Danielle Lake is Director of Design Thinking and Associate Professor at Elon University, NC. With a doctorate in philosophy from Michigan State University, Lake’s expertise spans “wicked problem” solving, design thinking and community engagement. Her teaching and scholarship … Read more
Gimkit is an interactive digital tool that makes completing quizzes fun and incentivized experiences. Similar to other quiz learning tools such as Quizziz and Kahoot!, Gimkit allows educators to turn questions into a game where learners compete with … Read more
Kahoot! is a free-to-use, game-based learning platform that allows learners to play trivia quizzes and compete on a leaderboard. Kahoot! is used by many educators and companies around the world to create a fun learning experience. It is … Read more
Tired of Zoom Fatigue and Breakout Breakdowns? Wonder is a web-based group gathering and conferencing platform. The free-to-use website service allows video conferencing in an open room movement concept. Wonder currently supports Chrome, Firefox, and Edge. Wonder allows … Read more
The ninth edition of the annual Innovating Pedagogy report is the product of a research collaboration between the Open University UK with the Artificial Intelligence and Human Languages Lab/The Institute of Online Education at Beijing Foreign Studies University. … Read more
A year of Corona has led me to think deeply about joyful learning experiences. In 2019, the Innovating Pedagogy report highlighted ‘Playful Learning’ among its ten showcased trends: There are many advantages to play in learning, both for … Read more
Tomorrow is not only election day, but also the first day of the first ever AACE Innovate Learning Summit (former E-Learn Conference). I have been attending E-Learn conferences for the over a decade, and while I am really … Read more
With many employees “working from home” during the pandemic, professional development programs are being challenged to create meaningful and engaging opportunities for adult learners, despite the physical distance. Jasmine Bishop and Enoch Park developed an online pilot course … Read more
While being a popular search term, ‘Zoom fatigue’ is not a clearly defined concept, but rather a self-attributed state of mental exhaustion. As Fosslien and West (2020) stated ‘you’re more exhausted at the end of your workday than … Read more
Augmented reality (AR) offers a new way of seeing and interacting with the learner’s natural environment. Augmented reality describes the addition of a computer assisted contextual layer of information to the physical world, thereby creating an enhanced experience. … Read more