Exploring Visual Literacies Through Educational Technology Lenses By Chryssa Themelis for AACE Review Since Antiquity, many Greek philosophers such as Pythagoras, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates were trying to understand visual objects and their role in society and their impact on an ‘informed’ mind (Benoît, 2015). Visuals can convey messages, share emotions … 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
Looking Back at the First Horizon Report: What Lessons Can We Learn? By Xinyun Peng for AACE Review The New Media Consortium (NMC) was a non-profit organization focus on exploring the use of new technologies and media in learning. It was founded in 1993 and unfortunately announced bankruptcy in December 2017. Since 2004, NMC’s flagship publication, … Read more
Book Review: Girls who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World by Reshma Saujani By Angela Brown for AACE Review Reshma Saujani’s book Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World conjures up conflicting emotions for me, before I even turn a page. Part of me wishes this book didn’t need to exist and that there … Read more
Intergroup Empathy: The Role of Diversity in Learning By Rima Chamout for AACE Review The Innovating Pedagogy Report 2017 sees ‘intergroup empathy’ as a long-term trend in educational technology. Online learning environments and social media networks form global virtual spaces. In these spaces, people from different backgrounds interact with each other, even … Read more
Computer-Assisted Language Learning & Media Selection By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) is the interactive use of technology to foster second language acquisition by providing meaningful opportunities to practice a language in environments beyond that which is available in the confines of a classroom. It began … Read more
Best of AACE and SITE Keynotes 2015-2017: Video Recordings By Joseph Chan for AACE Review Did you know that the digital library LearnTechLib not only archives conference papers, electronic books, reports, and journal articles, but also contains videos of past keynotes and invited talks? With so many innovations and ideas around, edtech researchers … Read more
Innovating Pedagogy Report 2017 By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The Open University (OU) has released the 2017 edition of its ‘Innovating Pedagogy’ report. It is the sixth rendition of an annual educational technology trend review that introduces ten pedagogies that are already in currency but have not … Read more
Book Review: Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom By Angela Brown for AACE Review Through my explorations of Makerspaces, I keep returning to wonder about why we create separate, distinct spaces aside from others “for making”. In a similar way, we also create designated play spaces, like playgrounds “to play”. These boundaries … Read more
Holographic Experiences: A New Era of Immersive Educational Technologies By Chryssa Themelis for AACE Review The augmented reality training sessions for nurses (Gemini Research, 2017), the MIT museum, Chinese museum, BBC frozen planet and the immersive experience of the Eurostar train (Eurostar, 2017) make people wonder what the future holds in store for … Read more