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PressForward: A new project aims to rethink scholarly communication for the age of new media journalism [Carmody]

On 06/27/2011, in digital learning, innovation, journalism, research, writing, by Daniel Christian

PressForward: A new project aims to rethink scholarly communication for the age of new media journalism — from niemanlab.org by Tim Carmody

Excerpt:

How journalists communicate has been radically changed by the Internet. Is it time for the academic world to catch up?

Today, the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University launches PressForward, a new discovery portal and publishing platform for scholarship and intellectual discussion on the web.

The big idea of PressForward is to create a digital-first alternative to the cumbersome mechanisms of traditional gatekeepers — academic journals — while keeping main benefits of print publication and peer review: their ability to concentrate a community’s attention around the best emergent writing and research. The project is bankrolled through a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Digital Information Technology program.

Addendum on 6/28/11:

Blogs Elbow Up to Journal Status in New Academic-Publishing Venture — from The Chronicle by Marc Parry

Tagged with: digital learning • innovation • journalism • journals • research • scholarly writing

Some items re: connected TV’s

On 06/27/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, technologies for your home, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

Excerpts (emphasis DSC):

What is interactive TV?
Interactive TV is technology that allows viewers to interact directly with content and brands through use of their TV remote control to request product samples, discounts and information, express opinions, engage in polling and trivia, and more. In a study, 82% of viewers said they would like to be exposed to additional interactive television advertising. (The Efficacy of Advanced Advertising and In-Program Interactivity, Canoe Ventures, 2010)

Also see Canoe Ventures (New York, NY):

The Next Great Digital Medium
Canoe Ventures^TM is changing television. We’re creating innovative products and services for networks to enhance programming and empower viewers to interact with their TVs.

We are accelerating TV’s evolution by combining the impact and reach of traditional TV with new technologies and marketing solutions that will better connect consumers with brands.

Founded in 2008 by the country’s leading cable operators, Canoe is making TV the next great digital medium.

Addendum from later on 6/27/11:

Apple expected to build 50-inch connected TVs — from rapidtvnews.com
Connected TV set for huge growth — from rapidtvnews.com
Online video to break billion user barrier in five years — from rapidtvnews.com
icueTV – More Interactive TV features! — from newtechnologytv.com

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • A/V • convergence • digital audio • digital learning • digital video • technologies for the home • trends • TV

Final Cut Pro X released today [now from the Mac App Store…interesting…]

On 06/21/2011, in Apple, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Some of the other items/articles on this include:

Final Cut Pro X — from LoudScreen.com
Final Cut Pro X launches, $299 in the Mac App Store — from tuaw.com
Apple announces Final Cut Pro X, rebuilt from ground up with 64-bit support (update: $299 in June) — engadget.com

Tagged with: Apple • digital audio • digital learning • digital storytelling • digital video

21 things for students (MI, USA)

On 06/14/2011, in collaboration, digital learning, education technology, interactivity, K-12 related, mobile learning, mobile technologies, online learning, presentations, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
I originally saw this at The Educational Technology Guy blog

Tagged with: collaboration • digital citizenship • digital learning • educational technology • interactivity • K-12 • Mobile learning • mobile technology • online learning • personal learning networks (PLNs) • presentations • student teaching/teacher education • student-related • teachers

Tagged with: digital learning • K-12 • roles

An infant with great potential [Carliner]

On 06/11/2011, in digital learning, e-books, education technology, emerging technologies, by Daniel Christian

An infant with great potential — from Critical Reflections by Saul Carliner

Excerpt:

Yesterday’s post explored that, despite the hype, e-books are still in their infancy.

But everyone has high hopes for them. Some of those hopes are admittedly hype. But some are based on actual data and experience. Here are three cases:

A partner approach to online and print
Signs of life in the nonfiction market for e-books
New online course packs

Tagged with: digital learning • e-books • educational technology • emerging technologies

Apple’s new video regarding their iOS 5 operating system

From DSC:
I have it that these technologies will be used for educationally-related purposes/materials as well; including digital storytelling, transmedia storytelling, transmedia-based interactive/participative educational materials and more.

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • Apple • computer science • creativity • digital learning • digital storytelling • educational gaming • educational technology • engagement • future • games • human-computer interaction (HCI) • innovation • iPad • Mobile learning • mobile technology • multi-touch • multimedia • participation • platforms • programming • transmedia • TV

College? There’s an app for that: How USC built a 21st century classroom [Thompson]

On 06/06/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, digital learning, education technology, leadership, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, online media, strategy, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

College? There’s an app for that: How USC built a 21st century classroom — from theatlantic.com by Derek Thompson | May 27 2011
“Everything about this program pushes definitions about what is a semester, what is the university, what is a classroom, and where do the faculty belong?”

Excerpt:

In the spring of 2008, John Katzman, the founder of the Princeton Review, approached the Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at at the University of Southern California with a revolutionary idea. USC could increase its graduates by a factor of ten without building another room.

