To be a successful Storyteller, Inspirer, and Educator in the Digital World call for taking advantage of the interactivity the technology brings, including for book manuscript. In this spirit, we developed SOE PublishingLab which is a makerspace for interactive books, or rather interaQtive Books. This is a creative environment to …
Several editorials here on eLearningworld have been written on the subject of which work skills that will be required in the 21st Century. The conclusion is that the focus will turn towards more soft skills like self-discipline, self-awareness, critical thinking, creative problem-solving, and empathy. But how do you really develop …
Axel Roesler, Associate Professor in Interactive Design at Washington University, writes on BigThink.com: “… the world of innovation is a world in which humans define what is new and accepted and embraced. So, yes, human interaction is essential when we innovate. And, yes, again, 21stcentury innovation has to be people-friendly.” …
Therese Fowler writes: “The history of storytelling isn’t one of simply entertaining the masses but of also advising, instructing, challenging the status quo.” In other words, good stories told in an engaging way are like oil for the brain to tear down walls and boost understanding. Since a story helps …
A research study based on University of Michigan survey project “Monitoring the Future” that has run since 1975 shows that only 16% of US teenagers read books outside school education, while in the 1970s the number was 60%. TV and cinema show a similar decrease in attention from teenagers. At …
“There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fills you with so much quail shot that you can’t move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies.” Robert Frost Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Facebook Tumblr The post Two kinds …
“The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle.” Richard Dawkins Our platform for integrated storytelling and interactive books is a great example of this. As the original vision was to bring engaging interactivity into the book-format with multimedia and simple tasks with feedback. The empowering solution after loads …
“Talk to Books” is a new form of search where you ask questions and Google’s AI reads and selects small pieces from the world library of books that produce the answer. This is a new kind of search where using sentences will in most cases get better results than using …
“A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.” George Lucas The storytelling and publishing market is developing rapidly in the shadow of digitization. Ebooks, audiobooks to interactive books, and all the new distribution- and business models that follow with it. However, remember, like once upon a time, …
“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards a ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.” Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo wrote and drew more than 5000 pages of notes and sketches about everything that came to his mind. The keys …
