11 EdTech Advances That Will Not Happen by 2020

We have discussed all those crystal ball predictions that will be happening, but here is the list of what is not going to be happening:

#1 – A Communications Platform That Will Cut Down on E-Mail

#2 – A Portfolio System That Everyone Uses

#3 –  A Virtual Case File System for Instructional Design

#4 – A Mobile Learning Platform that Will Displace The Browser Based LMS

#5 – Instructor Accessible Analytics That Will Enable Data Driven Teaching

#6 – A Learning Object Repository That Is Actually Used

#7 – A Cloud Based SIS / ERP That A Majority of Schools Are Willing to Migrate

#8 – A Synchronous Online Teaching / Webinar Platform Where Audio and Video Always Works

#9 – An LMS Gradebook That Is Both Elegant and Powerful

#10 – An Enterprise Educational Online Discussion Tool As Good As Consumer Communications Platforms

#11 – An Online Meeting Platform That Actually Cuts Down On the Number of Face-to-Face Meetings and Conferences

45,000 Works of Art from Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center Now Freely Viewable

As of November 2015, “Stanford University‘s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts made its collection accessible online, digitizing and uploading over 45,000 of its works of art in forms freely viewable by all. These include, if you navigate through the collections highlighted on the browse page, works of American and European art;African, Native American, and Oceanic art; Asian art; modern and contemporary art;prints, drawings, and photographs; and Stanford family collections as well as works currently on display.”

New Technology Allows Breakout Sessions for Large Online Video Classes

Zoom, a company that provides colleges and universities with videoconferencing technology, is now offering a product that allows large online video classes to hold breakout sessions in which smaller groups of students can interact with one another.

Using the company’s software-defined videoconferencing technology, Zoom will now provide video breakout rooms to all Zoom users, including those with free accounts.

Company officials said Zoom Breakout Rooms solve the problem of not having enough interaction among students in large online video classes.”

More here.

See my previous posts on videoconferencing here and videoconferencing in instruction resources here.

Study: Millennials Spend More Than 3 Hours a Day on Mobile Phones

“The average U.S. millennial (aged 16-30) with Internet access spends 3.1 hours a day on a mobile phone – totaling 21.7 hours a week or 1,128 hours (47 days) a year, according to a new study from global research consultancy TNS. More about this study here.

I wonder how much time our NU students spend on their mobile phones? And how can we use it for learning?