Mil - Current and Future Trends of Media and Information

Current

belonging to the present time

Future

time regarded as still to come​

Trends

• a general direction in which something is developing or changing​

Technology

• the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry​

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

• Is a model for delivering learning content online to every person located anywhere who wants to take the course. 

• It began to gain traction around 2012 when leading universities such as Stanford, MIT, and Harvard started offering free online courses to the public.

 cMOOC (Connectivist Massive Open Online Course) ​

• emphasizes open and networked learning​

• learners take a more active role in shaping their learning experience​

• often include content and interaction through blogs, learning communities, and social media platforms​

​xMOOC (eXtended Massive Open Online Course)​

• follows a more structured and traditional approach to online learning​

• often developed by universities and institutions​

• instructors play the central role​

• focuses on assessments and grades​

Wearable Technologies

• also called “wearable gadget”​

• a type of technology device that can be used by customers/consumers through wearing it and often containing tracking information related to fitness and health​

Watches

• Became the largest market among the wearable market​

• “Smartwatch” has become the most popular wearable product among watches​

Hearables

• are quite similar to headphones​

• these devices allow voice input and return the result on the other user’s request back in an audio format​

• can be inferred to as a “microcomputer” in your ear

earphones

• have ear cushions and size may vary​

earbuds

• held outside the ear canal; one size; cheaper than earphones​

Headsets

• worn outside the ear; equipped with a microphone

Smart Clothing

• also called as “smart garments”​

• conductive fibers which were attached to or woven into a clothing material​

• There are 3 generations of smart clothing based on Cientifica Ltd research

3 generations of smart clothing

FIRST GENERATION: Garments are characterized by attaching sensors to the apparel

SECOND GENERATION: Garments are characterized by sensors being inserted into smart clothing

THIRD GENERATION: Garments are sensors themselves

Smart Shoes

• can gather data such as distance, steps, stride rate and length, foot landing, etc.,​

• currently in the initial stage of development 

Glasses

• wearable computer glasses that can record information which the user sees and transfers the data into specified cloud storage

• Augmented Reality Glasses (AR glasses), in turn, can add information to what the user is currently seeing​

• “Google Glass” was the first and premier AR Glasses

Google Glass

• first and premier AR Glasses

Smart Jewelry

• enhancing the functions of a smartwatch into jewelry to attract more audience, specifically, women​

• functions like a remote indicator that notifies the user

• It can track active minutes, calories burned, distance travelled and duration of sleep. Also, foresee the body’s resistance to stress​

• bracelets, necklaces, brooches, rings, analog watches, and fitness jewelry

Wearable Cameras

• can shoot video in perspective of a first-person​

• this technology is clipped on any wearable clothing​

• some of the well-known wearable cameras are “GoPro” which can make professional video up to 4K resolution

Body Sensors

• may be located on the skin surface or implanted beneath the skin​

• mostly used for medical and healthcare purposes

Head Mounted Displays

• allow a user to plunge him or herself in the Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) or Mixed Reality (MR) worlds.​

• HMDs can generate visual and auditory effects of presence or environment that are established by content designers.​

Gesture Control Wearables

• an appliance that distinguishes human body movements to transfer certain information to the computer or other devices​

• ex. rings or wristbands (Myo Armband)​

Implantable Wearables

• are appliances inside the body that transfer data to a smartphone, computer or another device​

• health monitoring (healing chips and Cyber-pills), location tracking (Implanted RFID chips), interacting with devices (smart tattoos)

Ubiquitous Learning

• means that learners can access content easily on a range of devices offline and online​

• Having One Drive, Sharing of Documents using different platforms such as Google Docs, accessing content online​