Join me at ‘Free Learning Conference’, July 20th, organized by Appalachian State University (ASU) By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review The Center for Academic Excellence at Appalachian State University (ASU) organizes the one-day online event ‘2018 Free-Learning Conference’ on Friday, July 20, 2018. During this event, faculty, staff, and instructional technologist from both ASU and other Universities will explore the latest technology in higher … Read more
Feed Questions Instead of Answers: Making Workshop at Edmedia 2018 By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Today marks the end of this year’s AACE Edmedia conference in Amsterdam – and what a week it was! 700 participants, a new format with country best paper awards, 5 keynotes, an invited speaker panel with 4 distinguished … Read more
Learners Making Science By Angela Brown for AACE Review The 2017 Innovating Pedagogy Report from The Open University (OU) has identified Learners Making Science as one of ten “innovations that are already in currency but have not yet had a profound influence on education.” The report identifies … Read more
Interview with SoapBox Labs Founder on Speech Recognition API to Enhance Children’s Interactions with Smart Devices By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review Advances in application programming interface (API) for speech recognition are impacting our everyday lives from smartphones to the Internet of Things (IoT). According to Katy Levinson on Quora.com, “…an API forces structured data-based … exchanges between what the … Read more
After-school Code Club – Lifelong Kindergarten? By Angela Brown for AACE Review After my first term volunteering to start an after-school Code Club in a public library, one of the challenges we’ve been grappling with is how to keep activities roughly on task and progressing coding skills, without being at … Read more
Build Your Knowledge by Listening to TED Talks –AACE Review Selection By Joseph Chan for AACE Review Swiss psychologist and epistemologist Jean Piaget stated that education must create people who are capable of accomplishing new things by not simply imitating past generations. Acquiring knowledge to do better things is easily done by watching online selections … Read more
Inclusive Community Design: Design Thinking Workshop on Local Engagement for Diverse Populations By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Design thinking is a problem solving method geared to overcome wicked problems, that have no right or wrong solution and resist traditional scientific and engineering approaches, as “the information needed to understand the problem depends upon one’s idea … Read more
Intergroup Empathy: The Role of Diversity in Learning By Rima Chamout for AACE Review The Innovating Pedagogy Report 2017 sees ‘intergroup empathy’ as a long-term trend in educational technology. Online learning environments and social media networks form global virtual spaces. In these spaces, people from different backgrounds interact with each other, even … Read more
What’s Grit Got To Do with Learning? By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review In terms of education, ‘grit’ is a combination of your passion for learning, perseverance at task, and purposeful activities. Volition and conation are synonyms for grit. During his AECT 2017 keynote, Thomas Reeves, professor emeritus at the … Read more
University Website: Workshop Techniques By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review For today’s educational institutions, the website plays a vital role in the organization’s mission. It enhances educational activities, supports communication with academic peers, professional colleagues, political decision makers, clients, students, parents and citizens, contributes to the marketing efforts, … Read more