On 02/07/2012,
in budgets, cost of getting a degree, disruption, higher education, innovation, new business models, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
On 02/07/2012,
in 21st century, analytics, digital learning, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, machine-to-machine communications, publishing, tools, trends,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/24/2012,
in Apple, digital learning, digital textbooks, game-changing environment, higher education, K-12 related, new business models, online learning, online media, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
How iBooks Author Stacks Up to the Competition [CHART] — from Mashable.com by Chelsea Stark
Author, Author! Apple, Apple! — from The Journal by Therese Mageau
Apple’s new interactive textbook authoring system might just revolutionize the way districts develop their own curriculum.
iTunes U vs. Blackboard – A Look at Apple’s New Online System — from padgadget.com
Thanks to iPads and Kindles, E-Book Lending at Libraries Explodes — from ReadWriteWeb.com by John Paul Titlow
Why textbooks of the future are not books — from gigaom.com by Erica Ogg
Apple Jumps Into Textbooks — from the WSJ
With More iPads in Classrooms, Education Push Would Help Fend Off Android-Device Competition
Apple’s iTunes U Morphs Into a Tool for Full Online Classes — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
Reinventing Textbooks: A Hard Course — from the New York Times by David Streitfeld
Also see:
- How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work — from the New York Times by Charles Duhigg and Keith Bradsher
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People flooded Foxconn Technology with résumés at a 2010 job fair in Henan Province, China.
People flooded Foxconn Technology with résumés at a 2010 job fair in Henan Province, China.
On 01/19/2012,
in 21st century, Apple, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, interactivity, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, publishing, smart classrooms,
by Daniel Christian
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On 01/11/2012,
in Apple, Daniel S. Christian, education, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/10/2012,
in cost of getting a degree, digital learning, digital textbooks, new business models, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
AcademicPub adds 22 new publishers to its content library — from edukwest.com by Kirsten Winkler
Excerpt:
AcademicPub is an online platform for college professors that enables them to create custom print or digital textbooks. This way professors can pick the content relevant to their course only which leads to much lower prices for the students when they purchase the books.
Launched in April 2011 by SharedBook Inc., AcademicPub started with less than 20 publishers but the platform quickly attracted new partners and now offers copyright-cleared material from over 100 publishers including…
On 01/06/2012,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, interactivity, new business models, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
Why tablet publishing is poised to revolutionize higher education — from Mashable.com by Trevor Bailey
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Richer than their print counterparts, digital textbooks include a number of interactive features. They are not limited to static pictures, but can integrate video, audio, animation, interactive simulations and even 360-degree rotations and panoramas. In addition, universities have the ability to create custom, institutionally branded viewers with unique displays and navigation options.
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Digital publishing allows professors or subject matter experts to self-publish their own educational materials or research findings and distribute the information on tablet devices. Teachers can iterate content quickly, better keeping pace in a world where knowledge evolves every instant. On a smaller scale, they can post lesson documents online for students, versus relying on hard-copy materials.
From DSC:
…and we’ll see what Apple says about this topic later this month; 2012 should be an interesting year indeed. I would like to see more of our professors’ e-books/self-published materials up on the Chalkboard of the Future:
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On 11/21/2011,
in content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, new business models, publishing, reinvent, staying relevant, technology (general), trends,
by Daniel Christian
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— excerpted slides from
http://gerdleonhard.typepad.com/files/telemedia-and-content-gerd-leonhard-total-telecom-public.pdf
On 11/18/2011,
in CMS/LMS, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, higher education, innovation, instructional design, new business models, online media, publishing, reinvent, staying relevant, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
We really need a much more granular approach — like an iTunes for academic content.
On 11/15/2011,
in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, content development, aggregation, repositories, digital textbooks, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interactivity, multi-touch, multimedia, new business models, publishing, reinvent, RSS, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
One iPad publishing platform to rule them all — from Mashable.com by Josh Koppel, Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at ScrollMotion
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Excerpt:
App developer ScrollMotion has created tablet content for some of the world’s largest publishers. At the Mashable Media Summit last Friday, its co-founder and chief creative officer Josh Koppel showed off a single platform built to run the entire gamut of enterprise media publishing.
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On 10/25/2011,
in content development, aggregation, repositories, cost of getting a degree, new business models, open courseware and systems, publishing,
by Daniel Christian
8 Colleges Collaborate on Open Courses — from Converge Magazine by Tanya Roscorla
Excerpt:
Many students can’t pay hundreds of dollars each term for textbooks. So they choose not to buy any of them.
“They just try to take the class without the book, and boy, that’s hard,” said Marty Christofferson, dean of campus technology at Tompkins Cortland Community College in New York.
This year, eight colleges that primarily serve at-risk students are working together on Project Kaleidoscope. In California, New York and Nebraska, faculty members are collaborating on open general education courses that will cut student textbook costs to less than $30 per class.
From DSC:
For some archived examples of pooling resources — and the use of consortiums — see this page on my old website:
- Consortiums, Societies, Networks & Associations
This page speaks to the pooling of resources that are possible within the world of education