Effective and Ineffective Social Media Messages: When Backchannels Backfire By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review In this session of the social media class, we talked about how things can go wrong in social media networks, and, more generally, while communicating in a globally networked society. First however, we discussed how messages become viral … 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
Social Media and Fake News By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Just because you see it online, doesn’t mean it’s a fact… How to develop a spider-sense for fake news? The second session of my social media class dealt with the topic of fake news, one of the most … Read more
Alternative Credentials: How Can Higher Education Organizations Leverage Open Badges? By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review In order to encourage participation in online communities or other informal learning settings, and to facilitate users’ professional development, a “badge” system offers recognition of an individual’s achievement and contributions. Photo Credit Manada Torak-Renn, flickr creative commons. Badges are … Read more
Social Media and Seamless Learning By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Since fall 2014, mobile devices officially outnumber people on the planet. With the ubiquitous access to mobile technologies, social media has become a global phenomenon. According to the data portal Statista, the power of social networking is such … 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
Augmented Learning: An Interview with SITE Workshop Host Julie Howell By Allie Alayan for AACE Review Augmented reality describes the addition of a computer assisted contextual layer of information to the physical world, thereby creating an enhanced experience. Virtual reality on the other hand creates an immersive experience that takes learners away from the … Read more
Social Media in Education: An Interview with SITE Workshop Organizers Cassandra Drake and Alison Sternal By Allie Alayan for AACE Review With the ever-growing popularity of tools such as Instagram and Snapchat, social media has taken a visual turn. Instagram is a mobile photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook. Launched in October 2010, the site had … Read more
Excited for SITE? An Interview with SITE Conference Newcomers and Workshop Organizers Dayna Laur and Timothy Kubik By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The upcoming SITE conference will be held from March 18-22 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The program contains nine workshops as part of the conference. Workshops are a great way to explore a concept, technology or practice in depth, … Read more