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On 03/23/2012, in A/V -- audio/visual, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, personalized/customized learning, smart/connected TV, by Daniel Christian

Smart TV — from mobile88.com by Tan Ming Sin

Excerpt:

A Smart TV is simply a device that aggregates services and displays them on a screen. Satellite channels are an example of one such service. At this point of time, different manufacturers make different Smart TVs with different services.

100 million TVs will be Internet-connected by 2016 — from latimesblogs.latimes.com by Dawn Chmielewski

Excerpt:

Big-screen TVs are displayed by Panasonic at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Internet connectivity is becoming a more important feature of TVs, a new report says.
Soon, the living room TV will become as hyper-connected as the people watching it.

A new report from researcher NPD In-Stat predicts that 100 million homes in North America and Western Europe will own television sets that blend traditional programs with Internet content by 2016. These new hybrid devices, capable of displaying interactive content related to TV shows, are a bid to hold the viewer’s attention in a device-cluttered world.

“The TV people figured out nobody’s just watching TV anymore,” said Gerry Kaufhold, NPD In-Stat’s digital entertainment research director. “They’re watching TV with a tablet or a smartphone or a laptop in their hands. They’ve completely lost control.”

New Smart TVs will create new opportunities for interactivity — from catalogs.infocommiq.com

Excerpt:

Beyond voice interaction with smart TVs, what other benefits might this new generation of televisions bring to digital signage interactivity? Perhaps, these TVs will lead to easier syncing with personal smart phones and tablets offering the public interactive takeaways from the sign. Or, they might make it possible to migrate the digital signage experience from outside the home into the living room -sort of an offshoot of the TV Everywhere concept being promoted these days by pay TV operators, such as cable TV companies.

Social TV all about sharing: Viewers using laptops, iPhone to engage online during favorite shows — from KansasCity.com by Johnny Diaz, Sun Sentinel

Excerpt:

What can I do tonight: watch TV or surf Facebook? Increasingly, people are doing both simultaneously. And checking their email. And interacting with actors or news anchors.

Patent details Apple’s ideas for universal TV remote — from PCMag.com by Angela Moscaritolo

Retro Apple TV

Gravity R&D powers personalized TV recommendations for Canadian telco — from techcrunch.com by NatashaStarkell

Americans now watch more online movies than DVDs — from by Julianne Pepitone

The 2012 Apple TV is more than just a speed bump [review] — from cultofmac.com by Alex Kahney

The television set-top box will die in 2012 — from by William Thompson

Smart TV Movie Streaming To Replace Video Disc & Blu-ray — from smarthouse.com.au by David Richards
As Samsung, Panasonic and LG get set to launch a new range of TVs in Australia that will deliver a multitude of new content services that include Foxtel, Blockbuster movies and Telstra Movies, new research suggests that consumers will exceed digital video disc and Blu-ray use by downloading movies direct to their TV.

Shift to digital television seen happening by ‘16 — from the Philippine Daily Inquirer by Paolo G. Montecillo
Industry players await decision on PH standard

Excerpt:

MANILA, Philippines—The shift to digital TV broadcasting technology in the country, which would result in better services for millions of households, can still be completed before the end of the Aquino administration, a top government official said.

Once the standard to be used for digital TV in the country is chosen with finality, the shutting off of inefficient analogue signals could take just three years, Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) Deputy Executive Director Monchito Ibrahim said. This is shorter than the previously projected five years.

One Screen To Rule Them All — from techcrunch.com by Jay Fulcher

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Student-loan debt tops $1 trillion [Mitchell and Jackson-Randall]

On 03/22/2012, in budgets, business side of he, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, future of higher education, game-changing environment, higher education, innovation, leadership, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, reinvent, staying relevant, student-related, surviving, trends, United States, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Student-loan debt tops $1 trillion — from WSJ.com by Josh Mitchell and Maya Jackson-Randall

Excerpt:

The amount Americans owe on student loans is far higher than earlier estimates and could lead some consumers to postpone buying homes, potentially slowing the housing recovery, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Total student debt outstanding appears to have surpassed $1 trillion late last year, said officials at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a federal agency created in the wake of the financial crisis. That would be roughly 16% higher than an estimate earlier this year by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From DSC:
Phrases/words that come to my mind include (which many readers of this blog and my archived website will instantly recognize:

  • Reinventing ourselves
  • Staying relevant /addressing our customers’ needs
  • Innovation
  • Strategy
  • Leadership
  • Vision
  • The business side of higher ed / new business models
  • Game-changing environment
  • Disruption
  • Dangers of the status quo
  • Student-related
  • Future of higher education
  • The Walmart of Education
  • Learning from the Living Room

Addendum on 3/23/12:

 

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CBS’ 60 Minutes asks, “Khan Academy: The future of education?”

