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Where’s the “Learn this” button? — Maria Andersen

On 09/02/2011, in Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, education technology, elearning, future, ideas, innovation, internet, IT in HE, learning ecosystem, learning theories, memory, online learning, online media, real-world assignments, social learning / networks, streams of content, by Daniel Christian

Ignite Great Lakes – Maria Andersen: Where’s the “Learn This” Button? — my thanks to Mr. Paul Simbeck-Hampson for this resource

Dr. Maria H. Andersen is the Learning Futurist for the LIFT Institute and a Math Professor at Muskegon Community College, where she organizes Ignite MCC. She writes the “Teaching with Tech” column for MAA Focus and has recently published articles in Educause Review and The Futurist. Lately she has been spending a lot of time building games for teaching math and musing about the future of learning and higher education. You can find Maria blogging on the Internet at TeachingCollegeMath.com or on Twitter at @busynessgirl.

SOCRAIT — a new learning layer on the Internet:

SOC for social
AI for artificial intelligence
IT for information technology

Tagged with: AI • e-learning • educational technology • future • ideas • information overload • innovation • internet • IT • learning ecosystem • learning theories • memory • online learning • online media • real-time information • real-world assignments • social learning • streams of content

Lessons on mLearning [Boller]

On 09/02/2011, in education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, mobile learning, mobile technologies, professional development, social learning / networks, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

27 Benefits Listed for Mobile Learning — from The Mobile Learning Edge

Tagged with: educational gaming • educational technology • emerging technologies • Mobile learning • mobile technology • professional development • QR codes -- tagging • social learning

How I use Google Docs as a student [McAllister]

On 08/26/2011, in 24x7x365 access, collaboration, education technology, Google, productivity / tips and tricks, social learning / networks, student-related, tools, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

How I use Google Docs as a student — from Google’s Student Blog by Shep McAllister

Also see:

Uploading and converting PDF and image files with text to Google Docs — involves/relates to optical character recognition (OCR)

Tagged with: 24x7x365 • best practices/tips • collaboration • educational technology • Google • productivity • social learning • student-related • tips and tricks • tools • web-based collaboration

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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Reflection on Jane Hart’s excellent presentation: “Social media and its impact on how we learn in the workplace”

On 08/24/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, adult learning, change, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, formal learning, higher education, informal learning, learning, learning ecosystem, online learning, personalized/customized learning, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Social media and its impact on how we learn in the workplace — from C4PLT by Jane Hart

From DSC:
One reflection that jumped out at me from Jane’s excellent presentation…and that I believe is a universal truth:

If an organization doesn’t respond to changing conditions, needs, desires, preferences, best interests, and/or the requirements of its customers, that organization will diminish in usefulness and will most likely (albeit eventually) go out of business.

I know I’m not introducing a new thought here and the above statement seems very self-evident, but do we heed this advice in corporate L&D? Corporate IT? IT within higher education? In higher education as an industry?

Tagged with: 21st century • 24x7x365 • adult learners/learning • change • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • formal learning • higher education • informal learning • learning • learning ecosystem • online learning • personal learning networks (PLNs) • personalized learning • social learning • social media • social networking • training

Inkling 2.0: When a textbook becomes more than a textbook [Watters]

On 08/23/2011, in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, digital learning, digital textbooks, innovation, internet, new business models, publishing, social learning / networks, trends, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Inkling 2.0: When a textbook becomes more than a textbook — from hackeducation.com by Audrey Watters

From DSC:
Audrey explores the trend that “books” are becoming more “app” like — and will likely be increasingly available as downloads via the Internet/cloud.

Tagged with: cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • digital learning • digital textbooks • innovation • internet • new publishing models • publishing • social learning • social networking • textbooks • trends • vendors

Items on Connected/Smart TV’s from nyxiotechnologies.com

On 07/26/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, play, social learning / networks, social media, storytelling, streams of content, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Intel predicts Smart TV is the device of the future — from nyxiotechnologies.com’s blog
Chipmaker Intel believes that the Smart TV is the electronic device of the future, in the living room anyway.

Excerpt:

The Smart TV is already upon us, in its various forms from various manufacturers. It has arrived with 3D capabilities, web browsing and social networking and applications. Currently Samsung and LG seem to be two of the big players pushing the Smart TV to consumers.

Also see:

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The Smart Worker: Learning continuously with social media [Hart]

On 07/25/2011, in career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, informal learning, professional development, social learning / networks, social media, training / L&D, workplace, by Daniel Christian

The Smart Worker: Learning continuously with social media — from Jane Hart

Tagged with: career development • corporate / business world • corporate universities / corporate training • informal learning • professional development • social learning • social networking • training

What’s the future for traditional training departments? The Summer of 2011 E-Learning Debate continues. (UK)

On 07/24/2011, in corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, elearning, formal learning, future, informal learning, learning, learning ecosystem, social learning / networks, social media, traditional / tradition, training / L&D, trends, UK, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

E-learning Debate becomes less formal, more social — from epic.co.uk
The future of L&D department debate continues — from Jane Hart
Response to the Epic e-Learning Debate — from Nic Laycock
Give Cruella a chance — from Clive Sheperd

Tagged with: corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • e-learning • enterprise learning • formal learning • future • informal learning • learning ecosystem • social learning • social media • traditional • training • trends • UK

What if, instead of a Star Wars-type of game, this video wall was used for creating cross-disciplinary, interactive/collaborative assignments?

On 07/18/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, collaboration, digital learning, interactivity, learning spaces, multi-touch, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

RTS game runs on a 20 foot-wide multi-touch LCD wall — from gizmag.com by Pawel Piejko

A graduate student has developed an RTS game played on a 20-foot wide LCD multi-touch wall
(Image: University of Illinois)

From DSC:
What about if others from another college, university, school, etc. could partake in this as well?

