On 09/07/2011,
in blended learning, CMS/LMS, hybrid learning, instructional design, productivity / tips and tricks, teaching & learning, teaching online, tools,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/18/2011,
in analytics, blended learning, change, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, content development, aggregation, repositories, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, game-changing environment, hybrid learning, mobile learning, online learning, open courseware and systems, personalized/customized learning, publishing, trends, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
On 08/17/2011,
in blended learning, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, face-to-face, hybrid learning, instructional design, learning, learning ecosystem, online learning, training / L&D,
by Daniel Christian
Finding the right learning mix — from Chief Learning Officer by Lance Dublin
Learning organizations are experiencing a kind of renaissance, with new technology prompting new thinking about how to enhance, extend and enable learning.
On 07/12/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, blended learning, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, higher education, hybrid learning, multimedia, online learning, tools, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Some items re: Blackboard’s announcement of their Collaborate product:
- Blackboard Collaborate: Overview — from Bb
- Blackboard Launches New, Real-Time Collaboration Platform Built for Education — prnewswire.com
- Blackboard Collaborate formally launched at BBWorld 2011 — from zdnet.com by Christopher Dawson
On 06/28/2011,
in blended learning, disruption, face-to-face, hybrid learning, innovation, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/27/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, blended learning, Canada, change, digital learning, distance education, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, faith, future, hybrid learning, K-12 related, learning spaces, multimedia, online learning, pedagogy, professional development, smart classrooms, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 05/13/2011,
in 21st century, budgets, digital learning, education, education reform, education technology, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, hybrid learning, ideas, K-12 related, leadership, library / librarians, mobile learning, online learning, student teaching/teacher education, teachers,
by Daniel Christian
Excerpt from introduction (emphasis DSC):
Three factors are driving this new interest and enthusiasm for digital learning by educators. First, teachers and administrators are increasingly become technology-enabled themselves, using emerging technologies such as mobile devices, online classes and digital content to improve their own productivity. This development of a personal value proposition with the technology is propelling educators to think creatively about how to leverage these same tools in the classroom. Second, students and increasingly parents are demanding a different kind of learning experience and that is forcing even the most reluctant teachers and administrators to re-evaluate their perspectives about the value of technology within learning. As noted in prior Speak Up national reports, students have a very clear vision for 21st century learning. Their preference is for learning environments that are socially-based, un-tethered and digitally rich. Parents are also supportive of this new learning paradigm and as we noted in our first Speak Up 2010 report (released in April 2011) the emergence of a new trend of parental digital choice is an indication of this unprecedented support level. And schools and districts are waking up to this new trend. Concerns about parents’ capability to, for example, enroll their children in non-district provided online classes are compelling many districts to start virtual schools themselves. The third factor, the economy, and its resulting financial pressures on school and district budgets, has created a sense of urgency to more fully investigate how technologies can help educators meet their instructional goals with less expense.
All three factors converging at the same time has opened up a new window of possibilities for achieving the promise of technology to transform education. Evidence of this shift in perspective and vision by educators is noted in some comparative Speak Up findings over the past few years.
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This report is the second in a two-part series to document the key national findings from Speak Up 2010.
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In this companion report, “The New 3E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered – How Today’s Educators are Advancing a New Vision for Teaching and Learning,” we explore how teachers, principals, district administrators, librarians and technology coordinators are addressing the student vision for learning around three key trends. These trends have generated significant interest in the past year at conferences, in policy discussions and within our schools and districts: mobile learning, online and blended learning and digital content.
While each of these trends includes the essential components of the student vision of socially-based, un-tethered and digitally-rich learning, they also provide a unique backdrop for investigating the role of educators to engage, enable and empower students through the use of these emerging technologies.
• Role of Librarians and Technology Coordinators: To enable student use of the emerging technologies through their planning, support and recommendation responsibilities.
• Role of Classroom Teachers: To engage students in rich, compelling learning experiences through the effective use of these technologies in the classroom.
• Role of School and District Administrators: To empower both teachers and students to creatively envision the future of digital learning, and to provide opportunities for exploring the elements of a new shared vision for learning.
