Livescribe announces free pencast player for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch — from Livescribe
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On 09/14/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, human-computer interaction (HCI), tablets, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Why is the device compelling? [Marc] Andreessen and [Osman] Rashid talk about how Kno is offering a total product – software, hardware and services – that will be compelling to the college user. They can purchase textbooks and view them just as they look in printed format. Users will be able to take notes, draw on the pages, etc., just like the print versions. And they’ll be able to access those books on a variety of devices – even eventually their desktop and laptops – because Kno’s software is built on webkit and designed to run on a variety of hardware setups. And there’s a normal web browser too for the Internet in general.
As for textbook pricing, Rashid says the model will work. Imagine an iTunes for college textbooks, he says, and users who purchase the tablet and all their books will be paying about the same amount v. just buying print books over the first 13 months. That means individual books on the Kno will be priced lower than the average of $100 for the print versions.
On 09/13/2010,
in digital learning, library / librarians, personalized/customized learning, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
Post textbook world — from HuffingtonPost.com by Tom Vander Ark
Most of the digital courseware being used is decidedly first generation–it’s flat and sequential, not engaging and adaptive. But we’re beginning to see adaptive content libraries that enable personalized digital learning. There will still be a role for curation but that will come in the form of content collections, learning games and virtual worlds, and playlists that (like iTunes Genius but smarter) that stitch objects and sequences together.
Because learning object libraries will replace textbooks, eReaders won’t be big in education. They only make sense where there is a tight narrative. Tablets that can support a full web experience and are also a useful input device will compete with netbooks for 1:1 supremacy.
Digital native kids and teachers expect a more social experience than ‘log in, follow directions, and email me if you have a problem.’ The shift from digital textbook to content libraries requires more flexibility than current learning management systems offers and will kick off more data than anyone is ready to handle.
On 09/13/2010,
in assessment, digital learning, education, education reform, education technology, K-12 related, mobile learning, social learning / networks,
by Daniel Christian
On 09/02/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital video, education technology, higher education, online learning, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Top five applications for video in higher education — from Cisco
- Offering live classes on satellite campuses
- Delivering recorded lectures before or after the live class
- Monitoring graduates in the field
- Bringing the field to the classroom
- Alumni development
On 09/01/2010,
in Apple, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital video, education technology, educational games / serious games, innovation, media/film, mobile technologies, multimedia, music, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
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- iPod Touch Adds Video Calling, HD Recording
- Apple introduces new Apple TV and iPods
- From Live from Apple’s fall product launch
In sum, Steve Jobs delivered on most of the rumored new products and services. The headlines:- A new $99 Apple TV that streams (rather than downloads) $4.99 movie rentals and 99-cent TV rentals from ABC and Fox
- A new lineup of iPods, chief among them the iPod touch equipped with two cameras, one a front-facing camera that can do Facetime video chats
- A new version of iTunes with a social networking feature called Ping that tracks the downloads of friends and celebrities
- A new version of iOS 4.2, promised for November, that will bring multitasking, folders and other goodies to the iPad.
- Addendum from Analysts weigh in on the new Apple TV
Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster:
We see the Apple TV as an important step toward an all-in-one Apple television. We continue to expect Apple to launch an all-in-one Apple television in CY12. As consumers gain comfort with connected TVs and apps on their TVs, we believe Apple will eventually take its all-in-one philosophy to the digital living room like it has with the iMac and the iTunes ecosystem.
On 09/01/2010,
in Apple, blended learning, convergence, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, multimedia, online learning, online media, podcasting,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/31/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, education technology, new media literacies, professional development,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/30/2010,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, game-changing environment, multimedia, new business models, publishing, using teams,
by Daniel Christian
California State University to license content from major college publishers — from TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home by Paul Biba
The Digital Marketplace, an initiative of the California State University Office of the Chancellor, announced plans today to launch a pilot to license digital course content from Bedford/Freeman/Worth, Cengage Learning, McGraw-Hill Education, Pearson, and John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
On 08/30/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Using VoiceThread to give students a voice outside the classroom — from The Chronicle by Shannon Polchow, an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of South Carolina Upstate.
On 08/27/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital audio, digital video, distance education, mobile technologies,
by Daniel Christian
Cisco will buy ExtendMedia to manage video delivery — from yahoonews.com
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“ExtendMedia will enable Cisco to help service providers deliver multiscreen offerings as the market transitions to IP video,” Earnhardt wrote. “In English: Video, video, video and more video on any screen, on any network, on any device.”
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“As the video market transitions and consumers expect multiscreen engagement, service providers are enhancing their infrastructure to manage and deliver video to any device while providing a rich user experience,” Rodriguez said.
From DSC:
I believe this type of announcement also has relevancy for those of us in higher ed. Video on any device…at any time…at any place.
- The Virtual MSO — from ExtendMedia
Apple’s planned subscription service, Netflix’ streaming service, maybe even Comcast’s new Xfinity are early examples of the Virtual MSO. Its attributes – premium content, multi-business model (subscription, advertising, transactional), linear and on-demand consumption, user and multi-device entitlement – come from both Web video and pay TV.
On 08/27/2010,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital video, multimedia, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/25/2010,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital learning, education technology, learning spaces, smart classrooms, tools,
by Daniel Christian