On 03/19/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, accessibility / UDL, analytics, blended learning, change, data related items, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, education technology, elearning, future, global / globalization, homeschooling/homeschoolers, innovation, internet, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, more voice more choice more control, online learning, online media, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, trends, virtual tutoring, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Arguably, Sal Kahn has become the most famous, influential educator on the planet today — his videos are watched millions of times a day now.  The question — which Eric Schmidt answers in the piece — I couldn’t help but ask was, “Why didn’t this type of innovation come from someone who was working in education at the time of their innovation?”

My thanks to Dr. Kate Byerwalter and her colleagues for passing along this resource.
The tags/associated categories for this posting point out the relevant areas covered.

 

Khan Academy: The future of education?

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  • Khan Academy: The future of education?
    (CBS News) Sal Khan is a math, science, and history teacher to millions of students, yet none have ever seen his face. Khan is the voice and brains behind Khan Academy, a free online tutoring site that may have gotten your kid out of an algebra bind with its educational how-to videos. Now Khan Academy is going global. Backed by Google, Gates, and other Internet powerhouses, Sal Khan wants to change education worldwide, and his approach is already being tested in some American schools. Sanjay Gupta reports.

From DSC:
A relevant graphic comes to mind with what Sal is trying to achieve with analytics:

i.e. Highly-effective diagnostic tools for the educators and trainers out there!

 

 

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[Trend watching] iCloud, not the new iPad, is Apple’s real key to the post-PC revolution [Frommer]

On 03/19/2012, in Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, technologies for your home, trends, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

iCloud, not the new iPad, is Apple’s real key to the post-PC revolution — from ReadWriteWeb.com by Dan Frommer

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

What makes the iPad, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, and gradually, even the Mac, “post-PC” devices, is the idea that they’re all tied together behind the scenes: Your work, your entertainment, your apps, everything. It’s not that they just replace a PC in your home. It’s that they go beyond what a PC ever offered.

That’s where iCloud comes into play.

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Items re: “Learning from the Living Room”

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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Instruction for masses knocks down campus walls [Lewin]

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

Instruction for masses knocks down campus walls -- from the New York Times by Tamar Lewin

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Some recent items relating to “learning from the living room” & convergence

On 02/23/2012, in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital video, India, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, smart/connected TV, technologies for your home, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

Google to Launch TV Service — from Mashable.com by Todd Wasserman

100 million Americans watch online video every day — from sitetrail.com by Anthony West

How to build 50,000 new colleges — from Forbes.com by Michael Horn

Excerpt (with emphasis by DSC):

What this points to is disruption using the technology enabler of online learning. As the article says, “This means that India is not just trying to build thousands of American-style campuses with neat quads. Many of its new schools will be virtual, for-profit, and integrated closely with workplaces. It may, in fact, end up pushing the concept of online education further than any other country. As a result, what India comes up with will not only affect its economic competitiveness in the 21st century. It may become a petri dish for how to build an educational system in the Information Age.”

There is another dynamic pushing India to innovate in and improve online learning in some dramatic ways. According to the article, new schools face shortages of land and instructors. As a result of the first, constructing big campuses to fill the education gap is likely a non-starter. Online learning is critical. As for the second—the system is short roughly 1 million teachers the article says—this means that the country will almost certainly have to push the bounds of today’s online learning systems so that it can scale the impact of great teachers and built robust digital learning systems that embrace adaptive learning and other such advances. Given these pressures, the innovations that emerge from India could be stunning.

 

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Some more items concerning the massive convergence that we’re in the midst of…

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

Congress passes bill opening up TV spectrum to next-gen WiFi networks
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TV Next Conference

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Taylor Morris' Interactive Homes -- Feb 2012

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Multitouch, connected device; foreshadowing the “chalkboard” for the future smart classroom?

