Category: Interviews

By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review

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

By Stefanie Panke for AACE Review

Chris Devers is a special interest group leader (SIG TREND) and long-term executive committee member for the AACE E-Learn conference. I cannot imagine AACE conferences without his energy and wits. After having the great pleasure of working on a  … Read more

By Allie Alayan for AACE Review

The EdMedia conference is happening – alas virtually – this week from June 23-26. The program contains four keynotes as part of the conference. Keynotes are a great way to connect with experts in the field and learn  … Read more

By Allie Alayan for AACE Review

Design thinking provides unique opportunities for learning in various educational settings, including German vocational schools, as evidenced by a study conducted by Marc Kruger. In the study, Kruger was able to identify and provide recommendations for providing design  … Read more

By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review

Though most higher education institutions are in recess it is a summer pause unlike in past years. For most, the logistics of the fall have yet to be determined. Will it be entirely online, partially online, socially distanced?  … Read more

By Lisa Hammershaimb for AACE Review

The past several weeks have seen a dramatic shift in online and decentralized learning being a somewhat fringe endeavor to being fully mainstream. Administrators, teachers, and students are all trying—with varying degrees of success—to navigate the hurried transition. Against this  … Read more

By Allie Alayan for AACE Review

As part of the 2019 special issue ‘Design Thinking for Education’ in the DeGruyter open access journal ‘Open Education Studies’ the author quartet Gnanaharsha Beligatamulla, Janice Rieger, Jill Franz, and Megan Strickfaden present a qualitative study investigating educators  … Read more

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 Allie Alayan for AACE Review

Design thinking can provide students with the opportunity to think like an ‘expert designer,’ which can allow for greater engagement and commitment. It can be especially powerful as an instrument for students to become involved in organizational policies within higher education.   As  … Read more

By Allie Alayan for AACE Review

There is no better way to start a conference than with a set of great questions. Warren Berger is giving the opening keynote on “The Power of Beautiful Questions” at the E-Learn conference in New Orleans on the  … Read more