On 03/16/2012,
in Canada, disruption, education, emerging technologies, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, India, learning ecosystem, open courseware and systems, UK, United States,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/09/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), Learning from the Living [Class] Room, marketplaces, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, student-related, technologies for your home, transmedia, trends, using teams, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Here are some items related to what I call “Learning from the Living Room” — a trend that continues to develop that involves:
- Using high-end, personalized, multimedia-based, interactive, team-created content — packed with new reporting tools for better diagnostics/learning analytics — available via a cloud-based “education store”/marketplace/exchange
- Web-accessible content that’s available 24x7x365
- The power of social networks/learning
- Riding the wave of the massive convergence of the computer, the telephone, and the television.
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Smarter TV: Living room as digital hub from Samsung and Microsoft to Apple and Google — from wired.com by Tim Carmody
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
- In the future, the living room will replace the home office as most households’ home for the stationary personal computer. Instead of printers and mice and other corded accessories, networked appliances and post-PC machines share data with one another and with the cloud. Play and productivity both become decentered; gaming and entertainment might be on a tablet or a television, with recipes at the refrigerator, a shopping list for the smartphone, and an instructional video on the television set. All of these experiences will be coherent, continuous and contextual. And like the personal computer at the height of Pax Wintel, the living room will be a platform characterized by triumphant pluralism.“The thing about the living room is that it’s universal; everyone in the household uses it,” Samsung VP Eric Anderson told me at today’s event. “We know that we’re not going to capture every single member of the household. In my family, my wife and my daughter are Apple, me and my sons are Android,” he noted, pointing out that the majority of devices introduced today can interact with either mobile platform.
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The modern mechanics of app stores: today, tomorrow and connected TV — from guardian.co.uk by Dean Johnson
Excerpt:
What’s next for app stores?
It’s time for each platform to up its game – smart TVs are coming. The small and medium screen experience will shortly be translated to the bigger screen as connectivity and discoverability takes on even greater importance.
Google and Apple will further interweave themselves into our daily lives as iOS and Android seamlessly combine our smartphones and tablets with our new smartTVs. Electronic Program Guides (EPGs) and the programmes themselves will suggest related content, from apps to music to film to books. This must all be presented in an approachable, then browsable manner to encourage additional discovery.
The quest for the perfect meta-data will become increasingly important and voice commands will need to deliver the best search results with the minimum of fuss. This time next year, the battle of the app stores will be fought on the move, on the desktop and on the living room wall.
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Samsung Launches Smart TVs With Gestures, Voice Control — from by Douglas Perry
Excerpt:
A Kinect-like feature is made possible via camera and microphone integration that comes standard with the LED ES7500, LED ES8000 and Plasma E8000 models. According to Samsung, consumers can launch apps such as Facebook or YouTube, or search the web via voice commands. Waving the hand will move the cursor and select links. The TVs integrate a Samsung dual-core processor as well as a new Webkit-based web browser to improve overall performance. The high-end 7500 and 8000 TVs ship with a remote with an integrated touchscreen. A wireless keyboard that is compatible with Samsung’s TVs as well as the Galaxy Tab tablet is sold as an option.
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New TV experiences through companion apps — from moxie pulse
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On 03/05/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, faculty, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/02/2012,
in accreditation, career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, marketing/social marketing, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, professional development, real-world assignments, reinvent, social media, staying relevant, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
Unified opens an online university for social media marketers — from TechCruch.com by Anthony Ha
The social media landscape is complex and constantly evolving, leaving top global brands and agencies with the challenge of staying on top of the latest trends and best practices. Unified University is a first of its kind – an all-encompassing training, continuing education and certification program, complete with access to the industry leading best practices knowledge base. Unified University is designed to help marketing and agency executives become experts and internal thought leaders on social strategies, platform insights, earned media measurement, and more.
Through Unified University’s comprehensive training program, a social team can get certified on the Unified Social Operating Platform and learn about the latest advances in social advertising. Certification ensures that a team is up to date on the latest options within the social web, including the benefits of advertising across social ecosystems including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, StumbleUpon and more.
Teams learn that brands may require very different strategies to ultimately achieve similar results. Unified University assures that teams know how to strategically represent brands across all social options while delivering high quality results and maximum ROI.
From DSC:
Is this a part of the future? If higher ed doesn’t respond more forcefully, I’d say so.
Along these lines, from page 408 of the Steve Jobs book:
One of Job’s business rules was to never be afraid of cannibalizing yourself. “If you can’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will,” he said.
Innovate. Reinvent. Staying relevant. This goes for the accreditation agencies as well.
