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
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
Navigating Post-Truth Societies: Strategies, Resources and Technologies By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review This post is the second in a series in which AACE social media interns follow up on the latest Innovating Pedagogy Trend Report 2017 – read the review and summary by Allie Aylan. As Ferguson et al. (2017) … Read more
Computer-Assisted Language Learning & Media Selection By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is the interactive use of technology to foster second language acquisition by providing meaningful opportunities to practice a language in environments beyond that which is available in the confines of a classroom. It began … 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