EdTech Research: Organizing a Call or Conference? Explore EasyChair Conference Management System By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Easychair is a web conference management system (CMS) that allows researchers to organize a variety of paper submission and review processes. Originally developed for conferences only, Easychair has been used for journal special issues, workshops, grant proposal review, … Read more
Interview with the Creators of Hoaxy® from Indiana University By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review Figure 1. A Hoaxy® diffusion network regarding claims about the HPV vaccine. Falsehoods are spread due to biases in the brain, society, and computer algorithms (Ciampaglia & Menczer, 2018). A combined problem is “information overload and limited attention … Read more
Getting Unstuck with Makey Makey By Angela Brown for AACE Review Does this ever happen to you? You become hands-on with a new technology and have fun making your first project, and sharing it. You encounter inspirational ideas about what to do next, but somehow the options seem overwhelming. … Read more
Prepare for fun! Scratch 3.0 is coming By Angela Brown for AACE Review Popular and free, the block-based code platform Scratch was originally launched in 2007, by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab. Scratch rapidly grew an online community on its platform for games, animations and storytelling, primarily aimed … Read more
Visual Collaboration Tools By Joseph Chan for AACE Review In this blog post, I discuss visual collaboration tools that allow groups to create galleries, share documents, and communicate through chat, comments or other messaging services. Whether you wish to share ideas, create new content, or invite collaborators … Read more
Augmented Reality with Aurasma By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Augmented reality (AR) offers a new way of seeing and interacting with the learner’s natural environment. Augmented reality describes the addition of a computer assisted contextual layer of information to the physical world, thereby creating an enhanced experience. … Read more
SlideWiki By Joseph Chan for AACE Review “SlideWiki is an online slideshow tool and educational platform that offers users the chance to create and collaborate on slides, assessments, and to share content as structured open educational resources using Creative Commons license” – slidewiki.org SlideWiki is … Read more
Cambly- The mLearning App for English By Jennifer Wright for AACE Review Being able to learn anywhere or anytime is the definition of the practice known as mLearning (mobile learning). MLearning can be found in online classroom environments, virtual educational tools, and even the device in everyone’s hand…the smartphone. … Read more
Making a More Collaborative Classroom: Collaboration Tools to Try Today By Joseph Chan for AACE Review There is no question that technology has made it much easier to get things done. The use of online tools has become a great way to enhance and expand the process of collaborating, both among students and between … Read more
Let’s play it by ear: Informal Learning with Podcasts By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review Podcasting typically refers to the process of providing audio episodes on a regular schedule with a specific RSS feed that allows listeners to capture the content on mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets. First coined in 2004, … Read more