Future of Education Technology

The Evolving Role of Mobile Computing in Education

August 18, 2010

Guest Post By Daniel Cawrey Many of us think about technology as something that we sit behind: maybe a desktop computer or a laptop that we type away on. But the reality is that technology is becoming more about what is in our hands, or in our pockets, and that significantly changes the way that [...]

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Flatworld Knowledge – a chance to escape the high price of school text books

July 28, 2010

The site provides “Remixable textbooks by expert authors. Free online and affordable offline”. Have you heard about this? Remixable free online textbooks? Check out the introductory video: Seems like a pretty awesome idea to me, yet there are only a couple dozen books published or in development on the site. The site is quite new though. [...]

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Emerging Education Technologies: Approaches To Staying Informed

May 31, 2010

How can you keep up with what’s coming down the Ed Tech road? Last year, Brian Alexander wrote a great article in EDUCAUSE Review titled, “Apprehending the Future: Emerging Technologies, from Science Fiction to Campus Reality” [access the full article here: EDUCAUSE Review, Vol 44, No. 3 (June/July 2009): 12-29]. This week, I borrow heavily from this article, [...]

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Do You Use Evernote?

May 19, 2010

“Remember Everything!” I had heard of Evernote before, but hadn’t looked at it until today. My interest was peaked by repeated references to it that I came across on the Internet and from co-workers over the last few days. Evernote is a free application that enables you to capture text, snapshots, web clips, or audio, [...]

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The future of 3D Technology

May 12, 2010

A guest post providing informative insights into the future of 3D computer technology. This week, I welcome Andrew Barras, Instructional Designer at Full Sail University, and author of the blog “Education Stormfront“. Andrew has been a 3D Modeler, Computer Programmer, Web Designer, and Professor over the course of the last 15 years. His post discusses [...]

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Kaplan University Professor commercial spot grabs my attention.

March 17, 2010

As I was combing through a few different drafted posts and ideas for this week’s mid week post, this commercial came on. It sure caught my attention. Kudos to Kaplan for packing such a punch. I had to share it. Share this with a colleague today. [Ed Note: I have noticed that the Google ad [...]

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Google’s Liquid Galaxy Project – too cool not to share

March 3, 2010

Holy Holodeck! Imagine being able to virtually travel the earth in 3D. This is a prototype product at this stage, and it is not focused specifically on education, but man is it cool! Seriously though, there’s no doubt this type of tech could play a constructive part in the instructional process. Of course, this assumes that affordable commercial [...]

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A Dozen Great Free Online Video Lecture Sites

February 14, 2010

A collection of web sites with thousands of free video lectures and related course materials, including many offerings from major universities. There are thousands of video-taped course lectures, and many other more complete course offerings, available for free on the Internet today. The quality and quantity of these offerings is growing and improving daily. How educators and students choose to leverage these types of resources [...]

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Immersive Technologies and the Future of Education

September 30, 2009

This week’s “midweek update” introduces this potential player in the technological future of education.
I was quite intriqued by this article in the latest (Sept 2009) Campus Technology magazine, titled “Best of Both Worlds”. This article discusses the use of Immersive Technologies in Education. Immersive Technologies include things like simulations, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Second Life and many gaming systems incorporate immersive technologies.

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