E-Books as Open Educational Resources: Local Government in North Carolina Textbook By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review According to several educational technology foresight studies, e-books have become an influential emerging technology for teaching and learning that is likely to play a significant role in higher education (cf., Horizon Report 2010, Horizon Report 2011, Innovative Pedagogy … Read more
Create a Hybrid Creature in Scratch 3.0 By Angela Brown for AACE Review Scratch 3.0 has a great library of Sprites (characters and props that you can animate). These often have multiple costumes so that you can animate the characters. Once children have experimented with the interface, they soon begin to … Read more
Learning through Wonder By Angela Brown for AACE Review “Wonder is a state of radical attention and openness to the world around us.” Caspar Henderson – A new map of wonders – a journey in search of modern marvels The Innovating Pedagogy Report 2019 (The Open University in … Read more
Keynote Review: More than a MOOC- Seven Learning and Teaching Scenarios to Use MOOCs in Higher Education and Beyond By Allie Alayan for AACE Review Dr. Martin Ebner, an Austrian researcher who is an expert on open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs) recently presented a keynote to the “International Seminar on Linguistics and Literature” at the ‘Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto’, … Read more
Virtual Studios (4): Implementing a Virtual Studio: An Interview with Elijah Van Benschoten By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review Prompted by the 2019 Innovating Pedagogy Report, this post series has endeavored to provide a dive into the world of virtual studios. The first post in the series introduced studios and studio pedagogy. The second post examined high-level … Read more
Virtual Studios (3): Practical Tools to Use when Implementing Virtual Studio Principles By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review The 2019 Innovating Pedagogy Report called virtual studios one of the “top ten” pedagogical innovations that might take off in 2019. The first two posts in this series first introduced studios and studio pedagogy and next examined high-level … Read more
Virtual Studios (2): Practical Ways to Consider Implementing Virtual Studio Principles By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review Virtual studios were marked in The 2019 Innovating Pedagogy Report as one of the “top ten” innovations that may come into their own this year. In this, the second post in the virtual studio series, I will be … Read more
Why Teach Social Media? By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review This summer, I am teaching a couple of classes at German universities, combining travel and teaching, two of my favorite things. One of the classes is about social media. I will work with approx. 30 students in a … Read more
Curiouser and curiouser: creating stories and games with Alice 3 – Part 2 By Angela Brown for AACE Review This article is the second part of a two-part series exploring the free 3D animation software Alice. Part 1 was to get you ready to start with Alice and to explore the interface. Part 2 shares my process … Read more
Virtual Studios (1): An Introduction to Studios and Studio Pedagogy By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review The 2019 Innovating Pedagogy Report from the Open University highlights ‘Virtual Studios’ as one of the ten pedagogical trends that might come into their own in the coming years. You can read a general summary on AACE Review. … Read more