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New Media Consortium’s New Horizon Report Series of Regional Analyses [This one focused on UK]

On 09/06/2011, in analytics, Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, future of higher education, global / globalization, higher education, innovation, mobile learning, pedagogy, research, tablets, teaching & learning, telepresence, trends, UK, by Daniel Christian

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The NMC Announces New Horizon Report Series of Regional Analyses
Under the umbrella of the NMC Horizon Report, The NMC has launched the Technology Outlook, a new series of regional analyses aimed specifically at understanding both local and global differences in technology uptake, as well as the current and future state of education in different parts of the world. These publications are a product of collaborations between the NMC and innovative organizations across the world that seek to leverage the well-known medium of the NMC Horizon Report to bring important research, trends, and challenges in their regions to light. The Technology Outlook series furthers the NMC’s goal of driving innovation in every part of the world.

Tagged with: analytics • augmented reality • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • educational technology • emerging technologies • future of higher education • games • Global learning • higher education • innovation • Mobile learning • pedagogy • research • teaching & learning • telepresence • trends • UK

How learners can be on top of their game: An interview with James Paul Gee [Jenkins]

On 08/30/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, assessment, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, future, K-12 related, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • assessment • education reform • educational gaming • educational technology • future • games • K-12

Educause: 7 things you should know about gamification

On 08/26/2011, in attention, education, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, memory, motivation, participation, teaching & learning, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: attention • education • emotion • engaging students • games • memory • motivation • participation • teaching & learning

From Daniel Christian: Fasten your seatbelts! An accelerated ride through some ed-tech landscapes.

On 08/25/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, adjunct faculty, analytics, art, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, attention, Augmented Reality (AR), blogs / blogging / vlogging, change, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, computer science, convergence, creativity, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, drama/theater, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), economics, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, engineering, expectations, faculty, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning theories, liberal arts, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, memory, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, music, Near Field Communication (NFC), New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, online learning, online media, pace of change, passions, pedagogy, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, publishing, reading, reinvent, robotics, RSS, social learning / networks, social media, society, staying relevant, storytelling, strategy, streams of content, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, surviving, tablets, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general), telepresence, television, textbooks, tools, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, United States, universities, videoconferencing, virtual K-12 schools, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, writing, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Immediately below is a presentation that I did for the Title II Conference at Calvin College back on August 11, 2011
It is aimed at K-12 audiences.

From DSC:
Immediately below is a presentation that I did today for the Calvin College Fall 2011 Conference.
It is aimed at higher education audiences.

Note from DSC:

There is a great deal of overlap here, as many of the same technologies are (or will be) hitting the K-12 and higher ed spaces at the same time. However, there are some differences in the two presentations and what I stressed depended upon my audience.

Pending time, I may put some audio to accompany these presentations so that folks can hear a bit more about what I was trying to relay within these two presentations.

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MIT launches Center for Mobile Learning with support from Google [Mitchell]

On 08/17/2011, in Augmented Reality (AR), digital learning, education technology, educational games / serious games, Google, higher education, mobile learning, mobile technologies, research, by Daniel Christian

MIT launches Center for Mobile Learning with support from Google — from readwriteweb.com by Jon Mitchell

Excerpt:

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced the creation of a new Center for Mobile Learning. The center will be housed at the MIT Media Lab. Google supported the creation of the center with a grant from Google University Relations. The center’s first project will be the adoption and further development of App Inventor for Android, a do-it-yourself tool for building apps for Google’s Android mobile OS with no programming skills required.

From the announcement

The Center, housed at the Media Lab, will focus on the design and study of new mobile technologies and applications, enabling people to learn anywhere anytime with anyone. Research projects will explore location-aware learning applications, mobile sensing and data collection, augmented reality gaming, and other educational uses of mobile technologies.

Tagged with: augmented reality • digital learning • educational gaming • educational technology • games • Google • higher education • Mobile learning • mobile technology • research

Nice report from Betty Ray re: trends and tools at EduBloggerCon [ISTE11]

On 06/28/2011, in blogs / blogging / vlogging, digital learning, digital textbooks, education technology, educational games / serious games, flipping -- inverted learning, K-12 related, tools, trends, by Daniel Christian

Report from EduBloggerCon at ISTE11: Trends and Tools — from Edutopia.org by Betty Ray

Excerpt:

There are a few interesting ideas that are emerging this year.

“Flipped” Classrooms
Digital Learning Toolsets (Formerly Known as “Textbooks”)
Videogames in the Classroom: World of Warcraft
Management of Digital Life
Some Cool New Tools of Note

…and more

Tagged with: blogging • digital learning • digital textbooks • educational technology • flipping -- inverted learning • games • K-12 • tools • trends

Video game design schools [McDowell]

On 06/15/2011, in career development, design, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, education technology, educational games / serious games, professional development, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
My thanks to Sara McDowell for this resource, which she developed.

