by andflywrite | Mar 1, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Capturing Imagination, Convergence on Target, Individual Learner, Learning Community
One of the tricky situations for online learning is to help learners adopt the most effective identity for learning. Obviously, if one thinks one “isn’t good at school” one will be handicapped at learning, and alas, many kids from poverty background...
by andflywrite | Feb 27, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Capturing Imagination, Understanding Media
It’s here, and we are apparently going to have a lot of adjustments to make, and insights to arrive at, before we are “up to speed on VR”. Here’s two current articles, one in The Verge, and one from LCSN talking about Googles VR project Tango,...
by andflywrite | Feb 25, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning, Understanding Media
One can assume there will be a lot more of this real time sensing of our body, including the brain, and that there will applications we are unable to imagine today that could arrive in the near and midterm. Wikipedia on “Brain – Computer...
by andflywrite | Feb 25, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Science of Learning, Understanding Media
Many have been talking about the impact of miniaturized sensors combined with “awesome” processing power in mobile devices. When there is also a powerful brain-computer interface going beyond our normal conscious interface, new learning tools arise. Kudos to Gary for...
by andflywrite | Feb 23, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Learning Community
Anya Kammnetz writes about a New Jersey HS, that recently provided all the students with laptops and had them stay home and use online apps for learning. One of the apps noted is Schoology, a LMS. In student surveys taken after the event, the feedback was...
by andflywrite | Feb 22, 2016 | BEST LINKS EVER, Embed Resources & Tools
This video is a little like visiting the uncanny valley…something unsettling about it. And also silly at the same time. Sure, it’s another brick in the wall of robot saying “anything you can do I can do better”…the slicing off the pea pod...