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The Wild World of Massively Open Online Courses « Unlimited Magazine
The Wild World of Massively Open Online Courses « Unlimited Magazine
with advancing online tools innovative educators are examining new ways to break out of this one-to-many model of education, through a concept called massively open online courses. The idea is to use open-source learning tools to make courses transparent and open to all, harnessing the knowledge of anyone who is interested in a topic. George Siemens, along with colleague Stephen Downes, tried out the open course concept in fall 2008 through the University of Manitoba in a course called Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, or CCK08 for short. The course would allow 25 students to register, pay and receive credit for the course. All of the course content, including discussion boards, course readings, podcasts and any other teaching materials, was open to anyone who had an internet connection and created a user profile.
#opencontent#opened#hznmc#hz10#hz11#hz10anz
·unlimitedmagazine.com·
The Wild World of Massively Open Online Courses « Unlimited Magazine
Latitude 42 Study Findings: Where Else Will Kids Think to Put the Web in the World? on Vimeo
Latitude 42 Study Findings: Where Else Will Kids Think to Put the Web in the World? on Vimeo
"Children's 'Future Requests' for Computers and the Internet" (with ReadWriteWeb) is one installment in an ongoing series of open innovation research studies which Latitude publishes in the spirit of knowledge-sharing and opportunity discovery. Unified by a common digital thread, the Latitude 42s explore a range of everyday human experiences most likely to shape the future of commerce, communication, and civic life, from food information access to the new sharing economy to the Internet of Things.
#future#trends#web#hznmc#hz11k12
·vimeo.com·
Latitude 42 Study Findings: Where Else Will Kids Think to Put the Web in the World? on Vimeo
PLoS Biology: Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles
PLoS Biology: Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles
We found strong evidence that, even in a journal that is widely available in research libraries, OA articles are more immediately recognized and cited by peers than non-OA articles published in the same journal. OA is likely to benefit science by accelerating dissemination and uptake of research findings.
#opencontent#opened#hznmc#hz10#hz11#hz10anz#nmfs_f10#scholarship
·plosbiology.org·
PLoS Biology: Citation Advantage of Open Access Articles
How Non-Profits are Exploring Augmented Reality Tech
How Non-Profits are Exploring Augmented Reality Tech
Augmented reality promises a new level of interaction between people and data. Now, even the newest for-profit applications can turn heads by utilizing this new advanced technology. The non-profit sector has started to experiment with augmented reality. One of Sunlight Labs’ early entries is their Recovery.gov mashup. Another example is Amsterdam’s Allard Pierson Museum, which highlights virtual reconstructions of Satricum and the Forum Romanum. But while there are early leaders, non-profits generally lag behind in market experimentation.
#augmentedreality#mobiles#mobile#socialmedia#hznmc#museum#hz10mu#hz11#hz10anz#MarcusInstitute#midea
·mashable.com·
How Non-Profits are Exploring Augmented Reality Tech
Conspiracy Code
Conspiracy Code
Learning and game-play collide in Conspiracy Code, the first in a revolutionary new series of courses. An innovative, complete online class, Conspiracy Code engages students in interactive learning while maintaining all the engagement of a high-quality entertainment product. All Conspiracy Code courses are teacher-supervised, academically-viable, complete classes that fuse the best of online gaming with proven pedagogical techniques and standards to produce a truly unique learning environment for high school students.
#education#gamebasedlearning#history#hznmc#hzk10#hz11#hz11k12
·flvs.net·
Conspiracy Code
The Calendar of the Future | A Tungle Manifesto
The Calendar of the Future | A Tungle Manifesto
Today’s calendar is broken. It’s a static repository of events. It’s a snapshot, a moment in time. Contrast that against our dynamic and ever changing lives and we have a significant disconnect. The model doesn’t work – it isn’t representative. It doesn’t leverage our digital footprints and create incremental value. The application is outdated and with that we have an opportunity to innovate. We believe the time to think about the calendar of the future is now. We have assembled the opinions of some of the industry’s brightest minds to weigh in on what the calendar of the future might look like and the benefits it might provide to our personal and professional lives…This is a manifesto.
#future#hznmc#collaboration#hz11#hz10anz#semanticweb#productivity
·calendarofthefuture.com·
The Calendar of the Future | A Tungle Manifesto
Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things
Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things
From RFID to the Nabaztag Bunny to Arduino hobbyists, innovation is growing at a rapid rate. Our collection features popular videos about how to make your own objects, as well as overviews, interviews and lectures. The intent of these devices is to make our lives easier, yet as David Orban suggests in the eighth video, this is not guaranteed. Issues of data-overload and a lack of privacy may interfere with how these devices ultimately help us. As the growth of this trend continues you'll be seeing many more videos about the Internet of Things.
#hznmc#hz09#hz10#smartobject#hzk10#hz10anz#hz11#nmfs_f10
·readwriteweb.com·
Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things
Where Will Kids Put the Internet in the World?
Where Will Kids Put the Internet in the World?
Read Write Web and Latitude recently conducted a survey of children in which they asked the kids to share the things they think computers and the Internet should do. As you might expect some of the responses were very imaginative. I look at the results of the survey as a preview of what computers and the Internet will do in the next decade or two. If you don't want to read the reports here and here, at least watch the video below summarizing some of the students' responses.
#k12#hznmc#hzk10#hz11k12#nmfs_f10
·freetech4teachers.com·
Where Will Kids Put the Internet in the World?
