Flipgrid News: Microsoft Buys Video Discussion Platform – An Interview with CEO Jim Leslie By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Microsoft has acquired Flipgrid, the social education app that utilizes short videos to create collaborative lesson plans, online discussions, q&a formats, video vignettes and peer-to-peer student learning. The Minneapolis-based company has had strong growth for an experience … Read more
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
Book Review: Calling all Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor By Angela Brown for AACE Review Are you a visual thinker? If you are, how do you know this? What is the experience of thinking visually? Temple Grandin’s book, Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor, opens with a … Read more
An Interview with Jeff Gallant from Affordable Learning Georgia (ALG) By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review In the last decade, the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER) has gained an undeniable momentum. At the same time, both faculty and students face barriers adopting OER. How can we foster a collaborative teaching climate 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
Visual Collaboration Tools By Joseph Chan for AACE Review In this blog post, I discuss visual collaboration tools that allow groups to create galleries, share documents, and communicate through chat, comments or other messaging services. Whether you wish to share ideas, create new content, or invite collaborators … Read more
The Challenges of Combating Online Fake News: A Review of ‘Dead Reckoning’ By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review The Data & Society Research Institute has produced and shared informative articles on the many facets of fake news producers, sharers, promoters, and denouncers of real news as part of their Media Manipulation Initiative. In Dead Reckoning (Caplan, … Read more
Peer-to-peer learning with Open Educational Resources: An Interview with P2PU By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review The term open educational resources (OER) was coined in 2002 during a forum held by the UNESCO as the open provision of educational resources, enabled by information and communication technologies, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community … Read more
Moonhack is back! Participate, Observe, Learn, Code By Angela Brown for AACE Review On 20th July 2018, defy earthbound gravity and lift your imagine off into the farthest reaches of space in a playful way to get kids coding. What is #moonhack? First launched in 2016 by Code Club Australia, Moonhack … Read more
Book Review: Gabi’s If/Then Garden by Caroline Karanja By Angela Brown for AACE Review It’s refreshing to see a book about coding that embeds computational thinking into the natural world of gardens and growing food. Particularly for younger children, understanding coding as a powerful thinking tool for problem-solving, paired with an emerging … Read more