Microsoft to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion — from CNET by Don Reisinger
On 05/10/2011,
in Microsoft, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/07/2011,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, animation, emerging technologies, future, global / globalization, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, multi-touch, technologies for your home, technology (general), television, trends, vendors, videoconferencing, vision/possibilities, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/27/2011,
in business, digital learning, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, innovation, new business models, publishing, strategy, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Pearson acquisitions — from FutureLearn.org by George Siemens
Excerpt:
Education is on a path to globalization, roughly where businesses were in the 1970s. No clear leader exists, conglomerates haven’t made a huge impact yet, technology is marginally used for conducting business, and acquisitions to expand market capacity are rare. That’s changing. Pearson is rapidly pursuing acquisitions. The education sector, from the stance of corporations, is ripe for innovation. For startups this is a great opportunity. The Silicon Valley effect (create a startup with the intention of being purchased by Google, Microsoft, Facebook) is starting to gain traction in the education sector.
Emantras releases Mobl21 HD for iPad
Mobl21 is an award-winning, mobile learning application that supports a dynamic, unstructured way of learning. Using Mobl21, educators can develop content that learners can access from their mobile devices, allowing them to study at their own pace and therefore, perform better.
Mobl21 gives students instant access to valuable learning material, anywhere, anytime. As a result, students can now make use of those idle minutes between classes, or commuting, to glance through notes or review material before the next class.
Mobl21 also helps educators easily create learning material, and publish to multiple users or groups. Additional tool features enable educators to track and monitor content access and view test performances.
Create online surveys: Guide to the best free services –– from MasterNewMedia.org by Good, Bazzano, Lombardi
Originally prepared by Robin Good, Daniele Bazzano and Elia Lombardi for MasterNewMedia. First published on October 5th, 2009 and updated on April 20th, 2011.
On 04/22/2011,
in education technology, Google, languages and translation, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/18/2011,
in blogs / blogging / vlogging, digital audio, podcasting, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/18/2011,
in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, interaction design, interactivity, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, participation, personalized/customized learning, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, telepresence, television, transmedia, trends, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
New Sony TV Ad: Television Redefined, Internet TV, 4/15/11 — from electrictv.com
New Samsung Smart TV Ad: Internet TV, 4/13/11 — from electrictv.com
[WATCH]: Interactive Video Conferencing at NCSSM
What a wall of 4,500 video streams looks like — from ComputerWorld.com by Lucas Mearian
Excerpt:
At last week’s SNW in Santa Clara, SSD-maker Fusion-io set up a video wall showing an digital tapestry made up by 4,500 video streams all being run through a single NAND flash card. The card is capable of over 1 million transactions per second or six gigabytes of throughput per second.
While Fusion-io has touted this video wall at the past couple of SNWs to show off its ioDrive Octal card, which packs up to 5.12TB of capacity into a single PCI Express device, the display just never gets old. So this time, I took time to shoot a four-minute video of it.
On 04/14/2011,
in content development, aggregation, repositories, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
On 04/11/2011,
in CMS/LMS, corporate universities / corporate training, social learning / networks, training / L&D, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Magic Quadrant for Corporate Learning Systems — from Gartner
Source: Gartner (March 2011)
Market Definition/Description
CLSs continue to expand the functionality and robustness of their components. The five core components that a CLS should provide are:
- LMS — supports the administration and management of learning programs, such as assessment, records management, provisioning of learning, management of training resources and reporting.
- LCMS and content authoring tools — enable the creation, storage, delivery and reuse of learning content.
- Virtual classrooms and multimodal e-learning delivery — underpin various approaches to learning, including formal (for example, instructor-led), structured social, informal and blended styles.
- Social learning — supports the collaborative learning activities of individuals and teams, as well as the creation and interaction of communities of learners.
- Professional services — help create custom content, develop learning strategies and support implementation.
On 04/11/2011,
in mobile learning, ubiquitous learning, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Group video calling comes to iPhone & Android in Fring beta test — from Mashable.com by Jennifer Van Grove
On 04/08/2011,
in vendors,
by Daniel Christian
“Go from FaceTime to email time in no time.
A folding hinge supports iPad 2 in both portrait and landscape modes.”
A folding hinge supports iPad 2 in both portrait and landscape modes.”
On 04/08/2011,
in collaboration, content development, aggregation, repositories, digital audio, digital video, graphics, media/film, productivity / tips and tricks, tools, vendors, web design and production, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/31/2011,
in the downsides of how people use tech, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Samsung installs keylogger on its laptop computers — from NetworkWorld.com by Mohamed Hassan with edits by M. E. Kabay; Part 1 – The Discovery
From DSC:
Bad move Samsung...you just sunk people’s trust level in your products even further.