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The Teaching & Learning Digital Studio at Calvin College

On 03/08/2010, in 21st century, Apple, art, Augmented Reality (AR), blended learning, blogs / blogging / vlogging, CMS/LMS, colleges, computer science, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, engineering, geography / geology, Google, graphics, higher education, history, hybrid learning, innovation, K-12 related, languages and translation, learning, learning ecosystem, liberal arts, mathematics, multimedia, music, online learning, online media, pedagogy, physics, podcasting, psychology, science, social learning / networks, sociology, STEAM-related, story, storytelling, teachers, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, telecommunications, web design and production, writing, by Daniel Christian

Student-provided sites from The Teaching & Learning Digital Studio at Calvin College

Digital Studio Sites is a blog with a large collection links from the Teaching & Learning Digital Studio Staff at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, MI) that covers a wide range of academic topics and more. The staff scours the Web for the best, most interesting, and useful Web sites for the classroom (and maybe beyond) on the Internet and continually updates the list of links. Professors can quickly find sites related to their field of study by keyword, search, or by subscribing via RSS feed.

Tagged with: faculty-staff • professors • student-related

Anything and everything you needed to know about Smartphones — from thenextweb.com

On 02/26/2010, in mobile technologies, telecommunications, Uncategorized, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: mobile technology • telecommunications

Cisco sees mobile data doubling annually — WSJ

On 02/15/2010, in mobile learning, telecommunications, by Daniel Christian

Cisco Sees Mobile Data Doubling Annually — from WSJ

Wireless-data traffic is expected to double every year through 2014, driven by a sharp increase in the volume of handheld devices as well as mobile video content, according to a Cisco report. Data use will surge as cellphone makers produce more Web-enabled handsets. Cisco says there could be more than five billion such devices connected to mobile networks in four years.

Tagged with: mobile technology

From DSC:
I signed up and downloaded a whitepaper from intelliresponse.com entitled, “Going Mobile: Web Self-Service for Students — Learn how higher education institutions can embrace the new multi-channel eco-system for student self-service (via Mobile, Social Media, Web)”.

I thought it was interesting how the term eco-system weaved its way through this company’s marketing literature. But it also relayed some more data on the increasing amount of mobile devices out there (now and expected in the near future). If we were to substitute the word “learning” in place of the words “self-service”, this topic becomes very relevant to this blog.

Here are a couple graphics from the paper:

Tagged with: innovation • internet • learning ecosystem • learning environments • Mobile learning

The Future of Higher Education: Beyond the Campus — from iangardnergb.blogspot.com

“Lots and lots at the time being on the future of HE, especially in the UK due to the funding cuts, imminent election, etc. One of the latest reports is a joint one from JISC, SERF, EDUCAUSE and CAUDIT, showing many issues are not just affecting the UK. “

Abstract:
Higher education’s purpose is to equip students for success in life—in the workplace, in communities, and in their personal lives. While this purpose may have remained constant for centuries, the world around colleges and universities is undergoing significant change. Higher education is under pressure to meet greater expectations, whether for student numbers, educational preparation, workforce needs, or economic development. Meanwhile, the resources available are likely to decline. New models, an intense focus on the student experience, and a drive for innovation and entrepreneurism will ensure that higher education continues to meet society’s needs. Information technology supports virtually every aspect of higher education, including finances, learning, research, security, and sustainability, and IT professionals need to understand the range of problems their institutions face so they apply IT where it brings greatest value. Creating this future will require collaboration across organizational and national boundaries, bringing together the collective intelligence of people from backgrounds including education, corporations, and government.

From DSC:
Many quotes jumped off of the pages of the report, but here’s one of them:

Higher education represents a complex, adaptive system that is influenced by larger societal trends and information technology. If higher education is adaptive, what will its future be?

Tagged with: budgetary • challenges • change • future • future of higher education • higher education • learning ecosystem • strategy • student expectations • student-related • teaching & learning • technologies • Using teams • web-based collaboration

“Ultimate Mashup” a Glimpse into the Future

On 02/05/2010, in Apple, digital audio, mobile learning, telecommunications, by Daniel Christian

“Ultimate Mashup” a Glimpse into the Future — from blog.programmableweb.com by Adam DuVander

“A new iPhone app is trying to take the fiction out of Science Fiction. Movies have long portrayed people in the future speaking commands to computers. Siri, based on $200M of research and development, is trying to make it so.”

Tagged with: Mobile learning • mobile technology • technologies

From DSC:
Which question is dead? This one:

Where is the return on investment in all of this technology?

Through the last several decades, as we’ve invested in PCs, Macs, cabling/telecommunications infrastructure, wireless access points, LANs, servers, routers, etc…the question kept being asked, “Where’s the return on investment with all of this technology?”

