Tools to Boost Student Engagement at the End of the Year — from gettingsmart.com by Rachelle Dene Poth
Excerpts:
On 05/10/2021,
in A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, adjunct faculty, Augmented Reality (AR), Bias | Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I), colleges, community colleges, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, experimentation, faculty/staff, higher education, ideas, innovation, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, liberal arts, multimedia, new media literacies, online learning, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, tools, training / L&D, United States, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
What if we could create these kinds of calendars and/or apps for faculty and staff as well as for students? — idea from Daniel Christian. The vehicles could be developed as analog/physical formats or in digital formats and apps. In the digital realm, one could receive a daily notification.
For faculty/staff:
- Teaching and learning tips; pedagogies (flipped learning, active learning, etc.); ideas that have worked well for others
- Creative experiments to try (such as digital storytelling or with an emerging technology such as AR, MR, or VR)
- Tips & tricks re: tools within the learning ecosystem of one’s organization
- How to make digital content that’s accessible
- Items re: bias, diversity, equity & inclusion
- Dates to be aware of (for processes on one’s LMS/CMS as an example)
- Notes of encouragement and/or humor
- Links to key resources
- Other
[The Corporate Training / L&D world could do this as well.]
For students
- Studying tips
- How to take courses online
- How people learn
- Resources, books, people to follow on Twitter, blogs and RSS feeds, etc.
- Pictures of judges, legislative bodies, law offices, corporate HQs, other
- Notes of encouragement
- Ethics
- Professionalism
- Other
On 04/29/2021,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Apple, Augmented Reality (AR), emerging technologies, future, innovation, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
AirTags Are the Perfectly Boring, Functional Future of AR — from wired.com by Lauren Goode
Apple’s new location-aware widgets point to the company’s possible larger ambitions for augmented reality.
Excerpts:
APPLE’S AIRTAGS HAVE found their way to market. The long-rumored competitor to Tile—a tiny Bluetooth tag you attach to frequently lost items—was unveiled today during Apple’s spring hardware announcement.
…
This latter feature points to another emerging platform for Apple: augmented reality. While the company didn’t explicitly say AirTags will be used in AR apps, immersive computing experts point out that the AirTags technology is using ARKit, Apple’s software framework for AR, and that tying digital information to nearby physical objects is an important step in the evolution of this tech.
Instead of seeing a flat, 2D image on your iPhone of where the keys are buried in the couch, a virtual arrow would be layered on top of the view through your phone’s camera, guiding you to the exact location of your keys as you move closer.
On 04/24/2021,
in Apple, Augmented Reality (AR), innovation, Mixed Reality (MR), XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Design full rooms in AR with the IKEA Studio app — from vrscout.com by Kyle Melnick
Excerpt:
Whereas the IKEA Place app—released back in 2017 alongside the launch of Apple’s ARKit—allows you to place single pieces of AR furniture and decorations throughout your real-world environment, IKEA Studio lets you furnish entire rooms. Developed by IKEA’s own Copenhagen-based studio SPACE10, this iOS-exclusive app works by capturing 3D room plans and measurements using the LiDAR sensors featured on the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max. Put simply, this new technology generates a mesh scale capable of identifying surfaces, objects, and the geometry of your real-world environment, resulting in more realistic AR experiences.
On 04/11/2021,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Augmented Reality (AR), communications, computer science, corporate universities / corporate training, education, education technology, emerging technologies, experimentation, future, future of higher education, generational differences, higher education, ideas, K-12 related, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Mixed Reality (MR), mobile learning, mobile technologies, programming, technologies for your home, tools, training / L&D, vision/possibilities, wearables, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Apple CEO Tim Cook: AR Is “Critically Important” For The Company’s Future — from vrscout.com by Bobby Carlton
Excerpts:
When the subject of AR and it’s potential came up, Cook said “You and I are having a great conversation right now. Arguably, it could even be better if we were able to augment our discussion with charts or other things to appear.”
In Cook’s opinion, AR will change the way we communicate with our friends, colleagues, and family. It’ll reshape communication in fields such as health, education, gaming, and retail. “I’m already seeing AR take off in some of these areas with use of the phone. And I think the promise is even greater in the future,” said Cook.
Also see:
- How Extended Reality Tools Can Bring New Life to Higher Education — from by Soulaymane Kachani
And it is not enough to try to use existing VR/XR applications and tailor them to educational scenarios. These tools can and should be created with pedagogy, student experience, and learning outcomes as the priority.
On 03/04/2021,
in Augmented Reality (AR), emerging technologies, future, ideas, innovation, vision/possibilities, wearables,
by Daniel Christian
The Future of Wearable Computing May Be Augmented Reality – Newest Developments in AR Glasses — from wearable-technologies.com by Cathy Russey
Excerpt:
From healthcare to factory floors, augmented reality glasses are aiding people in various professions do their job efficiently. Doctors use them to conduct precise surgery and factory workers use them for productivity, efficiency, and safety. AR glasses have been identified as a vital technology supporting shop-floor operators in the smart factories of the future.