On 02/01/2012, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, future, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, streams of content, by Daniel Christian

Multitouch, connected device; a foreshadowing of the chalkboard for the future smart classroom

 

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Some items that caught my eye (so far) from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show [DSC]

On 01/10/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, change, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, disruption, distance education, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, human-computer interaction (HCI), interactivity, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, multimedia, online learning, online media, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Some items that caught my eye (so far) from CES 2012:

  • CES 2012: The convergence of TV and mobile platforms — from readwriteweb.com by Dan Rowinski
    …mobile operating systems are on a path to fundamentally change how content is delivered.
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  • Prepare yourself: Kinect is coming to Windows Feb. 1 — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
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  • LG unveils giant 84″ TV with voice, gesture control — from Mashable.com by Samantha Murphy

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  • Introducing The MakerBot Replicator™
    January 10, 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) – MakerBot Industries is excited to announce the launch of its latest product, The MakerBot Replicator™, which will debut at CES in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, January 10th.  The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! Assembled in Brooklyn by skilled technicians, the MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box. Starting at $1749, The MakerBot Replicator™ is an affordable, open source 3D printer that is compact enough to sit on your desktop. Want to print in two colors? Choose the Dualstrusion™ option!
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  • USA Network taps Yap.tv for branded social TV app
    Yap.tv said the deal will make it the first independent social TV developer to create a custom-branded version of its app for the iPad and iPhone for a major network.??
    NEW YORK – NBCUniversal’s USA Network has partnered with Yap.tv, a maker of a social TV guide app for mobile devices, to launch a USA-branded app for its shows and fans as it and other channels continue to expand the use of social media to reach and engage viewers.
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  • Samsung unveils a motion-controlled TV and the U.S. Galaxy Note [PICS]— from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
    During its keynote address at CES on Monday, Samsung unveiled a connected TV with voice and gesture recognition, WiFi-enabled cameras and its thinnest ultrabook yet. It also introduced its Galaxy Note smartphone to the U.S. for the first time.

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  • Coincident announces ScreenSync TV Technology — from marketwatch.com
    New solution allows companies to create interactive experiences for viewers that synchronize their tablets with shows they are watching on their televisions
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Dragon TV

On 01/09/2012, in A/V -- audio/visual, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, technologies for your home, television, by Daniel Christian

Dragon TV – Now at your service — from Nuance.com

Excerpt:

Finding ‘what’s on’ television – not the easiest experience with today’s expansive channel options and a non-intuitive means for searching for what you want. Click, click, click, click until you just give up!

 

 
Those days are now over thanks to Dragon TV! Just tell Dragon TV what you want to watch and it delivers it instantly! Really, it’s that simple.

Just say…

  • “Go to AMC”
  • “What’s on Sundance Channel at 9 p.m. tonight?”
  • “When is Breaking Bad on?”
  • “I want to watch VH1 Classics”
  • “Find movies with Peter Sellers”
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Moxie’s 2012 Trends Report [From DSC: Well worth your time!]

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, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), 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 Evolving Digital Ecosystem - from Moxie's Trends for 2012

  • 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

 

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[Infographic] How is the TV landscape changing?

On 01/06/2012, in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, elearning, emerging technologies, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:

  • Why do I post things like this? Because the infographic below relates to an emerging future and some developing trends whereby we’ll also be able to “Learn from the Living Room” at extremely affordable prices (if not free).

 

INFOGRAPHIC: Welcome to the Digital Living Room: How is the TV Landscape Changing?

 

 

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Our learning ecosystems may soon be expanding in scope/delivery mechanisms [Christian]; Global Smart TV market worth $265 billion by 2016 [Kastelein]

On 01/04/2012, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, technologies for your home, by Daniel Christian

Global Smart TV market worth $265 billion by 2016 — from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

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From DSC:
You can bet educational apps will be part of these emerging technologies. My take on this is that:

  • The scope of our learning ecosystems will expand rapidly.
  • We will be able to participate in them as much or as little as we want to. I call it, Learning from the Living Room.
  • Such trends will likely go hand-in-hand with innovations involving social-based learning, mobile learning, personalized/customized learning, and will take advantage of cheaper ways of learning that will help one gain mastery over a particular subject/discipline 24x7x365 (and will be a piece of something I call The Walmart of Education) .

 

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TVs to become ‘communications hub’ expert claims [Johnson]; A new learning channel is developing [Christian]

On 12/29/2011, in communications, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, disruption, elearning, emerging technologies, future, innovation, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, online media, smart/connected TV, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

TVs to become ‘communications hub’ expert claims — from t3.com by Luke Johnson
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Also see:

  • Smart TV is ready for the Apple television moment — from ComputerWorld.com by Jonny Evans
  • Voice Control Will Disrupt Living Room Electronics — from techpinions.com by Patrick Moorhead
    Excerpt:
    In what seems to be a routine in high-tech journalism and social media now is to speculate on what Apple will do next. The latest and greatest rumor is that Apple will develop an HDTV set. I wrote back in September that Apple should build a TV given the lousy experience and Apple’s ability to fix big user challenges. What hasn’t been talked about a lot is why voice command and control makes so much sense in home electronics and why it will dominate the living room. Its all about the content.
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