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While on their website, be sure to see information concerning Campus Pack from Learning Objects:
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On 08/09/2012,
in A/V -- audio/visual, Bring your own device (BYOD), collaboration, corporate / business world, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, interactivity, learning spaces, smart classrooms, social learning / networks, tools, using teams, vendors, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The ability for students to contribute content and instantly share that content would be great! Not just display it, but share it! These are the types of concepts, tools, and technologies that I enjoy pursuing as they facilitate learning and collaboration. They have applications not only in K-20, but in the corporate world as well. (I realize there are some issues to work through with virus detection and potential copyright infringement.)
Speaking of not only displaying files but sharing them as well, it seems like this may be possible with Steelcase’s upcoming FrameOne with media:scape — when combined with HD videoconferencing. But I’m not positive about that.
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Education 2.0 isn’t coming. It’s here. And the way you’re educated will be changed forever. [Balter]
On 03/26/2012,
in accreditation, assessment, career development, change, changing business models, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new media literacies, reinvent, social learning / networks, staying relevant, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Education 2.0 isn’t coming. It’s here. And the way you’re educated will be changed forever. — from bostinno.com by Dave Balter
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
Sometime in late 2010, I sat down with angel investor Josh Abramowitz in NYC. I asked him to invest in Smarterer, a business whose purpose was to validate people’s digital, social and technical skills. What I encountered for the next hour wasn’t someone merely evaluating my specific business concept – it was an attack on the entire higher education system.
Josh argued that our higher education system was on the verge of crumbling. Not because there weren’t marvelous educators or exceptional institutions, but because colleges and universities were charging exorbitant sums that weren’t equal to the return. Our educators were burying our students with tremendous debt. But increasingly sophisticated learning and credentialing opportunities were emerging online, and they were free or nearly free. And this disparity would lead to a full-fledged education revolution, he predicted.
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What the Universities need to know is that what’s coming for education is something like the shift the music industry failed to see until it was too late. Things will never be the same again. Instead of griping about how hard it will be to tap their endowments to pay for education, they should be thinking about how to take advantage of the changes.
To save their universities, here’s the three-pronged ecosystem that every University Leader should start thinking about…
Also see:
On 03/09/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), Learning from the Living [Class] Room, marketplaces, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, online media, online tutoring, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, student-related, technologies for your home, transmedia, trends, using teams, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Here are some items related to what I call “Learning from the Living Room” — a trend that continues to develop that involves:
- Using high-end, personalized, multimedia-based, interactive, team-created content — packed with new reporting tools for better diagnostics/learning analytics — available via a cloud-based “education store”/marketplace/exchange
- Web-accessible content that’s available 24x7x365
- The power of social networks/learning
- Riding the wave of the massive convergence of the computer, the telephone, and the television.
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Smarter TV: Living room as digital hub from Samsung and Microsoft to Apple and Google — from wired.com by Tim Carmody
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
- In the future, the living room will replace the home office as most households’ home for the stationary personal computer. Instead of printers and mice and other corded accessories, networked appliances and post-PC machines share data with one another and with the cloud. Play and productivity both become decentered; gaming and entertainment might be on a tablet or a television, with recipes at the refrigerator, a shopping list for the smartphone, and an instructional video on the television set. All of these experiences will be coherent, continuous and contextual. And like the personal computer at the height of Pax Wintel, the living room will be a platform characterized by triumphant pluralism.“The thing about the living room is that it’s universal; everyone in the household uses it,” Samsung VP Eric Anderson told me at today’s event. “We know that we’re not going to capture every single member of the household. In my family, my wife and my daughter are Apple, me and my sons are Android,” he noted, pointing out that the majority of devices introduced today can interact with either mobile platform.
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The modern mechanics of app stores: today, tomorrow and connected TV — from guardian.co.uk by Dean Johnson
Excerpt:
What’s next for app stores?
It’s time for each platform to up its game – smart TVs are coming. The small and medium screen experience will shortly be translated to the bigger screen as connectivity and discoverability takes on even greater importance.
Google and Apple will further interweave themselves into our daily lives as iOS and Android seamlessly combine our smartphones and tablets with our new smartTVs. Electronic Program Guides (EPGs) and the programmes themselves will suggest related content, from apps to music to film to books. This must all be presented in an approachable, then browsable manner to encourage additional discovery.
The quest for the perfect meta-data will become increasingly important and voice commands will need to deliver the best search results with the minimum of fuss. This time next year, the battle of the app stores will be fought on the move, on the desktop and on the living room wall.
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Samsung Launches Smart TVs With Gestures, Voice Control — from by Douglas Perry
Excerpt:
A Kinect-like feature is made possible via camera and microphone integration that comes standard with the LED ES7500, LED ES8000 and Plasma E8000 models. According to Samsung, consumers can launch apps such as Facebook or YouTube, or search the web via voice commands. Waving the hand will move the cursor and select links. The TVs integrate a Samsung dual-core processor as well as a new Webkit-based web browser to improve overall performance. The high-end 7500 and 8000 TVs ship with a remote with an integrated touchscreen. A wireless keyboard that is compatible with Samsung’s TVs as well as the Galaxy Tab tablet is sold as an option.
