2010). Using online technologies to extend a classroom to learners at a distance. Distance Education, 31(1), 77-92. Retrieved from ProQuest Education Journals. (Document ID: 2074810921).
Attwell, G. (2010). Personal learning environments and Vygotsky. Retrieved from http://www.pontydysgu.org/2010/04/personal-learning-environments-and-vygotsky.
On 03/11/2011,
in analytics, collaboration, digital learning, elearning, emerging technologies, flipping -- inverted learning, motivation, online learning, online media, pedagogy, student-related, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education — March 2011
Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos offering complete curricula in math and, now, other subjects. He shows the power of interactive exercises, and calls for teachers to consider flipping the traditional classroom script — give students video lectures to watch at home, and do “homework” in the classroom with the teacher available to help.
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From DSC:
Before rushing to a quick take/judgment on this, hear him out. Turning over more control to the students during the relaying of the information makes sense to me. They can pause, rewind, fast forward, etc. They can re-listen to the lecture again and again, without affecting the flow of a typical face-to-face classroom. Then they come into class and can get help on their homework, instantly and when they need the assistance.
- Flipped Model of Learning: A Podcast with Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams — from November Learning
On 02/01/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, Europe, learning spaces, smart classrooms, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
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See also:
- http://multitouch.fi/2011/02/01/worlds-largest-public-multitouch-display-for-siemens/
- http://multitouch.fi/case-studies/huge-corporate-branding-lobby-display/
From DSC:
I’ll wager that in the future, this is the type of “wall” that will be in many classrooms. Students will be able to hold up their devices to send their files to it…then interact with the various programs/files on the displays. Such a “wall” will read/process QR codes as well.
On 01/27/2011,
in collaboration, digital storytelling, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, participation, story, storytelling, transmedia, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Getting Started with Transmedia Storytelling — Robert Pratten
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From & also see:
Getting Started with Transmedia Storytelling — from TransmediaStoryteller.com
On 01/20/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, animation, blended learning, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, hybrid learning, immersion, informal learning, innovation, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, learning spaces, lifelong learning, love of learning, marketplaces, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, podcasting, simulations, social learning / networks, social media, strategy, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The other day, I created/posted the top graphic below. Take the concepts below — hook them up to engines that use cloud-based learner profiles — and you have some serious potential for powerful, global, ubiquitous learning! A touch-sensitive panel might be interesting here as well.
Come to think of it, add social networking, videoconferencing, and web-based collaboration tools — the power to learn would be quite impressive. Multimedia to the nth degree.
Then add to that online marketplaces for teaching and learning — where you can be both a teacher and a learner at the same time — hmmm…
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From DSC:
Then today, I saw Cisco’s piece on their Videoscape product line! Check it out!
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On 01/14/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, analytics, collaboration, education technology, expectations, future, future of higher education, higher education, online learning, open courseware and systems, professional development, social learning / networks, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Includes the acceleration of learning analytics and learner-generated content, knowledge application supplanting information access, digital textbooks making their move, data-intensive computing challenging IT — as well as predictions concerning faculty development (as even more courses move online), mobile learning, student expectations, open education, collaboration, social media and others.