Success Stories from Online Learners: An Interview with Doctoral Candidate Apostolos Koutropoulos By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review Though most higher education institutions are in recess it is a summer pause unlike in past years. For most, the logistics of the fall have yet to be determined. Will it be entirely online, partially online, socially distanced? … Read more
Pivoting to Online, E-Learning, Distance Education, Remote Teaching, Remote Learning: Success Stories from Online Learners By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review The past several weeks have seen a dramatic shift in online and decentralized learning being a somewhat fringe endeavor to being fully mainstream. Administrators, teachers, and students are all trying—with varying degrees of success—to navigate the hurried transition. Against this … Read more
Artificial Intelligence and Animated Pedagogical Agents By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review Artificial Intelligence is a “high potential” trend in the 2020 Innovating Pedagogy Report (read the report summary). The first post in this series provided a background of artificial intelligence in education. This post will outline three goals of … Read more
An Exploration into the Roots of Artificial Intelligence in Education By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review As noted last month, it is time once again for the yearly dose of “innovative pedagogy” in the form of The 2020 Innovating Pedagogy Report. This year’s report is a collaboration between researchers from the Open University and … Read more
Coming out of the Fog: A Year of Writing with AACE Review By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review Echoing the words of Angela Brown, a writing compatriot, it is hard to believe I have been writing with AACE Review for a year! I first learned about the opportunity to write for AACE in January of 2019 … Read more
Mais Yeah, Cher: The E-Learn Diaries Part 3 – Fun, Games And No Easy Answers By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review E-Learn day three dawned, as conference closing days generally do, with a mingled mix of sadness and excitement. The sadness comes from the idea that the event is soon to be over. The excitement comes from thinking about … Read more
Lagniappe – A Little Extra of Connectedness: The E-Learn Diaries, Part 2 By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review E-Learn day two dawned bright and early. A quick stop at the morning snack station revealed bagels were the snack du jour. This healthy turn was a somewhat disappointing switch from the first-day beignets. Still, on the positive … Read more
Laissez les bons temps rouler – The E-Learn Diaries, Part 1 By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review New Orleans is a city whose history is filled with cultural diversity. It was passed from France to Spain to France and finally to American with the Louisiana purchase in 1803. Each culture left its mark. The city … Read more
Poltergeist-inspired Pedagogy and Haunted House Heutagogy: Three Ideas to Embrace the Holiday Spirit(s) By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review The month of October can often feel a little flat in the educational calendar. The energy and excitement of the first days of school are over, and the promise of a holiday break is still over a month … Read more
Designing Online Learning Spaces (3): A picture is worth a thousand words? A Summary of Mayer’s 12 Principles of Multimedia Learning By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review Imagine you want to learn a new skill. This skill can be as pedestrian as how to correctly poach eggs or as complex as how to play a Bach oboe concerto. If you are anything like one-third of … Read more