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New TV experiences through companion apps — from moxie pulse
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On 03/09/2012,
in content development, aggregation, repositories, instructional design, social learning / networks, using teams,
by Daniel Christian
Subject matter networks –– from Harold Jarche
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
“I think the singular SME is an antiquated a notion as the solitary game player & our development pipelines need to change.” writes Mark Oehlert, on Twitter. Mark coined the term, subject matter networks, as a change from the industrial concept of subject matter expert, or SME, a term I first heard in the military in the mid-1970’s. But the world has changed and most notably during the past decade.
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In such an environment, the lone expert is at a disadvantage. He or she cannot learn and adapt as fast as a cooperative network.
We have become connected.
On 02/14/2012,
in 24x7x365 access, accreditation, adjunct faculty, analytics, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future, game-changing environment, innovation, internet, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, platforms, social learning / networks, student-related,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
- Tie this type of cloud-based platform in with learning analytics, new types of certifications/assessments/badges, web-based learner profiles, and the ability to continue building your own cloud over a lifetime, and you may find yourself enjoying a very powerful learning ecosystem!!!
On 02/09/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Europe, future, internet, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning spaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, more voice more choice more control, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home,
by Daniel Christian
![The future of internet TV [Europe]](http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/BusinessEurope-FutureOfIntTV-Feb9-2012.jpg "BusinessEurope-FutureOfIntTV-Feb9-2012")
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From DSC:
Entertainment, some news, and social media at bat — educational apps on deck.
On 01/10/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, change, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, disruption, distance education, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, human-computer interaction (HCI), interactivity, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, multimedia, online learning, online media, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Some items that caught my eye (so far) from CES 2012:
- CES 2012: The convergence of TV and mobile platforms — from readwriteweb.com by Dan Rowinski
…mobile operating systems are on a path to fundamentally change how content is delivered.
. - Prepare yourself: Kinect is coming to Windows Feb. 1 — from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
. - LG unveils giant 84″ TV with voice, gesture control — from Mashable.com by Samantha Murphy
. - Introducing The MakerBot Replicator™
January 10, 2012 (Brooklyn, NY) – MakerBot Industries is excited to announce the launch of its latest product, The MakerBot Replicator™, which will debut at CES in Las Vegas, NV on Tuesday, January 10th. The MakerBot Replicator™ is the ultimate personal 3D printer, with MakerBot Dualstrusion™ (2-color printing) and a bigger printing footprint, giving you the superpower to print things BIG! Assembled in Brooklyn by skilled technicians, the MakerBot Replicator™ is ready within minutes to start printing right out of the box. Starting at $1749, The MakerBot Replicator™ is an affordable, open source 3D printer that is compact enough to sit on your desktop. Want to print in two colors? Choose the Dualstrusion™ option!
. - USA Network taps Yap.tv for branded social TV app
Yap.tv said the deal will make it the first independent social TV developer to create a custom-branded version of its app for the iPad and iPhone for a major network.??
NEW YORK – NBCUniversal’s USA Network has partnered with Yap.tv, a maker of a social TV guide app for mobile devices, to launch a USA-branded app for its shows and fans as it and other channels continue to expand the use of social media to reach and engage viewers.
. - Samsung unveils a motion-controlled TV and the U.S. Galaxy Note [PICS]— from Mashable.com by Sarah Kessler
During its keynote address at CES on Monday, Samsung unveiled a connected TV with voice and gesture recognition, WiFi-enabled cameras and its thinnest ultrabook yet. It also introduced its Galaxy Note smartphone to the U.S. for the first time.
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- Coincident announces ScreenSync TV Technology — from marketwatch.com
New solution allows companies to create interactive experiences for viewers that synchronize their tablets with shows they are watching on their televisions
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- 2012 CES Unveiled press event: Interactive television highlights — from itvt.com by Will Keller
On 01/06/2012,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, analytics, change, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, convergence, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, distance education, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, human-computer interaction (HCI), internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, marketing/social marketing, marketplaces, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, more voice more choice more control, multimedia, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, pace of change, Personal Learning Networks (PLNs), reinvent, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, social media, staying relevant, storytelling, streams of content, tablets, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
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- The Always On Web
- Web of Things
- Big Data
- Next Gen Search
- Mobile Sharing
- Mobile Social Activism
- Impulse Commerce
- Brands As Partners
- The New Living Room <– From DSC: This is one of those key areas that I’m trying to keep a pulse check on for re: our learning ecosystems of the future
- Personal Data Security
Also see:
- 3 trends for 2012 — from digitaltonto.com by Greg Satell
- What trended in 2011 (and what to expect from 2012) — from techi.com by Scarlett Madison
On 01/06/2012,
in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, elearning, emerging technologies, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, smart/connected TV, social learning / networks, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
- Why do I post things like this? Because the infographic below relates to an emerging future and some developing trends whereby we’ll also be able to “Learn from the Living Room” at extremely affordable prices (if not free).
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