Posts in April, 2010

April 30th, 2010 in Feature Content, Imagine a World

Revisiting 3D Lectures

This is the fifth in a series of posts where we re-visit articles I penned for our Imagine a World series. In each of these repostings, I share some background for the original article and we also provide audio responses from guest contributors. In this post, we explore my article on future of lecture settings, posted originally on January 29th, Read Article

April 30th, 2010 in Daily Research Update

E-learning, Tablets, and Open Architectures

Today’s research update takes a look at the ITC’s recent survey on distance education and its impact at community colleges, as well as news from the e-reader and tablet front. We also focus on an interview with Tony Bates regarding managing technology in Higher Ed, and consider a future in which Google technologies do not dominate Read Article

April 30th, 2010 in Daily Research Update

Weekly Research Index | April 30, 2010

Welcome to our Weekly Research Index, where we list links and summaries of the salient articles we have bookmarked this week. This list is culled and edited from our ongoing Delicious feed, which is also available via this blog. This Index is divided into broad categories based on our Education and Technology Trends for 2010. This week’s trends were focused on open content, open courses, and e-readers, while we also looked at social networking evolutions and reviewed a number of surveys on e-learning and media consumption by youth aged 8- Read Article

April 30th, 2010 in Xplana.com Product Development

Addressing Content Portability Issues with Learning Albums

Some of the problems we are addressing with the Xplana platform are content portability and obsolescence. We do this primarily through our concept of the learning album. Xplana albums are sequenced collections of learning assets and can contain any combination of the different file or content types supported in Xplana. This includes, documents — Word, Excel, PowerPoint — notes, video, audio, images, Web pages, and interactivities. In this way, users can easily create lessons, units, or courses from scratch or by mashing up other public content from the Xplana content library Read Article

April 29th, 2010 in InfoGrab

Infograb | April 29, 2010

InfoGrab is a mosaic of current statistics on technology, culture, and education, tied together in thought-provoking ways. This week, the InfoGrab mosaic is pieced together with information about environmental impact of computers, IMs, and Google Apps Read Article

April 29th, 2010 in Feature Content, Imagine a World

Revisiting the Game Props as Learning Devices

This is the fourth in a series of posts where we re-visit articles I penned for our Imagine a World series. In each of these repostings, I share some background for the original article and we also provide audio responses from guest contributors. In this post, we explore my article on game props as future learning devices, posted originally on December 11th, Read Article

April 29th, 2010 in Daily Research Update

Open Courses, Search, and Browser Wars

Today’s research update takes a look at recent acquisitions by HP and Apple, as well as at open courses and other shifts in education caused by rising costs. We also feature some free tools and some interesting discussions on e-books and the future of reading and writing Read Article

April 28th, 2010 in Schooled

Schooled: Keepin’ us on track (Video)

Schooled is a video feature in which students respond to questions about the educational system, the effect of technology on education, and life in college. In this week’s video, Jeremy discusses what makes a class memorable and gives some advice to professors and instructors Read Article

April 28th, 2010 in Daily Research Update

Digital Textbooks, Open Content, and Critical Literacies

Todays research update focuses on the growth of the e-textbook movement and, more specifically, new initiatives in the open textbook arena. We also take a look at the upcoming connectivist course, Critical Literacies Read Article

April 28th, 2010 in Feature Content, Imagine a World

Revisiting Embedded Communication Devices

This is the third in a series of posts where we re-visit articles I penned for our Imagine a World series. In each of these repostings, I share some background for the original article and we also provide audio responses from guest contributors. In this post, we explore my article on embedded communication devices (ComE’s), posted originally on January 24th, Read Article