MoMA | The MoMA App
MoMA | The MoMA App
Carry MoMA with you wherever you go. Use the MoMA App to find out what’s on at the Museum, plan a visit, browse or search tens of thousands of works in the collection, take multimedia tours, or learn about artists and art terms. Take a picture of a work of art and send it to a friend, or put together a playlist to create a soundtrack for your MoMA visit.
#app#hznmc#iphone#mobiles#mobile#museum#hz10mu#hz11#hz10#hz10anz
·moma.org·
MoMA | The MoMA App
Technology Review: Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine
Technology Review: Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine
Google has launched a service that could bring such smarts to many more apps. Google Prediction API provides a simple way for developers to create software that learns how to handle incoming data. For example, the Google-hosted algorithms could be trained to sort e-mails into categories for "complaints" and "praise" using a dataset that provides many examples of both kinds. Future e-mails could then be screened by software using that API, and handled accordingly.
#future#data#api#hznmc#machinelearning#prediction#hz11#hz10anz
·technologyreview.com·
Technology Review: Google Offers Cloud-Based Learning Engine
The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
Wired Editor in Chief Chris Anderson is catching flack for the magazine’s current cover story, which declares that the Web is dead. I’m not sure what the controversy is. For years, once-vibrant technologies, products, and companies have been dropping like teenagers in a Freddy Krueger movie. Thank heavens that tech journalists have done such a good job of documenting the carnage as it happened. Without their diligent reporting, we might not be aware that the industry is pretty much an unrelenting bloodbath. After the jump, a moving recap of some of the stuff that predeceased the Web–you may want to bring a handkerchief.
#history#internet#media#nmfs_f10
·technologizer.com·
The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
Wired Editor in Chief Chris Anderson is catching flack for the magazine’s current cover story, which declares that the Web is dead. I’m not sure what the controversy is. For years, once-vibrant technologies, products, and companies have been dropping like
#history#internet#media#nmfs_f10
·technologizer.com·
The Tragic Death of Practically Everything
Read Ayn Rand : World's Biggest Writing : GPS
Read Ayn Rand : World's Biggest Writing : GPS
The idea was conceived and "written" by one person, Nick Newcomen, during the spring and summer of 2010. All expenses were paid entirely by him. The first step involved identifying on a map the route he would need to drive in order to spell out "Read Ayn Rand." Then he drove the route. He used a GPS logger (Qstarz BT-Q1000X) to record his "writing." He turned on the device when he wanted to write and turned off the device between letters. He then input the recorded GPS data into Google Earth resulting in the image you see above.
#art#gps#map#fun
·worldsbiggestwriting.com·
Read Ayn Rand : World's Biggest Writing : GPS
The Editor and the Curator (Or the Context Analyst and the Media Synesthete) | Tomorrow Museum
The Editor and the Curator (Or the Context Analyst and the Media Synesthete) | Tomorrow Museum
The word "curator" has people who really curate not so happy ;-) Oh, curation. What was once the dusty practice of elites at cultural heritage institutions is now something Robert Scoble is apparently an expert in. Who says there are no jobs for art scho
#art#newmedia#museum#MarcusInstitute#midea
·tomorrowmuseum.com·
The Editor and the Curator (Or the Context Analyst and the Media Synesthete) | Tomorrow Museum
The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet
The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet
Two decades after its birth, the World Wide Web is in decline, as simpler, sleeker services — think apps — are less about the searching and more about the getting. Chris Anderson explains how this new paradigm reflects the inevitable course of capitalism. And Michael Wolff explains why the new breed of media titan is forsaking the Web for more promising (and profitable) pastures.
#facebook#digital#future#internet#media#news#statistics#trends#hznmc
·wired.com·
The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet
Random Activity Generator
Random Activity Generator
The Random Activity Generator is a delightful iPhone app that keeps giving you fantasticly random things to do. Simply Shake and Do. From "Do the life-cycle of a frog as a recipe" to "Do the rules of baseball as a public apology" they keep on coming. Many of the activities are linked to Wikipedia pages or YouTube videos to help you if you get stuck.
#app#education#iphone#mobiles#mobile#hz11#hz10k12
·theragis.us·
Random Activity Generator
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing
I have always been a big fan of Calvin & Hobbes comics, and their author, Bill Watterson. Since discovering the complete script online, as well as a collection of every daily strip on another website, I knew I could make the two reference each other and therefore create a "Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine" for lack of a better name. So I set out to do it.
#cartoon#comic#fun#literature#search
·michaelyingling.com·
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing
I have always been a big fan of Calvin & Hobbes comics, and their author, Bill Watterson. Since discovering the complete script online, as well as a collection of every daily strip on another website, I knew I could make the two reference each other and t
#cartoon#comic#fun#literature#search
·michaelyingling.com·
Calvin & Hobbes Search Engine - by Bing
Android Leapfrogs iPhone 4 With Voice Commands | Fast Company
Android Leapfrogs iPhone 4 With Voice Commands | Fast Company
Android's voice recognition is about the best in the smartphone world, but right now it's limited to the universal search (meaning, basically, web search or call a contact). Apple's iOS can handle voice commands too, in similarly limited ways--you can call a contact or adjust your music. When Google announced Voice Actions for Android today, it completely blew both the old Android and iOS out of the water.
#mobiles#mobile#hznmc#hz11#hz10#voicerecognition
·fastcompany.com·
Android Leapfrogs iPhone 4 With Voice Commands | Fast Company