Book Review: Teaching Crowds By Justin Whiting for AACE Review Crowds. They are everywhere, and generally crowds cause challenges for those that have to manage them. Yet, crowds can be exciting, energetic, and full of creativity. Trying to manage the complexities of a crowd, while harnessing the positive … Read more
Learning from Video Games: An Interview with Best Paper Award Winner Eddie Gose By Justin Whiting for AACE Review The use of video games for education is not new. There are many that have issued the call to use serious games for learning and research. Yet many instructional designers are not ready to give their full blessing … Read more
Let’s Talk About Flipping: An Interview With Matt Osment By Justin Whiting for AACE Review Lately, flipping the classroom has become an educational imperative on many campuses. Flipped learning reverses the traditional classroom approach to teaching and learning. It moves direct instruction into the learner’s own space. At home, or in individual study … Read more
E-Learn 2014 Outstanding Paper Award Winners: Priscilla Norton and Dawn Hathaway By Justin Whiting for AACE Review What does it mean to win a best paper award at an AACE conference? How do researchers decide what conference to attend and where to submit their work? How do researchers implement their research in their own teaching? … Read more
Informal Learning: New Challenges for Designers and Educators By Justin Whiting for AACE Review I first realized the power of Informal or Out-of-School Learning as I lay looking up at the stars in my backyard with my young daughter. We lay together looking up, and I pulled out my phone and opened … Read more