By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review
Infographics visualize topics and data in a compact format, and are of growing importance for learning material and editorial media. The carefully crafted design of icons, arrows, symbols and numbers is visually appealing. Cloud applications such as … Read more
By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review
As noted last month, it is time once again for the yearly dose of “innovative pedagogy” in the form of The 2020 Innovating Pedagogy Report. This year’s report is a collaboration between researchers from the Open University and … Read more
By Angela Brown for AACE Review
“A book is a device to ignite the imagination.” Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader. Bringing a story to life Increasingly, creative app developers, visual artists, authors and publishers are pushing beyond the boundaries of how we “experience” reading. … Read more
By Allie Alayan for AACE Review
In August 2019, Mozilla announced that it is retiring its Open Badges Backpack platform and moving all user accounts to Badgr, a platform created by the company Concentric Sky (CSky). CSky was the lead author of the Open … Read more
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
By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review
In the past, higher education pedagogy has been built largely on the framework of a single knowledgeably expert speaking while others quietly listen and learn. Listening and silence are seen as positive in brick and mortar education, signaling … Read more
By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review
In April of this year, the 2019 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report came out, archived here in LearnTechLib. For the uninitiated, the Horizon Report profiles what an expert panel of international leaders from across higher education identify as six key … Read more
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
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
By Angela Brown for AACE Review
This article is the first part of a two-part series exploring the free 3D animation software Alice. Using Alice, you can: animate stories and build virtual reality worlds design and build interactive games learn to program object-oriented code … Read more