What a difference 10 years makes!
iD8-TripleSSS celebrated its 10th anniversary in October of this
year. There are two words that encapsulate the year for us--technology and people. They may seem like polar opposites, but
it is the advances, innovations, and expectations in educational technology and the people with whom we worked on our digital journey that have made
2012 memorable.
Technology changed our processes,
and services, and advanced our skills and services in ways that we could not
have dreamed of even one year ago. We used to set up FTP sites, and transfer
files through yousendit and related sites. Now we set up a Dropbox folder for
each project, and we check the files on our phones and tablets. We ask our
clients whether we should provide mapping documents or author online. Flash has
given way to HTML 5 and social media has become as important as a website.
Print marketing materials?
Nonexistent. Tablets? They are crucial
to our clients and to us. For
years we’ve written some content for online courses. Now we are often asked to
write the entire online course, thanks to the wonderfully qualified
professionals we employ.
Rather than developing postsecondary
content for only print or online courseware, we began developing content for
multiple media and platforms. We recently completed a successful foray into app
content development for the K-12 space, and we now create builds for proof of
concept work and beyond . We learned about keeping our footprint “light” so we
do not take up band-width. The amount of new buzzwords we now employ (not just
read about) could easily comprise a short dictionary.
We studied best-practices in K-12
and assessed our strategy in this
entire market-space and made some investment decisions accordingly. We watched and
acted as content become personal, and adaptive-learning became the expectation at all levels. While
content became more personal, access to resources continued to open-up, and OER
(open educational resources) grew world-wide and became less of a threat
(maybe) to the copyright world.
Finally, what made 2012 most memorable
for us is the people. The loyalty, skills, and growth of our writers,
developers, project managers, and creators inspire us each day. We have learned
together and helped each other
through challenging projects and times.
We suppose anyone with an
organization claims to have the best people, but we will always argue that
iD8-TripleSSS truly does have the best.
We do not settle for less than the best and are thankful everyday that
each of these excellent professionals chooses to work and grow with us.
A client once said we are
“transparent,” complementing us deeply and something we take to heart. “It’s
personal” was our original mission when we opened our doors 10 years ago. “It’s
still personal.”
Thank you! May your New Year be
Healthy, Happy, and Prosperous-- from all of us at iD8-TripleSSS Media Development,
LLC.
