Groundbreaking tools for creating e-books — from Jane Friedman
Excerpt:
The past year has seen tremendous progress and growth in e-book creation and distribution services. Here are the most notable and impressive that I’ve seen.
On 02/13/2012,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, publishing, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
Via:
Accredited Online Universities Guide
Addendum on 2/14/12 — also see:
- Textbooks Redefined –– from inkling.com
On 01/24/2012,
in change, digital audio, digital learning, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, emerging technologies, future, textbooks, tools, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Via: OnlineEducation.net
On 01/19/2012,
in 21st century, Apple, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, interactivity, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, publishing, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
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On 01/06/2012,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, interactivity, new business models, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
Why tablet publishing is poised to revolutionize higher education — from Mashable.com by Trevor Bailey
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Richer than their print counterparts, digital textbooks include a number of interactive features. They are not limited to static pictures, but can integrate video, audio, animation, interactive simulations and even 360-degree rotations and panoramas. In addition, universities have the ability to create custom, institutionally branded viewers with unique displays and navigation options.
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Digital publishing allows professors or subject matter experts to self-publish their own educational materials or research findings and distribute the information on tablet devices. Teachers can iterate content quickly, better keeping pace in a world where knowledge evolves every instant. On a smaller scale, they can post lesson documents online for students, versus relying on hard-copy materials.
From DSC:
…and we’ll see what Apple says about this topic later this month; 2012 should be an interesting year indeed. I would like to see more of our professors’ e-books/self-published materials up on the Chalkboard of the Future:
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On 01/06/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, change, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, convergence, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, human-computer interaction (HCI), internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, pace of change, reinvent, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, storytelling, streams of content, tablets, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
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- The Always On Web
- Web of Things
- Big Data
- Next Gen Search
- Mobile Sharing
- Mobile Social Activism
- Impulse Commerce
- Brands As Partners
- The New Living Room <– From DSC: This is one of those key areas that I’m trying to keep a pulse check on for re: our learning ecosystems of the future
- Personal Data Security
Also see:
- 3 trends for 2012 — from digitaltonto.com by Greg Satell
- What trended in 2011 (and what to expect from 2012) — from techi.com by Scarlett Madison
On 10/13/2011,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, K-12 related, library / librarians, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
The new normal? Challenges of leveraging the eBook opportunity in K-12 libraries — from The Unquiet Librarian by Buffy Hamilton
Also see:
On 10/11/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, MBA, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
Apple University will train executives to think like Steve Jobs — from good.is by Liz Dwyer
Excerpt:
If you want to honor Steve Jobs’ life by following in his entrepreneurial footsteps, forget heading to business school. The Los Angeles Times reports that an Apple team has been working on a top-secret project to create an executive training program called Apple University. The goal? To train people to think like Steve Jobs.
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Apple refused to comment on the existence of Apple University, but the Times says that in 2008, Jobs “personally recruited” Joel Podolny, the dean of Yale Business School, to “help Apple internalize the thoughts of its visionary founder to prepare for the day when he’s not around anymore.” Apple analyst Tim Bajarin told the Times that, “it became pretty clear that Apple needed a set of educational materials so that Apple employees could learn to think and make decisions as if they were Steve Jobs.” Though the curriculum is still under wraps, Jobs himself oversaw the creation of the “university-caliber courses.” (emphasis DSC)
Also see:
Steve Jobs helped plan Apple University — an executive training program to help
Apple carry on without him. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times / October 6, 2011)
From DSC:
If Apple were to choose to disrupt higher education, several other pieces of the puzzle have already been built and/or continue to be enhanced:
- Siri — a serious start towards the use of intelligent agents / intelligent tutoring
- An infrastructure to support 24x7x365 access and synchronization of content/assignments/files to a student’s various devices — via iCloud (available today via iTunes 10.5)
- iTunes U already has millions of downloads and contains content from some of the world’s top universities
- The internal expertise and teams to create incredibly-rich, interactive, multimedia-based, personalized, customized educational content
- Students — like employees in the workplace — are looking for information/training/learning on demand — when they need it and on whatever device they need it
- Apple — or other 3rd parties — could assist publishers in creating cloud-based apps (formerly called textbooks) to download to students’/professors’ devices as well as to the Chalkboards of the Future
- The iPad continues to be implemented in a variety of education settings, allowing for some seriously interactive, mobile-based learning
At the least, I might be losing a bit more sleep if I were heading up an MBA program or a business school…
On 10/11/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, game-changing environment, global / globalization, innovation, IT in HE, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, tablets, television, tools, transmedia, trends,
by Daniel Christian
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