On 02/09/2021,
in 3D, Augmented Reality (AR), collaboration, human-computer interaction (HCI), immersion, innovation, platforms, presentations, vendors, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
Arvizio Brings AR Collaboration to Zoom Meetings with Immerse 3D App for Smartphones, HoloLens & Magic Leap — from next.reality.news by Tommy Palladino
Excerpt:
On Monday, the Canada-based company revealed Immerse 3D, an app for iOS, Android, HoloLens, and Magic Leap (listed as Arvizio Immerse 5.0) that works in conjunction with Arvizio Director PC collaboration software and Arvizio Cloud service to enable video conference participants to interact with the same 3D model simultaneously in AR.
Image via Arvizio
On 02/05/2021,
in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, adjunct faculty, Augmented Reality (AR), colleges, community colleges, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, faculty/staff, graphics, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, legal technologies, liberal arts, library / librarians, media/film, Mixed Reality (MR), multimedia, online learning, online media, online tutoring, platforms, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, science, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general), telelegal, telemedicine / telehealth / virtual health, telepresence, tools, training / L&D, United States, universities, user experience (UX), vendors, vision/possibilities, visualizing information,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
THIS is incredible technology! Check out the Chroma-keying technology and the handwriting extraction feature of the Sony Analytics appliance.
From Sony’s website (emphasis DSC):
No matter where the speaker is standing, the Handwriting Extraction feature ensures that any words and diagrams written on a board or screen remain in full view to the audience — via AR (augmented reality).
Even if the speaker is standing directly in front of the board, their ideas, thinking process, and even their animated presentation, are all accessible to the audience. It’s also easy for remote viewers and those playing back the presentation at a later date to become immersed in the content too, as the presenter is overlaid and the content is never compromised.
Also, the chroma keying tech can be useful/engaging as well.
I saw this at IUPUI’s recent webinar/tour of their new facilities. Here’s further information on that webinar from last Friday, 1/29/21:
Designing Large Active Learning Classrooms webinar/tour on 1/29/21 from the Mosaic Program at Indiana University; also features rooms/staff at IUPUI.
- Recording
- A recent Educause article on Innovation Hall
- A recent article on the opening of Innovation Hall
- And, a post-webinar resource…Michel Jansen wrote a report summarizing the webinar.
On 01/13/2021,
in A/V -- audio/visual, art, Augmented Reality (AR), Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, experimentation, future, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, interaction design, interactivity, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, Mixed Reality (MR), multi-touch, multimedia, usability, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, wearables, workplace, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
I was thinking about projecting images, animation, videos, etc. from a device onto a wall for all in the room to see.
- Will more walls of the future be like one of those billboards (that presents two or three different images) and could change surfaces?
One side of the surface would be more traditional (i.e., a sheet wall type of surface). The other side of the surface would be designed to be excellent for projecting images onto it and/or for use by Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and/or Virtual Reality (VR).
Along these lines, here’s another item related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI):
Mercedes-Benz debuts dashboard that’s one giant touchscreen — from futurism.com
On 01/01/2021,
in 21st century, 5G, Africa, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, Augmented Reality (AR), Blockchain, career development, change, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, corporate / business world, education, global / globalization, ideas, innovation, internet, machine-to-machine communications, telecommunications, trends, vendors, videoconferencing, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, workplace, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
The 12/31/20 EIEIO from Michael Moe
Excerpts:
The 10 Megatrends Shaping Our World
- Knowledge Economy
- Global Silicon Valley
- Digitization
- Smart Everything
- HomeWork
The Office has become optional but the Zoom Room has become essential. 88% of companies encouraged or required employees to work from home during the pandemic. A near term problem that is rapidly being solved is that only 1 in 4 people are set up currently to work efficiently from home but 99% of employees say they like that option. Overall, due to reducing commutes, office distractions etc., productivity on average rose for most knowledge workers up to 20% greater.It is expected that many knowledge workers will continue to work from home even post the pandemic. - Winner Take All
- Data King
- Sustainability
- Everything is a Subscription
- Mission Corp
On 12/28/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, architecture, Augmented Reality (AR), collaboration, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, remote teaching and learning, web-based collaboration, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
5 industries that AR is going to change in 2021 — from wikitude.com by Maria Stenina
Excerpts:
- Remote work and collaboration
- Education
- Toys and games
- Logistics and warehousing
- Architecture and construction
AR enables remote collaboration with stable two-way video and audio annotations that any team member can access on-site and in the office. Such technological advancements leave traditional ways of cooperation far behind and accelerate the adoption rate by construction companies and the open public. Imagine a construction company using an app to add a detailed view of the future building for the local community to inform and provide a communication and feedback channel. The same channel could be used in-house for the cross-team collaboration in real-time.
On 11/16/2020,
in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Augmented Reality (AR), career development, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, platforms, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, web-based collaboration, workplace, XR - extended reality,
by Daniel Christian
Purdue Project Tackles AR/VR for Workforce Ed — from campustechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser
Excerpt:
Purdue University has received a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to continue development of a prototype that will facilitate workforce education being done through augmented reality and virtual reality.