To me, that question is being put to rest once and for all (at least in terms of those sets of technologies.) Why? Because that infrastructure is the foundation of an ever-growing, sprawling, network of connections that people are using more and more to communicate, socialize, learn, and grow. Sure, there are downsides to the Internet, but there are many upsides as well:

You want a lesson plan? It’s out there.
You want to hear a lecture on topic A, B, or C? It’s out there and able to start playing on your PC, Mac, iPhone, etc. in seconds
You need to find directions to place XYZ? As you know, a huge timesaver can be found in services like Mapquest or with GPS-enabled services.
You want to take a break and watch a show? It’s on your PC or Mac in a short period of time.
You want to quickly orchestrate an event to catch up with a group of your friends? No problem.
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I could go on and on, but you get my point: We are at the embryonic stages of an explosion in innovation that is now possible due to the Internet and the blazingly-fast exchanges of information. Surely, there has been an excellent ROI here!

Tagged with: educational technology • ROI • telecommunications • Wireless

Technologies to Watch in Higher Education: 7 Years’ Worth of Predictions — Saul Carliner

On 01/30/2010, in digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, disruption, education technology, elearning, future, higher education, teaching & learning, telecommunications, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Technologies to Watch in Higher Education: 7 Years’ Worth of Predictions — from Saul Carliner

The New Media Consortium and Educause recently published their annual Horizon Report, which “describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact in higher education within three adoption horizons over the next one to five years” (Johnson, Levine, Smith & Stone, 2010). In response, I compiled the lists of technologies to watch from all seven reports…

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Food for thought: Which technologies did they call correctly? Which ones not?

References

Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). The 2010 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Tagged with: educational technology • Horizon Report • Mobile learning • mobile technology • multimedia • social • social media • web-based collaboration

AT&T to invest $2B in mobile network

On 01/30/2010, in elearning, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, telecommunications, by Daniel Christian

AT&T to invest $2B in mobile network — from CNN.com by Marguerite Reardon

Tagged with: Mobile learning • mobile technology

Some thoughts on the potential of the iPad on education

On 01/28/2010, in 21st century, Apple, business side of he, colleges, computer science, convergence, corporate / business world, cost of getting a degree, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, disruption, education technology, elearning, engagement / engaging students, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global, higher education, hybrid learning, instructional design, journalism, learning, learning ecosystem, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, open courseware and systems, pace of change, podcasting, publishing, simulations, teaching & learning, technologies for your home, telecommunications, training / L&D, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: formal learning • games • informal learning • iTunes • journals • publishing • simulations • textbooks

Some articles about the iPad

On 01/27/2010, in Apple, convergence, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, elearning, game-changing environment, internet, learning, learning ecosystem, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, pace of change, podcasting, publishing, technologies for your home, telecommunications, by Daniel Christian

The iPad Ecosystem — Apple iPad: Winners And Losers — from Forbes.com by Taylor Buley
Steve Jobs has a way of shaking up the technology industry. Watch these companies for the fallout.”
Apple iPad: Everything you need to know — from Stephen Downes <– way to go on the prediction here Stephen; nice work!
Apple unveils the iPad — from vatornews.com
Tablet details revealed. Cool device, but falls short on many features
iWork apps unveiled for the iPad — from the Download Blog on CNET.com by Jason Parker
Steve Jobs unveils $499 netbook killer — from Forbes.com by Brian Caulfield
Apple iPad: Publishing savior? — from Forbes.com: Technology News by Kym McNicholas
ACU plans to publish first student newspaper on Apple’s iPad — from Helge Scherlund’s eLearning News Blog
Abilene Christian University’s student-run media staff announces its commitment to produce the first paper of its kind for Apple’s iPad. Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of ACU’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, says students and faculty already are working to achieve this goal.
A closer look at Apple’s new tablet, the iPad — from wired.com
Apple’s iPad: Is it a game-changer? — from CNN. Money. com by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Full Interview: John Gruber on Apple’s iPad announcement — from Spark
iPad: Does the iPad kill the Touch? Is this a transformative tool for education? — from iear.org

From DSC:
To me, this device has the potential to really move multimedia-based communications forward. For one thing, “magazines” will never be the same again.

Tagged with: Apple • digital audio • digital storytelling • digital video • educational technology • elearning • game-changing environment • learning ecosystem • multimedia • online learning • TV • web-based collaboration

Service Lets Professors Log On to Networks on Other Campuses — The Chronicle

On 01/23/2010, in faculty/staff, telecommunications, Uncategorized, by Daniel Christian

Service Lets Professors Log On to Networks on Other Campuses — from The Chronicle by Mary Helen Miller

Tagged with: telecommunications • Wireless

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