On 04/07/2011,
in e-books, e-readers, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, new media literacies, publishing, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
EDUCAUSE Review
Volume 46, Number 2 | March/April 2011
Getting a Handle on Mobile: Perspectives
Features
On teaching
Mobile Literacy
Mobile Literacy
David Parry
“The future our students will inherit is one that will be mediated and stitched together by the mobile web, and I think that ethically, we are called on as teachers to teach them how to use these technologies effectively.”
David McCarthy
“The current optimal e-reading solution for higher education is a robust laptop home base with an ecosystem that interacts with tablets and e-readers for mobile consumption.”
On iPads
Why Mobile?
Why Mobile?
Mary Ann Gawelek, Mary Spataro, and Phil Komarny
“With their students, faculty have become co-learners and pioneers in the classroom. With no models to work from, they had to explore, practice, and discover the iPad’s potential for expanding learning.”
On websites
Mobile Matters: Communication Trumps Technology
Mobile Matters: Communication Trumps Technology
Susan T. Evans
“Mobile is the future for content delivery. Colleges and universities need to establish a strategy now and make the decisions necessary to take advantage of this communication opportunity.”
Jim Davis and Rosemary A. Rocchio
“This device-agnostic framework and approach has huge practical advantages in that we can reach the vast majority of our mobile community regardless of what device they are using and we can readily accommodate ever-changing devices.”
“The best I can hope to do is keep an eye on the high level industry trends and directions, and then once we’ve identified those trends, ride them as best we can to where we think they’ll take the market.”
On 03/23/2011,
in change, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-readers, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, publishing, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
Pearson & McGraw-Hill make multi-million dollar investment in Inkling — from Kirsten Winkler
It seems as if the latest study from Xplana in which they predict that the tipping point for digital textbooks is as near as 2015 has opened up the wallets of two major publishers for an undisclosed “multi million Dollar” investment.
Inkling, the maker of the iPad application and platform which delivers enhanced and engaging textbooks, leaving the “flat, PDF-based digital textbooks” behind is the beneficiary and it could give the startup a competitive edge over the well funded competitor the Kno.
But as money is not everything Inkling, Pearson and McGraw-Hill also made some significant content commitments, boosting the number of titles available on the Inkling platform…
Also see:
- Publishers Invest in Inkling, Producer of Digital Textbooks — from The Chronicle by Josh Keller
- Digitizing an Industry
Matt MacInnis — Founder and CEO, Inkling
On 03/14/2011,
in Apple, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, e-books, e-readers, education technology, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, tools, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Apple iPad 2 ‘sold out’ — from telegraph.co.uk
Analysts at Piper Jaffray and Deutsche Bank claim the Apple iPad 2 is now totally sold out after its Friday launch, with 70% sold to new purchasers
iPad 2 Sold Out, 70% Went to New Buyers — from Mashable.com by Stan Schroeder
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Tablet devices: iPad takes over as the lecture hall aid of choice — from ft.com by Tim Bradshaw
On 03/10/2011,
in 21st century, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-readers, emerging technologies, innovation, interactivity, multimedia, presentations, publishing, textbooks, tools, trends,
by Daniel Christian
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Originally saw this at xplana.com.
On 03/03/2011,
in e-books, e-readers, new business models, publishing, tablets, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Textbook publisher announces ‘app’ approach to learning materials — from The Chronicle by Jeff Young
Long Beach—The phrase “there’s an app for that” may be coming to textbooks.
Today a major textbook company, Cengage Learning, announced a new e-textbook publishing platform that lets professors plug in apps, some made by other software companies, to add to traditional textbook content features like tutoring services or the ability to trade margin notes with other students.
The system is called MindTap, and it is scheduled to be announced at the annual TED conference here. When Chris Vento, Cengage’s executive vice president for technology and development, explained the system to a reporter, he felt the need to put the word “textbook” in air quotes, since traditional textbook content is a small part of the new product. These digital textbooks essentially bundle together several products sold by Cengage and its subsidiaries, including their electronic test-bank system, called Aplia, as well as videos and other materials that the company owns the rights to, including the archives of Newsweek. And MindTap allows professors to customize the presentation of the material, by adding their own slides, video lectures, articles, or free online content from elsewhere.
On 03/03/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, accessibility / UDL, Apple, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, mobile learning, mobile technologies, online learning, online media, tablets, transmedia, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
On 02/28/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, adult learning, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, communications, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, informal learning, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, mobile learning, mobile technologies, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, tools, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
How will these types of technologies affect what we can do with K-12 education/higher education/workplace training and development? I’d say they will open up a world of new applications and opportunities for those who are ready to innovate; and these types of technologies will move the “Forthcoming Walmart of Education” along.
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On 02/22/2011,
in digital textbooks, e-books, e-readers, future, higher education, mobile learning, new business models, open courseware and systems, publishing, social learning / networks, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
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This is a presentation prepared for the “What College Students Think: Making Information Pay for Higher Ed Publishing” conference sponsored by the Book Industry Study Group on February 9.
On 02/08/2011,
in analytics, Augmented Reality (AR), e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, mobile learning, mobile technologies, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
The 2011 Horizon Report — from the New Media Consortium; via Educause
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Time-to-Adoption: One Year or Less
- Electronic Books
- Mobiles
Time-to-Adoption: Two to Three Years
- Augmented Reality
- Game-Based Learning
Time-to-Adoption: Four to Five Years
- Gesture-Based Computing
- Learning Analytics
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On 01/27/2011,
in convergence, digital textbooks, e-books, e-readers, education technology, research, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
U. of Notre Dame reports on experiment to replace textbooks with iPads — from The Chronicle
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On 01/17/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, 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, entrepreneurship, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), informal learning, innovation, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, play, simulations, social learning / networks, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, training / L&D, transmedia, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, videoconferencing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
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Addendum on 1-20-11:
The future of the TV is online — from telegraph.co.uk
Your television’s going to get connected, says Matt Warman
On 01/12/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, blended learning, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, expectations, face-to-face, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), hybrid learning, innovation, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, love of learning, mathematics, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, passions, play, podcasting, reading, simulations, storytelling, student-related, tablets, teaching & learning, tools, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
I post this here — with higher ed included in the tags/categories — because if the trend within K-12 continues (i.e. that of using such technologies as the iPad, digital textbooks, mobile learning devices, etc.), students’ expectations WILL be impacted. When they hit our doorsteps, they will come with their heightened sets of expectations. The question is, will we in higher ed be ready for them?
On 01/10/2011,
in CMS/LMS, e-books, e-readers, elearning, India, podcasting, publishing, UK,
by Daniel Christian
How e-Learning is flowering — by Amit Garg at the Upside Learning blog