On 05/05/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, blended learning, education reform, education technology, hybrid learning, K-12 related,
by Daniel Christian
Online learning begins to explode into mainstream in blended schools — from Disupting Class posted by Michael Horn
This week, Innosight Institute, where I am the executive director of the education practice, released a landmark report, titled The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles of Emerging Models, which profiles 40 different operators leading the rise of K-12 blended learning.
Across America a skyrocketing number of K-12 students are getting their education in blended-learning environments. Over 4 million K-12 students took at least one online course in 2010, according to Ambient Insight, and this space is growing now by a five-year compound annual growth rate of 43 percent—much faster than the growth of charter schooling or other K-12 education reforms, for example. And the majority of this growth is occurring in different types of “blended learning.”
Also see:
- The rise of K-12 blended learning: Profiles of emerging model
and the report itself by clicking the graphic below
On 04/09/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, change, colleges, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-readers, education, education reform, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, future of higher education, game-changing environment, generational differences, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), hybrid learning, immersion, informal learning, innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interaction design, interactivity, interface design, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, learning agents, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, lifelong learning, marketplaces, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, pace of change, personalized/customized learning, platforms, play, podcasting, professional development, reinvent, RSS, simulations, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, social media, society, storytelling, strategy, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, surviving, tablets, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, telepresence, television, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, universities, user experience (UX), using teams, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
Daniel Christian:
A Vision of Our Future Learning Ecosystems
In the near future, as the computer, the television, the telephone (and more) continues to converge, we will most likely enjoy even more powerful capabilities to conveniently create and share our content as well as participate in a global learning ecosystem — whether that be from within our homes and/or from within our schools, colleges, universities and businesses throughout the world.
We will be teachers and students at the same time — even within the same hour — with online-based learning exchanges taking place all over the virtual and physical world. Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) — in the form of online-based tutors, instructors, teachers, and professors — will be available on demand. Even more powerful/accurate/helpful learning engines will be involved behind the scenes in delivering up personalized, customized learning — available 24x7x365. Cloud-based learner profiles may enter the equation as well.
The chances for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship that are coming will be mind-blowing! What employers will be looking for — and where they can look for it — may change as well.
What we know today as the “television” will most likely play a significant role in this learning ecosystem of the future. But it won’t be like the TV we’ve come to know. It will be much more interactive and will be aware of who is using it — and what that person is interested in learning about. Technologies/applications like Apple’s AirPlay will become more standard, allowing a person to move from device to device without missing a beat. Transmedia storytellers will thrive in this environment!
Much of the professionally done content will be created by teams of specialists, including the publishers of educational content, and the in-house teams of specialists within colleges, universities, and corporations around the globe. Perhaps consortiums of colleges/universities will each contribute some of the content — more readily accepting previous coursework that was delivered via their consortium’s membership.
An additional thought regarding higher education and K-12 and their Smart Classrooms/Spaces:
For input devices…
The “chalkboards” of the future may be transparent, or they may be on top of a drawing board-sized table or they may be tablet-based. But whatever form they take and whatever is displayed upon them, the ability to annotate will be there; with the resulting graphics saved and instantly distributed. (Eventually, we may get to voice-controlled Smart Classrooms, but we have a ways to go in that area…)
Below are some of the graphics that capture a bit of what I’m seeing in my mind…and in our futures.
Alternatively available as a PowerPoint Presentation (audio forthcoming in a future version)
— from Daniel S. Christian | April 2011
- Hunch brings predictions to Internet TV — from ReadWriteWeb.com by Mike Melanson
- Group video calling comes to iPhone & Android in Fring beta test – from Mashable.com by Jennifer Van Grove
- State of the Art Tutoring is Going Online — from chatam.patch.com by K.F. Rogers (originally saw at Ray Schroeder’s blog)
- Storytelling: Video games’ next killer app — from CNN.com by Scott Steinberg
- YouTube finally launches live streaming portal to select partners — from ReadWriteWeb.com by Marshall Kirkpatrick
- The art of immersion, digital storytelling and transmedia — from Six Pixels of Separation
- Reversing course, U. of California to borrow millions for online classes — from The Chronicle by Josh Keller
- Non-stop Learning Futures conference spans three time zones to mirror demands of 24/7 global society — from 24dash.com
- Call for presentations: Online learning, teaching, and research in the new media ecology — from Ray Schroeder and the Sloan Consortium
…It is clear that we are in the midst of rapid and ongoing changes in the way that we communicate and represent ideas and these changes have profound consequence for how we know, learn, think, and teach in higher education and beyond. The dizzying pace of change is highlighted by the fact that even the relatively new conventions of online education associated with asynchronous learning networks are being challenged by emerging means of access, such as mobile and cloud computing, new forms of communication, such as video streaming and instant messaging, as well as the innovative modes of participation represented in social media.
