On 10/18/2011,
in 3D, animation, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, Europe, innovation, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, presentations, tools, user experience (UX), vendors,
by Daniel Christian
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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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On 10/06/2011,
in 21st century, Apple, creativity, design, multi-touch, multimedia, music, relationships,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
It’s highly likely that you have already seen a ton of postings re: the news of Steve Jobs’ passing yesterday. However, I need to reflect, comment upon, and commemorate his life and work here today.
When Apple asserts that Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, it’s true. They are not just flowery, flattering words. Jobs was a one in a (hundred) million type of person — carefully crafted for the needs of today. His skillsets were rare. His negotiation skills were solid. His vision and courage to pursue the entrepreneurial/innovative way of life are outstanding. His knowledge — and pursuit of knowledge — as well as his drive helped him bring about many world-changing technologies and projects. Not too many people could own/direct an animation studio, oversee the production of software and hardware that was fined tuned to creating and distributing multimedia, comment on which font style would be appropriate for a message, relentlessly pursue excellence in user experience/usability in all of an organization’s product lines, present information the way he did, create excitement for his company’s products, etc.
Personally, Steve Jobs has helped me continue to think big — to have wind in my sails that I can make a contribution…that I can help change the world. All of us can, even if in smaller ways than Steve Jobs did. But we will need to believe that we can change the world and to persevere through the trials and tribulations that are sure to come our way when we attempt to do so.
I hope that the team that Steve & Co. put into place continue to pursue his passions and visions, as the world needs visionaries. Though I did not know him, I will yet miss him. I am grateful to God for his gifts, abilities, life and work.
Addendum:
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
— from Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech given at Standford University
On 10/05/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, assistive technologies, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, expectations, future, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, interface design, internet, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, programming, technology (general), television, tools, transmedia, trends, usability, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC: Expectations, today, are getting hard to beat
Since Apple’s event yesterday, I’ve heard some conversations on the radio and reviewed several blog postings and articles about Apple’s announcements…many with a sense of let down (and some with the usual critical viewpoints by the backseat drivers out there who have never tried to invent anything, but who sure like to find fault with everyone else’s inventions and innovations).
It made me reflect on how high our expectations are becoming these days! It wasn’t enough that iCloud is coming on 10/12 (and who knows the directions that will take society in). It wasn’t enough to introduce some serious software-based innovations such as Siri (which bring some significant advancements in the world of artificial intelligence) or AirPlay for the iPhone. It wasn’t enough to enter into the multi-billion dollar card industry with their new Cards app for the iPhone. Wow…tough crowd.
What might these announcements — and expectations — mean for education?
Well…I can see intelligent tutoring, intelligent agents, machine-to-machine communications, the continued growth of mobile learning, learning from the living room, the initiation of programs/events caused by changes in one’s location, continued convergence of the television/computer/telephone, continued use of videoconferencing on handheld devices, cloud-based textbooks/apps, and more.
On 09/22/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, emerging technologies, future, innovation, learning spaces, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
NMC launches iTunes U site — from the New Media Consortium
Excerpt:
The NMC is pleased to announce the NMC iTunes U Collection. This site is home to nearly a decade’s worth of content — all of it completely free and easy to find. We’re utilizing iTunes U to package and distribute all sorts of NMC media in forms that are both familiar and useful for educators and students. For example, every NMC publication, every keynote from dozens of NMC events, every NMC Horizon Report, plus podcasts, webinar archives, workshops, papers, conference programs, and communiqués are now all available at iTunes U > New Media Consortium.
On 09/12/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, emerging technologies, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multimedia, social learning / networks, technologies for your home,
by Daniel Christian
On 09/07/2011,
in 21st century, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, faith, interactivity, relationships, religion,
by Daniel Christian
On 09/02/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, digital learning, digital photography, digital video, human-computer interaction (HCI), journalism, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, tools,
by Daniel Christian
On 09/01/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, Apple, corporate universities / corporate training, digital learning, elearning, higher education, K-12 related, lifelong learning, love of learning, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, online learning, online media,
by Daniel Christian
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On 08/29/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, love of learning, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, passions, quality, student-related, teaching & learning, ubiquitous learning, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/29/2011,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, multi-touch, multimedia, new business models, publishing, tablets, tools, trends, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Video: Hands-on with Inkling 2.0, the iPad textbook — from gigaom.com by Colleen Taylor; my thanks go out to Mr. Johnny Ansari for this resource
A screenshot from GigaOM’s video demo of Inkling 2.0
Excerpt:
This week, digital publishing startup Inkling debuted the 2.0 version of its software, which provides interactive, digital versions of college textbooks for the iPad.
The San Francisco-based startup is just down the street from GigaOM’s office, so I headed on over to Inkling headquarters on Thursday to get an in-person demo from the company’s Founder and CEO Matt MacInnis. In short: It’s so awesome it actually makes me want to buy college textbooks again, just to play with the app some more.
From DSC:
Why can’t these materials from publishers come right into an 8′ x 6′ “interactive whiteboard” (for lack of a better term) so that the professor can annotate/manipulate them in front of the classroom?
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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.