Connection, Practice, Retrieval, Rest After binge-watching episodes of The Great Pottery Throw Down, I decided to learn how to throw pottery on a wheel. I have no prior pottery knowledge, poor hand-eye coordination, and little manual dexterity... Read More August 16, 2023 Community Resources, News
How to Judge Effective Use of AI in Education I am the Product Designer for BigBlueButton, an open-source virtual classroom used by millions of users world-wide in billions of minutes of online classes. I’ve had this role for fourteen years and, durin... Read More August 16, 2023 Industry Insights, News
Beyond Functionality: Reigniting the Joy of Learning July 18, 2023 Community Resources, News As I observe my toddler stacking blocks, he starts giggling as the tower he’s building falls. He points to a block and says “azul” and is delighted that he remembers the word for blue in Spanish. Everything is new for him, and he takes it all in with so m... Read More
Contact North | Contact Nord to Launch Two New AI-Powered Tools at OEB Berlin As a member of the Contact North I Contact Nord technology development team, I’m eager to share the progress we are making in developing two unique AI tools that will be launched at OEB Berlin: AI Tutor Pr... Read More July 18, 2023 Community Resources, News
A Future Outlook on Simulation Games to Address Change Management and Innovation Diffusion More than 25 years ago we set up to develop the first computer-based simulation games addressing the challenge of spreading IT-enabled innovations in organizations. 1. A successful case of Learning Tech... Read More July 18, 2023 Community Resources, News
The Rise of ChatGPT and Its Impact on Education July 18, 2023 Industry Insights, News ChatGPT is trending more than cats on YouTube as the new generative AI phenomenon begins to spread like wildfire. It seems that every other conversation revolves around ChatGPT. So, what exactly is ChatGPT, and what does it mean for the future of educatio... Read More
Creating an Ecosystem of Design What comes to mind when you think of design in education? In education, we might think of learning design or instructional design to support learning through intentional activities supported by a range of ... Read More June 13, 2023 Community Resources, News
The AI Literacy Imperative – A Summary So much has happened within the last few months in the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that is hard for anyone in academia to keep up with the ongoing developments. The key point, the nucleus of this... Read More June 13, 2023 Community Resources, News
Digital Learning in Fragile Contexts: Higher Education in Emergencies June 12, 2023 Community Resources, News On yet another one of those sweltering days in Kakuma refugee camp in North West Kenya a group of university students collects data on access to micro-credit for female entrepreneurs who have found refuge in this multi-ethnic camp of 230,000 from conflict... Read More
Being Right and Wrong and Working Together One evening in December 2016, I was one of a group of Online Educa conference attendees headed to Berlin’s Tegel airport. (Ah, Tegel, impossibly small and crowded, yet so very convenient!) The taxi ... Read More June 8, 2023 Community Resources, News