Addendum on 4-14-11:
- Surprise! Online TV is billion-dollar biz — from cnn.com
On 04/05/2011,
in blended learning, face-to-face, formal learning, hybrid learning, informal learning, instructional design, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
A question of balance — by Clive Sheperd
Excerpt:
The issue, as ever, is getting the balance right between taking advantage of new developments as they come available, while continuing to exploit the potential of long-standing approaches.
On 04/04/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, blended learning, dangers of the status quo, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, expectations, future, hybrid learning, K-12 related, mobile learning, mobile technologies, motivation, online learning, strategy, student-related, tablets, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
- The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged and Empowered
How Today’s Students are Leveraging Emerging Technologies for Learning - What Do Kids Say Is The Biggest Obstacle To Technology At School? — from ReadWriteWeb.com by Audrey Watters
On 03/24/2011,
in 21st century, blended learning, cost of getting a degree, Daniel S. Christian, elearning, emerging technologies, Europe, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, hybrid learning, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, K-12 related, learning agents, online learning, personalized/customized learning,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
In my mind, this area of intelligent systems and agents is one of the most important areas to watch in the years ahead. Such efforts should help us develop sophisticated systems that can help deliver personalized, customized education at the K-12 and higher ed levels…and perhaps will be relevant in the L&D space as well.
The innovations that come from this area may make hybrid-based — as well as 100% online-based learning — incredibly powerful!
If someone can develop such systems and make them available at far cheaper prices than exist today, a quality “Walmart of Education” will truly have been built.
Per the Call for Papers section, the topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:
| Area 1 – Intelligent Systems
– Algorithms – Artificial Intelligence – Automation Systems and Control – Bioinformatics – Computational Intelligence – Expert Systems – Fuzzy Technologies and Systems – Game and Decision Theories – Intelligent Control Systems – Intelligent Internet Systems – Intelligent Software Systems – Intelligent Systems – Machine Learning – Neural Networks – Neurocomputers – Optimization – Parallel Computation – Pattern Recognition – Robotics and Autonomous Robots – Signal Processing – Systems Modelling – Web Mining
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Area 2 – Agents
– Adaptive Agent Systems – Agent Applications – Agent Communication – Agent Development – Agent middleware – Agent Models and Architectures – Agent Ontologies – Agent Oriented Systems and Engineering – Agent Programming, Languages and Environments – Agent Systems – Agent Technologies – Agent Theories – Agent Trends – Agents Analysis and Design – Agents and Learning – Agents and Ubiquitous Computing – Agents in Networks – Agents Protocols and Standards – Artificial Systems – Computational Complexity – eCommerce and Agents – Embodied Agents – Mobile Agents – Multi-Agent Systems – Negotiation Strategies – Performance Issues – Security, Privacy and Trust – Semantic Grids – Simulation – Web Agents |
On 03/04/2011,
in adjunct faculty, blended learning, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, faculty/staff, hybrid learning, instructional design, pedagogy, professional development, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
.Some of the sessions being offered include:
- Innovative Assessment Techniques
- Teaching the Nontraditional Adult Learner
- Designing Educational Experiences that Promote Deep Learning
- Developing an Academic Honesty Program that Works
- Modeling Writing for Developmental Learners
- Computers in the Classroom: Evidence of Student Engagement (Not Distraction)
- Fostering Student Engagement in Online Learning Environments
- Integrating Emerging Technology in the Classroom and Beyond
- Setting Up Your Hybrid Course for Success
- Engaging Millennial Students in the Basic Course