Also see:
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On 02/20/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, architecture, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, smart/connected TV, technologies for your home, television, trends,
by Daniel Christian
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On 02/14/2012,
in dangers of the status quo, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment,
by Daniel Christian
TEDxAshokaU — Arizona State University on February 10, 2012
…the TEDxAshokaU event featured leaders speaking on the topic of “Disruptive Innovation in Higher Education”.
Speakers
- Barbara Bush, President & Founder, Global Health Corps
- Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University
- Desh Deshpande, Co-Founder & Chairman, Sycamore Networks
- Anne Dwane, CEO, Zinch
- Liz Dwyer, Education Editor, GOOD Magazine
- Abby Falik, Founder & CEO, Global Citizen Year
- Dale Stephens, UnCollege
- Christer Windeløv Lidzélius, CEO & Principal, KaosPilots
- Greg Van Kirk (MC), Co-Founder, The New Development Solutions Group
- George Glickley (MC), Co-Founder, The New Development Solutions Group
- John Cooper, TEDx faculty wildcard
- Fernando Padilla, TEDx student wildcard
On 02/09/2012,
in entrepreneurship, future of higher education, game-changing environment, real-world assignments, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
For those who don’t think that the conversation is moving outside of academia, here’s yet another example:
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E[nstitute] was founded on a very simple idea: If you want to be the best, you have to learn from the best. We are creating a community that educates and prepares Millennials to be valuable and actively participating members of the economy, and society at large, through apprenticeship, hyper-focused curriculum, and real-life projects that have real-life consequences.
E[nstitute] is a two-year educational program built on an apprenticeship model that provides an alternative path to traditional post secondary education. E[nstitute] is a full-time commitment.
Also relevant:
- Why we have to fix the four-year college — from Chief Learning Officer by Ladan Nikravan
- Mentormob.com
- SURVEY: 4 OUT 5 U.S. BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEYS REPORT MAJOR JUMP IN STUDENT LOAN DEBTORS
SEEKING HELP, FEARS GROW OF NEXT MORTGAGE-STYLE DEBT THREAT TO U.S. The Same Front-Line Experts Who Were Among the First to Warn of the Rising Mortgage Crisis Now Point to Emerging “Student Loan Debt Bomb”; The New Face of Student Debt: Vietnam Vet Parent Who Co-Signed Loans And Now is Likely to Lose His Golden Years.WASHINGTON, D.C. – With student loan debt now topping U.S. credit card debt and few or no options available for distressed borrowers (including unwary parents who co-signed loans and now face the loss of nest eggs, retirement homes and other assets), America faces the very real possibility of another major economic threat on a par with the devastating home mortgage crisis, according to a new survey and report published today by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA).
On 02/02/2012,
in curriculum, Daniel S. Christian, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, trends,
by Daniel Christian
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From “WorldFuture 2012 Master Courses”
Why take a master course?
- Become better equipped to choose from various methods when facing a particular challenge.
- Learn about primary and secondary research methodologies, examine classical futuring techniques, including scenario planning, trend and product forecasting, crisis preparedness, and transformation and hyper-change sensitivity.
- Develop critical thinking, listening, and observational skills.
- Increase your ability to enhance planning today to better anticipate obstacles and opportunities in the future.
WorldFuture 2012 Master Courses
- C-1 Introduction to Futures Studies
- C-2 Foresight Educators Boot Camp
- C-3 Wiser Futures: Using Futures Tools to Better Understand and Create the Future
- C-4 Society 3.0: Technology Transformations in Society, Work, and Higher Education
- C-5 The Human Dynamics of Creation to Effect Change
- C-6 Identifying and Exploring Security’s Futures and What Can Be Done to Prepare
- C-7 An Insider’s Guide to Foresight Consulting: A Case Study Approach
- C-8 Futurist Writers’ Workshop
- C-9 Scenario Planning: How to Build and Use Scenarios
- C-10 Weak Signals and Minitrends: Foundations for Truly Innovative Organizations
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From DSC:
When the world is moving at 180 miles per hour, we can’t be looking 5-10 feet ahead of the race car. The necessity of peering out into the horizon is key. Students need to develop the ability to pulse-check a variety of factors and landscapes. They need to develop an appreciation for developing potential future scenarios and then figuring out their responses/plans to these scenarios. This also applies to those of us working in higher education…especially these days!
When the world is moving at 180 miles per hour, we can’t be looking 5-10 feet ahead of the race car. The necessity of peering out into the horizon is key. Students need to develop the ability to pulse-check a variety of factors and landscapes. They need to develop an appreciation for developing potential future scenarios and then figuring out their responses/plans to these scenarios. This also applies to those of us working in higher education…especially these days!
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