Book Review: Made by Humans: The AI Condition By Angela Brown for AACE Review Made by Humans: The AI Condition by Ellen Broad (Melbourne University Press, 2018) is a startling book. Broad prompts us to scratch beyond the surface of the smooth sheen of AI interfaces. She exposes the shaky foundations of … Read more
Global Guidelines: Ethics in Learning Analytics By Allie Alayan for AACE Review In March of 2019, the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) published a 16-page report on global guidelines regarding ethically-informed practice in learning analytics. The ICDE established a working group, which included seven members from a … Read more
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
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
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
Angela Brown – Makers, Monsters and Humble Heroes: A Year of Writing with AACE Review By Angela Brown for AACE Review It is hard to imagine that I have now been writing with AACE Review for the last year! I can honestly say it has been a lot of fun. Writing blog posts about subjects I love, alongside other … Read more
Review: An urgency of teachers: the work of critical digital pedagogy by Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel. By Angela Brown for AACE Review An Urgency of Teachers: the work of critical digital pedagogy is a collection of intelligent counsel and an emotional summons. Sean Michael Morris (@slamteacher) and Jesse Stommel (@jessifer) can be arresting poets. When I first stumbled upon Jesse … Read more
A Review of ‘Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online’ By Sandra Rogers for AACE Review In Media Manipulation and Disinformation Online, Marwick and Lewis (2017) of the Data & Society Research Institute described the agents of media manipulation, their modus operandi, motivators, and how they’ve taken advantage of the vulnerability of online media. … Read more
Book Review: Calling all Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor By Angela Brown for AACE Review Are you a visual thinker? If you are, how do you know this? What is the experience of thinking visually? Temple Grandin’s book, Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor, opens with a … Read more
Book Review: Gabi’s If/Then Garden by Caroline Karanja By Angela Brown for AACE Review It’s refreshing to see a book about coding that embeds computational thinking into the natural world of gardens and growing food. Particularly for younger children, understanding coding as a powerful thinking tool for problem-solving, paired with an emerging … Read more