{"id":4913,"date":"2012-05-06T12:38:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T19:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/?p=4913"},"modified":"2012-05-06T21:59:43","modified_gmt":"2012-05-07T04:59:43","slug":"apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/2012\/05\/06\/apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While tablet and smart phone manufacturers are churning forward at a breakneck pace, making a fortune on humanity&#8217;s device-lust, the compelling back-story is what these devices can do &#8211; the proliferation of <strong>Apps<\/strong>. \u00a0 And while addiction and burn-out on the distracting nature of most apps is already big news, there is also a rapid emergence of meaningful, productive and educational apps. \u00a0The app-world as a resource for learning is huge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opportunity Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>It may seem like the design of successful <strong>Apps<\/strong> is pure chance, and less likely than the lottery. \u00a0 However, as app-capable devices permeate learning environments the opportunity arises to design apps that are deliberated coupled in effective ways with every dimension of the learning experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prediction Source(s)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.educause.edu\/Resources\/7ThingsYouShouldKnowAboutiPadA\/223289\">Educause &#8211; iPad Apps<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it\/page.jsp?id=1826214\"><strong>Gartner &#8211; Media Tablets and Beyond<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it\/page.jsp?id=1826214\"><strong>Gartner &#8211; Mobile-Centric Applications<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gartner.com\/it\/page.jsp?id=1826214\"><strong>Gartner &#8211; App Stores<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While tablet and smart phone manufacturers are churning forward at a breakneck pace, making a fortune on humanity&#8217;s device-lust, the compelling back-story is what these devices can do &#8211; the proliferation of Apps. \u00a0 And while addiction and burn-out on the distracting nature of most apps is already big news, there is also a rapid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[325967],"tags":[328769,493579],"class_list":["post-4913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-markets-poll","tag-emerging-markets-poll-2","tag-mobile-apps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4999,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4913\/revisions\/4999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}