I awoke with a start to my alarm. It was 3:45 a.m. and from a quick check out the window, very much the middle of the night. I dutifully got up and, fourteen minutes later, arrived via webcam … Read more
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
In the past, my work as an instructional designer has been split approximately 50-50 between designing and developing educational technology projects and products and supporting teaching and learning scenarios for adult learners in continuing education, mostly in-person. This … Read more
While teachers across the globe are scrambling to pivot towards online teaching and learning, SITE–Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education is embarking on a new, timely endeavor: A competence-driven professional development course series for teacher educators on integrating and leveraging digital technologies for … Read more
Tinkering, making, participatory design, design thinking – I love creative and haptic approaches to teaching, learning and web development. Over the past two years, I have been traveling back to Germany on several occasions to teach or co-teach … Read more
End of July, I participated in the first online edition of Digital Pedagogy Lab (https://dpl.online/). For those unfamiliar, Digital Pedagogy Lab is the professional development and practical training program from Hybrid Pedagogy (https://hybridpedagogy.org), the journal of critical digital … Read more
A new eBook was just released and provides particularly relevant research to the world we find ourselves educating in. This eBook is titled: Teaching, Technology, and Teacher Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Stories from the Field. The editors … Read more
What is digital wellbeing and why does it matter more than ever? Higher education has been transformed in recent months in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as face-to-face teaching on campus has been abruptly moved online. For most … Read more
2020 has become the year where we all develop expertise in areas our late 2019 selves would have never imagined adding to the resolution list. Barber? Check. Sourdough bread baker? Check. A facemask fashion designer? Check. At over … Read more
If you are in the northern hemisphere, summer is now in full swing. However, if you are connected in any way to education, your summer may be filled with a bit less idyllic recreation and a bit more … Read more