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The NMC Horizon Project, as the centerpiece of the NMC Emerging Technologies Initiative, charts the landscape of emerging technologies for teaching, learning, research, creative inquiry, and information management. Launched in 2002, it epitomizes the mission of the NMC to help educators and thought leaders across the world build upon the innovation happening at their institutions by providing them with expert research and analysis.

The Learning Registry is a new approach to capturing, sharing, and analyzing learning resource data to broaden the usefulness of digital content to benefit educators and learners. This is the information site for the Learning Registry. Find out what we are doing. Engage in the conversation. The Learning Registry makes federal learning resources, wherever they are stored, easier to find, easier to access and easier to integrate into learning environments around the country and world.

The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept that an event is a surprise (to the observer) and has a major impact. After the fact, the event is rationalized by hindsight.

Here's a cool way to "animate" students of poetry who haven't quite figured out the beauty of the medium and that it's about THEM. Ask students in groups (or solo) to create an Animoto to express the essence of a poem as these students have done here. My program chair for literature contacted me two weeks ago and said that students were struggling in the poetry unit, whereas in the short story unit (where joy, and not just rigor) was built in, students flourished. think her poetry unit was written from a DISTANCE and not self-immersion. Immerse until joy bubbles up -- simmer well within the appropriate technological apparatus, season with boundaries and student choices -- and voila! One has a complete educational experience. -Exquisite Corpse

The Blu is the ocean, connected! Inspired by the Oceans, theBlu is a socially-connected, global interactive screensaver. Each time you participate, your interactions and connections impact the flow of life in theBlu and everyone's experience of it. Explore and experience a beautiful online 3D underwater world as easily as browsing the Web. Connect and interact with your friends via Facebook and go diving together in theBlu. Have fun learning about the Oceans because theBlu is both entertaining and educational. Support oceanic conservation each time you purchase 3D species and habitat art work.

Learning analytics (LA) is the collection and analysis of data associated with student learning. The analysis of this data, coming from a variety of sources like the LMS, the library, and the student information system, helps us observe and understand learning behaviors in order to enable appropriate interventions.

A more in-depth informational Prezi on the panel in ___ Conference discussing the 7 possible futures of American Education. Panel members included John Sener, Cynthia Calongne(aka Lyr Lobo) and several other education technology forerunners. What to expect in the next ten years or so...

Our "Is the New Normal Anything But?" panel at the recent 2010 NUTN Summit rocked! Thanks to Susan Kannel, Lisa Cheney-Steen, and Cynthia Calongne, my fellow panelists*. The "six scenarios" seemed to provide an excellent framework for our conversation; the interaction with our audience and each other was excellent, and the discussion could have gone on for hours.

The Chronicle of Higher Education January 25, 2012, 8:00 am article - There's a lot about THATCamp that's inherently playful: as participants show up early to vote on sessions and let the structures evolve as needed, it turns the traditional conference model on its head.

A model and matrix for the course developed by Dr. Lisa Dawley. A research paper upon the the participation and discussion help within online courses and their ability to affect the user based upon their level of participation and amount of social media interaction. Fascinating to say the least.

From Second Life Wiki Second Life Wiki > Second Life Education > Second Life Education/Resources The Education Community is Among the Most Vibrant and Active in Second Life The education community is the fastest growing and among the most vibrant, active, and dynamic in Second Life.

A. How to use the Maya Astronomy Center_Phases1&2: a. The Learning environment is an open clean design with aesthetic appeal. Foliage is limited (but placed in key compositional locations) in order to allow the learner to see the whole layout. b. Interactive Units: 1.

Visit LVM BLOG Read all about creating the Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum (LVM) in Second Life. Read the full story Visit LVM Interactive Archive Explore a menu of bilingual mixed media resources... Read the full story

Presenter: Craig Kapp, Researcher in Residence, Interactive Telecommunications Program, Adjunct Professor in Computer Science, New York University, USA Description: Imagine being able to rotate around the solar system, navigate through a data set in 3D, and interact with a simulated ecosystem - all from the palm of your hand.

By Documentary Film Program on March 1, 2007 at 1:30 pm The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.

The practice of using graphics engines from video games arose from the animated software introductions of the 1980s demoscene, Disney Interactive Studios' 1992 video game Stunt Island, and 1990s recordings of gameplay in first-person shooter (FPS) video games.

Social presence theory was developed by John Short, Ederyn Williams, and Bruce Christie at a time when computer-mediated communication as we know it today was yet to be conceptualized, let alone implemented through computers connected via the Internet. In spite of that, the theory has influenced much computer-mediated communication research over the years.

A great newcomer, starter place for people in Second Life (SL). With tutorials and weekly classes on building, scripting and designing you'll be ready to hit the sandbox in no time. (And if you want to explore elsewhere, there are tour notecards throughout the building--Caledon and Steamlands on the lower floor, educational stuff on the upper)

Region: Jaguarland USA Education Second Life is a popular virtual space for meeting friends, doing business, and sharing knowledge. Aether Education & Travel (okay, I'll plug my little project). (Aether has guided tour notecards from some of the past tours I've done for the university and for Oxbridge--steampunk and Caledon on the lower floor with educational and non-profits on the 2nd floor)

The New Renaissance Welcome to the home of the Virtual Pioneers. This is a group of historically-minded educators that enjoy using Virtual Environments to learn and explore. Please join us...