Book Review: Designing Effective Digital Badges By Allie Alayan for AACE Review Designing Effective Digital Badges: Applications for Learning, written by Joey R. Fanfarelli and Rudy McDaniel, is a book that was published in 2019 by Taylor & Francis Group. This is a hands-on guide that uses real-world examples … Read more
EdTech Myths and Truths: An Interview with EdMedia Keynote Speaker Paul Kirschner (Open University, The Netherlands) By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The upcoming EdMedia conference will be held from June 24-28 in Amsterdam. The program contains five keynotes as part of the conference. Keynotes are a great way to connect with experts in the field and learn about current, … Read more
Social Media: Channeling the Channels By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review In this session of the social media class we discussed how to leverage different social media applications and networks, how to monitor reach in social media, and how to better understand the conditions for viral content with the … Read more
A Closer Look at ELI 15 Key Issues of Teaching and Learning 2019 By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review The annual ELI Key Issues in Teaching and Learning infographics are organized along fifteen different themes that serve as “frameworks or focal points for discussion and programming throughout the coming year.” EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association that exists … Read more
Amsterdam & EdMedia, Here I Come: An Interview About Game Based Learning with Rhonda Newton By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The upcoming EdMedia conference will be held from June 24-28 in Amsterdam. The program contains six workshops as part of the conference. Workshops are a great way to explore a concept, technology or practice in depth, network with … Read more
Future Skills Report: Review and Summary By Allie Alayan for AACE Review How is higher education preparing students for the fundamental changes in the job market? The report “Future Skills-The Future of Learning and Higher education” was published in March 2019 and investigates this question based on an international Delphi … Read more
Need a Reason to Visit Amsterdam? An Interview With Johannes Cronje on ‘How to Design Questions for Design Research’ By Allie Alayan for AACE Review The upcoming AACE EdMedia conference will be held from June 24-28 in Amsterdam. The program contains six workshops as part of the conference. Workshops are a great way to explore a concept, technology or practice in depth, network … Read more
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