Addendums on 6/16/11 — also see:

Here Comes the Gaming Revolution: Notes from GLS7 — from mindshift.kqed.org by Tina Barseghian
New Book: Gamification of Learning and Instruction — from Educational Games Research by John Rice

Tagged with: career development • design • digital audio • digital storytelling • digital video • games • professional development

Interesting set of ID-related courses from the University of Central Florida

On 06/14/2011, in 21st century, career development, corporate universities / corporate training, educational games / serious games, instructional design, simulations, training / L&D, transmedia, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Instructional Design for Simulations — from the University of Central Florida

Training and educational programs are now incorporating stand-alone and PC-based simulations and instructional (video) games to enhance human performance. The result has been a growing demand for simulation, game-based training, and instructional systems in corporate, government, and education sectors. The Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design for Simulations takes an interdisciplinary approach to prepare educators, instructional designers, human resource personnel, and training specialists in corporate, industry, and educational settings. Students will acquire the skills to successfully work with engineers, graphic artists, computer programmers, and game developers to design training and instructional systems, focusing on the pedagogical aspects of stand-alone and PC-based desktop training and educational simulations and games. To learn more, visit the Instructional Technology website at: http://education.ucf.edu/insttech.

Required Courses: 15 Total Credit Hours
Courses are available both in Web-based and mixed mode (reduced seat time) formats. This program may be completed entirely online.

EME 6613 Instructional System Design
EME 6601 Instructional Simulation Design for Training and Education
EME 6614 Instructional Game Design for Training and Education
IDS5717C Introduction to Modeling and Simulation
DIG 6432 Transmedia Story Creation

For information contact:
Atsusi Hirumi, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Education…

Tagged with: 21st century • career development • corporate training / universities • games • instructional design • L&D • simulations • training • transmedia • workplace

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.

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The connected living room according to Amazon.com in May 2011

On 05/25/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, multimedia, music, technologies for your home, television, tools, trends, vendors, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Apple, Sonos, Cisco, and Crestron are also relevant companies that come to my mind in this arena.

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • connect • convergence • games • multimedia • music • tools • trends • TV • vendors • Wireless

Augmented reality on the ipad2: Top 5 uses and apps [hiddenltd.com]

On 05/13/2011, in Augmented Reality (AR), educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, immersion, by Daniel Christian

Augmented reality on the ipad2: Top 5 uses and apps — from hiddenltd.com

1. Connecting Online and Offline Retail.

2. Rich Media Advertising – Everywhere.

3. Bridging the gap between print and online

4. Immersive gaming

5. Navigation & Tourism

Tagged with: augmented reality • emerging technologies • games • immersion

John Hunter on the World Peace Game — TED March 2011 — my thanks to Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Kate Byerwalter for this great presentation

About this talk
John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4’x5′ plywood board — and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches — spontaneous, and always surprising — go further than classroom lectures can.

About John Hunter
Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the World Peace Game (and the star of the new doc “World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements”).

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From DSC:
I realize that many in education don’t view Bill and Melinda Gates with a great deal of admiration or respect. However, they and their foundation are about to make a hugely positive difference in — and contribution to — education. I’m sure that these grants will help create solutions that will feature professionally-done, highly-engaging, interactive, multimedia-based, team-created educational content. I hope that many of the solutions will feature sophisticated back-end engines that will allow for highly personalized/customized learning.

This is huge because such solutions are highly scalable. Plus look at who is involved at this point:

Pearson
Educurious Partners
Florida Virtual School
Institute of Play
Reasoning Mind
Quest Atlantis
Digital Youth Network
EDUCAUSE

Also see:

Gates Foundation announces portfolio of innovative grants to develop new teaching and learning tools that support teachers and help students — from the Gates Foundation
Adaptable resources will provide teachers with helpful tools to differentiate instruction and prepare all students to meet the Common Core State Standards

Also see:

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Study: 30% of all US households already have TV connected to Internet

New consumer research from Leichtman Research Group, Inc. (LRG) finds that 30% of all households have at least one television set connected to the Internet via a video game system, a Blu-ray player, and/or the TV set itself — up from 24% a year ago. Overall, 10% of all adults watch video from the Internet via one of these devices at least weekly, compared to 5% last year. This increased usage is heavily driven by Netflix subscribers, with 30% of Netflix subscribers watching video from the Internet via one of these connected devices weekly, compared to 3% weekly use among all non-Netflix subscribers.

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Addendums:

From DSC:
Why post this? Because:

These postings demonstrate a continued convergence, a continued trend that is impacting the distribution of content. If it hasn’t already (in some shape or form), online-based learning — with social networking capabilities/functionality baked in — will be entering your living room. Given the budgetary pressures out there, such change may happen sooner rather than later.
The Forthcoming Walmart of Education is definitely involved here.

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Learning Ecosystems

Educause: 7 things you should know about gamification

MIT launches Center for Mobile Learning with support from Google [Mitchell]

Video game design schools [McDowell]

Interesting set of ID-related courses from the University of Central Florida

Apple’s new video regarding their iOS 5 operating system

The connected living room according to Amazon.com in May 2011

Augmented reality on the ipad2: Top 5 uses and apps [hiddenltd.com]

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