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • collaboration • digital learning • interactive whiteboards • interactivity • learning spaces • multi-touch • smart classrooms • social learning • visualizing information • web-based collaboration

From DSC:
What a great way to engage, inspire, involve students in music!

See:

iBand HD | Amazing! 24 Piece iPad Performance In School | #SVMiPad

Also see:

Neil Johnston from storevanmusic.com
Originally saw at The Futures Agency

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Reflections on “An Innovation Perfect Storm?” [Kelley]

On 06/29/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, collaboration, convergence, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, emerging technologies, future, ideas, innovation, learning spaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, technology (general), trends, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Reflections from DSC (additional emphasis by DSC):

I ran across Braden Kelley’s posting over at Blogging Innovation that’s entitled, “An Innovation Perfect Storm? In that posting, Braden lays out a powerful vision that he’s had for at least 2 years:

I believed two years ago and still believe that what the world needs is not more smart devices, but more flexible and plentiful dumb devices that are driven by the one smart device to rule them all – an extensible smart phone that can not only drive multiple display and input devices wirelessly, but also augment its processing and storage capabilities via wireless devices or the cloud.

Besides mentioning Motorola’s Atrix, RIM’s Blackberry Playbook , and Nintendo’s WiiU, Braden focuses on Apple’s product line. But later on in his posting, he provides a link to Teq’s WiD410 product — a conference room flat panel solution:

Braden’s vision caused me to piggyback on my vision for what I’d like to see in our Smart Classrooms — the ability for students to quickly and easily project/”play” their content for others in the class to see — without interrupting the flow of the class.

This concept holds true for corporate conference rooms & training centers as well.

Addendum/see also:

12 Trends from Cannes 2011 — June 2011

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Some reflections on the future of higher ed from Bryan Alexander [Educause]

On 06/29/2011, in change, future of higher education, game-changing environment, mobile learning, mobile technologies, open courseware and systems, social learning / networks, social media, writing, by Daniel Christian

This Visible College — from Educause (Vol. 34, No. 2, 2011) by Bryan Alexander

Excerpt:

In this column we’ll explore another part of higher education using only one scenario — but it’s a doozy.

“Class begins when the classroom door closes.” This image is enshrined in many practices, much popular memory, and even campus policies. But the concept may well be turned inside out in the near future as several trends coincide, altering the ways we teach and learn. That shut door is about to be wrenched open and our closed classes drawn into a global, visible college (compared to the invisible college described by David Staley and Dennis Trinkle¹).

None of these supporting trends is mysterious or surprising:

Social media

Mobile computing

Open content

…

When these three trends combine, though, the synthesis surpasses each individual trend. What they do is turn the classroom inside out.

…

Everything I’ve described is happening now. What happens when these trends continue to grow and cross-pollinate?

Future of Higher Education — from Educause (Vol. 34, No. 1, 2011) by Bryan Alexander

Excerpt:

What does the future hold for higher education? How is American academia changing under the impact of continuous technological transformation?

…

The Future of Scholarly Publication
Scholarly publication is one of the most vital parts of higher education.4 Publications are in many ways the acme of faculty assessment: publish or perish. Our articles and books are the visible, enduring record of academic work, outlasting the lifespans of researchers, staff, and students. An entire industry both depends on and supports this output. Research output is deeply interwoven into many aspects of campus life, from hiring policies to library budgets and admissions materials. It is also a field in crisis, hammered by the Great Recession and torqued by ongoing technological revolutions.

Tagged with: change • future of higher education • game-changing environment • journals • Mobile learning • mobile technology • open • scholarly writing • social learning • social media

Are you ready for the second wave of social media? [Stanchak]

On 06/29/2011, in communities of practice, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, future, social learning / networks, social media, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Are you ready for the second wave of social media? — from smartblogs.com by Jesse Stanchak

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):

When people ask what the next big thing in social media will be, they’re usually looking for an ascendant platform that will supplant Facebook the way Facebook supplanted MySpace or they’re expecting a feature set, such as geo-location or group messaging. But what if it’s not a network or a tool? What if it’s an application?

“Internal social media is the second wave … the future of work is in communities,” said Cisco’s Andrew Warden at this week’s Corporate Social Media Summit.

Warden gave the crowd four reasons to start looking at internal social tools…

From DSC:
My thanks to Tracy Gravesande for posting this item over at the “The Social Learning Community Network” (a Yammer-based community of practice)

Also of potential interest here is:

Thoughts From The Enterprise 2.0 Conference — from Yammer

Addendum on 7/5/11:

Report: Social Media Brings New Engagement to TV

Tagged with: communities of practice • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • future • social learning • social media • training • workplace

LinkedIn leaps (further) into the content game with SlideShare [Boyd]

On 06/27/2011, in career development, content development, aggregation, repositories, presentations, professional development, publishing, social learning / networks, vendors, workplace, by Daniel Christian

LinkedIn leaps (further) into the content game with SlideShare –– from FastCompany.com by E.B. Boyd

Excerpt:

Everyone knows LinkedIn as a networking tool. But slowly, it’s becoming a media publisher too–or at least a place to find great work-related content.

Back in March, Reid Hoffman’s crew launched LinkedIn Today, a way for businesspeople to share and discover great articles. Today, it announces a tighter integration with SlideShare, so folks can share and discover presentations, videos, and documents from that site.

Tagged with: career development • content • Content aggregration • content repositories • presentations • professional development • publishing • social learning • social networking • vendors • workplace

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