Moonhack is back! Participate, Observe, Learn, Code By Angela Brown for AACE Review On 20th July 2018, defy earthbound gravity and lift your imagine off into the farthest reaches of space in a playful way to get kids coding. What is #moonhack? First launched in 2016 by Code Club Australia, Moonhack … Read more
After-school Code Club – Lifelong Kindergarten? By Angela Brown for AACE Review After my first term volunteering to start an after-school Code Club in a public library, one of the challenges we’ve been grappling with is how to keep activities roughly on task and progressing coding skills, without being at … Read more
Inclusive Community Design: Design Thinking Workshop on Local Engagement for Diverse Populations By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Design thinking is a problem solving method geared to overcome wicked problems, that have no right or wrong solution and resist traditional scientific and engineering approaches, as “the information needed to understand the problem depends upon one’s idea … Read more
The faces of School Library Makerspaces: Teacher Librarians Jackie Child and Megan Daley By Angela Brown for AACE Review Surrounded by content resources, library spaces can be easily imagined as content creation spaces. School Libraries in particular, can be seen to have an almost ‘goldilocks’ environment, just right for a Makerspace. From outside, it may seem almost … Read more
They swiped happily ever after: Of Fairytales and Tablets – An Interview with Bård Engen, Tonje Giæver and Louise Mifsud By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review This summer, the AACE Special Interest groups Design and Trends conducted a joint call for abstracts for the Special Issue on Mobile Technology for the Journal of Interactive Learning Research. A total of 16 abstracts were selected … Read more
Mobile Learning for Migrants: An Interview with Begoña Gros By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review This summer, the AACE Special Interest groups Design and Trends conducted a joint call for abstracts for the Special Issue on Mobile Technology of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research. A total of 16 abstracts were selected for … Read more
Generation Baby Boomers Learning On the Go: An Interview with Dirk Morrison By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review The AACE E-Learn special interest groups TREND and DESIGN recently concluded a call for abstracts for the Special Issue on Mobile Technology for the Journal of Interactive Learning Research. A total of 16 abstracts were selected for the … Read more
China Educational Technology: A Conversation with Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi Miyoung Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, and Thomas H. Reynolds By Curt Bonk for AACE Review About the Interviewers Meina Zhu is a second-year Ph.D. student in Instructional Systems Technology (IST) department of Indiana University (IU). She holds a master’s degree in Educational Technology from Beijing Normal University in China. Prior to coming to IU, … Read more
Using Social Networks for Teaching and Learning: An Interview with Süleyman Nihat ŞAD By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review For the majority of students, the profile in a social networking community is a natural part of their everyday communication portfolio – just as indispensable as the cell phone, and possibly more important than the e-mail address. Online … Read more
What Does It Take to Make a Maker? An Interview with Sandra Schön By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review “Widespread enthusiasm behind makerspaces in steadily growing” (Horizon Report, 2014). Makerspaces are community-oriented workshops that engage learners in problem-solving through hands-on design and construction, oftentimes combining analog material with digital tools. ‘Making’ comprises artistic creation, engineering and computing. … Read more