{"id":57964,"date":"2017-01-03T16:24:03","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T21:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=57964"},"modified":"2017-01-04T08:59:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T13:59:49","slug":"dont-discount-the-game-changing-power-of-the-morphing-tv-when-coupled-with-ai-nlp-and-blockchain-based-technologies-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2017\/01\/03\/dont-discount-the-game-changing-power-of-the-morphing-tv-when-coupled-with-ai-nlp-and-blockchain-based-technologies-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t discount the game-changing power of the morphing &#8220;TV&#8221; when coupled with AI, NLP, and blockchain-based technologies! [Christian]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t discount the game-changing power of the morphing &#8220;TV&#8221; when coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), and blockchain-based technologies!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">When I saw the article below, I couldn&#8217;t help but wonder what (we currently know of as) &#8220;TVs&#8221; will morph into and what functionalities they will be able to provide to us in the not-too-distant future&#8230;?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">For example, the article mentions that Seiki, Westinghouse, and Element will be offering TVs that can not only access Alexa &#8212; a personal assistant from Amazon which uses artificial intelligence &#8212; but will also be able to provide access to over 7,000 apps and games via the Amazon Fire TV Store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/RVnCGmXPBDrdJowoTskBDb-970-80.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Some of the questions that come to my mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Why can&#8217;t there be more <em>educationally-related<\/em> games and apps available on this type of platform? <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Why can&#8217;t the results of the assessments taken on these apps get fed into cloud-based learner profiles that capture one&#8217;s lifelong learning? (#blockchain)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">When will potential employers start asking for access to such web-based learner profiles?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Will tvOS and similar operating systems expand to provide blockchain-based technologies as well as the types of functionality we get from our current set of CMSs\/LMSs?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Will this type of setup become a major outlet for competency-based education as well as for corporate training-related programs?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Will augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) capabilities come with our near future &#8220;TVs&#8221;?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Will virtual tutoring be one of the available apps\/channels?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Will the microphone and the wide angle, HD camera on the &#8220;TV&#8221; be able to be disconnected from the Internet for security reasons? (i.e., to be sure no hacker is eavesdropping in on their private lives)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/forget-a-streaming-stick-these-tvs-come-with-amazon-fire-tv-inside\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Forget a streaming stick: These 4K TVs come with Amazon Fire TV inside<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from techradar.com by Nick Pino<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">The TVs will not only have access to Alexa via a microphone-equipped remote but, more importantly, will have access to the over 7,000 apps and games available on the Amazon Fire TV Store \u2013 a huge boon considering that most of these Smart TVs usually include, at max, a few dozen apps.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48123\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MoreChoiceMoreControl-DSC.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MoreChoiceMoreControl-DSC.jpg 578w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/MoreChoiceMoreControl-DSC-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30701\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg\" alt=\"The Living [Class] Room -- by Daniel Christian -- July 2012 -- a second device used in conjunction with a Smart\/Connected TV\" width=\"616\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012.jpg 616w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/The-Living-Class-Room-Daniel-S-Christian-July-2012-150x117.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>Addendums<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/futurist-predicts-online-school-largest-online-company-2016-12\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A top futurist predicts the largest internet company of 2030 will be an online school<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from businessinsider.com by Chris Weller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been predicting that by 2030 the largest company on the internet is going to be an education-based company that we haven&#8217;t heard of yet,&#8221; Frey, the senior futurist at the DaVinci Institute think tank, tells Business Insider.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationdive.com\/news\/once-thought-to-be-a-fad-moocs-showed-staying-power-in-2016\/433204\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Once thought to be a fad, MOOCs showed staying power in 2016<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from educationdive.com<br \/>\n<em>Dive Brief:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EdSurge profiles the growth of massive online open courses in 2016, which attracted more than <strong>58 million students in over 700 colleges and universities last year<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The top three MOOC providers \u2014 Coursera, Udacity and EdX \u2014 collectively grossed more than <strong>$100 million last year<\/strong>, as much of the content provided on these platforms shifted from free to paywall guarded materials.<\/li>\n<li>Many MOOCs have moved to <strong>offering credentialing programs or nanodegree offerings<\/strong> to increase their value in industrial marketplaces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From DSC: Don&#8217;t discount the game-changing power of the morphing &#8220;TV&#8221; when coupled with artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing (NLP), and blockchain-based technologies! 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