Every year, California adds 10,000 new teachers. And every year until 2008, USC graduated about 100. The school felt “invisible.” How could it build influence without new buildings? Katzman said his new project, 2tor, Inc, an education technology company, promised a solution. Forget the brick and mortar, and go online, he said. USC was skeptical. Surely, no Web program could possibly deliver an in-classroom quality of instruction.

Katzman disagreed. I have something to show you, he said.

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • digital learning • educational technology • leadership • Mobile learning • multimedia • online learning • online media • strategy • vision

Tagged with: 3D • A/V • architecture • art • Canada • computer science • creativity • digital audio • digital learning • digital storytelling • digital video • distance ed • engineering • graphic design • Graphics • human-computer interaction (HCI) • immersion • interactivity • programming • research • United States • visualizing information • web-based collaboration

Multiscreen Patterns — from Precious-Forever.com by Christophe Stolle
Patterns to help understand and define strategies for the multiscreen world.

Tagged with: A/V • convergence • design • digital audio • digital learning • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • digital video • e-books • e-readers • educational technology • emerging technologies • Europe • future • interface design • Mobile learning • technologies for the home • technology (general) • transmedia • trends • TV • usability • user experience • user interface design

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • blended learning • Canada • change • digital learning • distance ed • educational technology • emerging technologies • engagement • faith • future • hybrid learning • K-12 • learning spaces • multimedia • online learning • pedagogy • professional development • smart classrooms • teaching & learning

The rise of new e-book business models [Frey & TrendBiz.net]

On 05/27/2011, in change, digital learning, disruption, e-books, new business models, publishing, reinvent, by Daniel Christian

The rise of new e-book business models — from TrendBiz.net by futurist Thomas Frey
Experimenting our way to success – reinventing publishing models

Excerpt:

Futurist Thomas Frey: Amazon revolutionized book reading in 2007 when it introduced its Kindle book reader. Within the past three years, the explosive sale of book readers has caused a massive surge in the sale of e-books, already outpacing the sale of hardcover books, with a prediction by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos that they will outsell paperbacks within the next year.

We are witnessing a major transformation of this industry. Within five years, the vast majority of all books sold will be e-books. Big box retailers like Barnes & Nobel and Borders will have shuttered most of their storefronts. The printing press industry, along with the craftsmen of ages past who have made a fine art of applying ink to paper, will be mothballing their machines. And the media, almost in unison, will begin writing the eulogy for this 500-year old industry.

But before we focus too much on what we’ve lost, we need to pay close attention to the other side of the equation. Digital book publishing will be an exciting new industry with truly amazing potential for growth.

Tagged with: change • digital learning • disruption • e-books • new publishing models • publishing • reinvent

Would you like a $49 electronic college textbook with lifetime updates? [Merrill]

On 05/24/2011, in 21st century, change, changing business models, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-readers, new business models, publishing, textbooks, by Daniel Christian

Would you like a $49 electronic college textbook with lifetime updates? — from crunchgear.com by Scott Merrill

From DSC:
I was just talking about this idea earlier today at lunch. Why can’t a textbook be like/look like/act like/and be distributed more along the lines of an app from an online app store than a static, physical textbook? Why can’t someone purchase a lifetime stream of updates? Or at least an annual agreement for such a stream of updates for the next 12 months? Alternatively, perhaps after purchasing the original book, a person could opt in for an upgrade at some point (much life software)?

Also see:

A digital textbook that is better than the physical book — from Education Stormfront

Tagged with: 21st century • change • digital learning • digital textbooks • e-books • e-readers • new publishing models • publishing • tablets • textbooks

Mobile app helps doctors diagnose strokes [Milian]

On 05/24/2011, in Apple, biology, digital learning, emerging technologies, Google, tools, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Mobile app helps doctors diagnose strokes — from cnn.com by Mark Milian

Tagged with: Apple • biology • digital learning • emerging technologies • Google • iPad • iPhone • Nursing • tools • vendors

Hopefully we can leverage this technology for learning-based applications as well!

On 05/24/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, interaction design, interactivity, UK, by Daniel Christian

oki-ni presents THE GAME — from oko-ni.com

Excerpt:

At oki-ni we make the everyday extraordinary. That’s why, when it came to creating our latest video, we wanted to do something truly remarkable. What we came up with is this, an interactive and fully-shoppable video.

Tagged with: 21st century • digital learning • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • emerging technologies • interaction design • interactivity • UK

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PressForward: A new project aims to rethink scholarly communication for the age of new media journalism [Carmody]

Some items re: connected TV’s

Final Cut Pro X released today [now from the Mac App Store…interesting…]

An infant with great potential [Carliner]

Apple’s new video regarding their iOS 5 operating system

College? There’s an app for that: How USC built a 21st century classroom [Thompson]

derivative.ca — doing some great, innovative, creative work!

Multiscreen patterns [Stolle]

The rise of new e-book business models [Frey & TrendBiz.net]

Would you like a $49 electronic college textbook with lifetime updates? [Merrill]

Mobile app helps doctors diagnose strokes [Milian]

Hopefully we can leverage this technology for learning-based applications as well!

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