Improving Civic Discourse by Fostering Web Literacy: An Interview with Mike Caulfield By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Mike Caulfield is the director of blended and networked learning at Washington State University, Vancouver (WSU). He regularly blogs about edtech topics at Hapgood. He is an expert on informal learning, online communities and open educational resources. Throughout … Read more
EdTech Research: Finding, Organizing and Citing Research – Bibliographic Formats & Tools By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Whether you write conference paper or prepare your manuscript for a journal submission, a well presented review of the literature together with correct citations and references significantly increase your chances to be accepted. Furthermore, it will make it … Read more
Educators’ Online Identity: Time for a Visual Shift? By Chryssa Themelis for AACE Review Celebrities and fashion icons are well-informed about the role of online identity and visual appearances, but it is time educators rethought the way their students and colleagues perceive them. Despite the popularity of tweets, chatrooms and discussion forums, … 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
Open Textbooks By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The Innovating Pedagogy 2017 Report included Open Textbooks as one of its innovative trends that has the potential to provoke major shifts in educational practice. This post discusses educational benefits to using open textbooks, as well as educational … Read more
Big-data Inquiry: Thinking with Data By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The Innovating Pedagogy 2017 Report included Big-data inquiry as one of its innovative trends that has the potential to provoke major shifts in educational practice. The 2017 Innovating Pedagogy Report stated that Big-data inquiry has a potential impact … Read more
An Interview with Alan Singer: Teaching and Learning Social Studies via Digital Technology By Michael Shaughnessy for AACE Review About Alan Singer Alan Singer is a professor of Teaching, Learning and Technology and the director of social studies education programs. Dr. Singer is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and is editor of Social … Read more
Comics in Education: An Unflattening View By Chryssa Themelis for AACE Review Consider the wide adoption and success of Instagram – are we entering a new visual culture where people express themselves through graphics as much as through writing? How does this affect business and research communication? In this article … Read more
“You are what you Hashtag” …Being Purposeful in Creating Your #PLN By Jennifer Wright for AACE Review A Personal Learning Network (PLN) is a way for professionals to seek out and gain information by connecting with those in their field through a social media platform. The idea of leveraging networks has become more relevant than … Read more
EdTech Research – Where to Publish, How to Share (Part 3): Social Networks and Identifiers for Sharing Articles and Monitoring Citations By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Are you curious who is reading your work, and eager to make connections to other researchers and practitioners in your field? Are you interested in tracking metrics such as your general citation count, h-index or i10-index? Would you … Read more