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Platform Capitalism in the Classroom
Platform capitalism is the new global business model in an age of social media platforms, big data analytics and tech-centered venture capital investment. The big platform operators, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft and...
Category: EdtechWatchworthy Wednesday: How Video Games Amplify Learning
As a leading scholar of video games, game culture and game player behavior, Constance Steinkuehler argues that games amplify learning and academics. In fact, video games and esports “leverage and require an...
Categories: Edtech, ResearchWhat Do We Mean When We Talk About 21st Century Learning?
The signifier “21st century” has become ubiquitous in educational policy discourse. A glance at most local, state, and national education plans reveals reference after reference to the need for “21st century schools”...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeLearning from Brain-machine Interfaces
“Neurotechnology” is a broad field of technical research and development focused on the human brain. It includes advanced brain imaging but also new and emerging “brain stimulator” systems that may have the capacity...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsUsing Mobile VR to Convey WONDER
Last year, I was gob-smacked on a trip to D.C. by the temporary WONDER exhibit at the Renwick Gallery (and wrote about it here). Last fall, I was excited to see the...
Category: EdtechHow Can VR be Used for Learning?
The hype around virtual reality (VR) has died down a bit, though the conference keeps going. I was happy to attend the Versions conference earlier this year, though I was disappointed (but...
Category: EdtechDoes Digital Media Have a Place in Hands-On Science Learning Space?
I reached out to Rebecca Bray, the chief of experience development at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., to learn about how the museum developed and now runs...
Categories: Digital Learning, EdtechHow do you prove what you know and can do these days? Sure, you can show someone your CV, résumé or LinkedIn profile, but what does that prove? Isn’t that just a...
Category: EdtechThe Trouble with ‘Screen Time Rules’
“Screen time,” as ever, is a hot topic for academics, policy folk and for parents. There’s a seemingly endless debate about how much is too much, or indeed (as we’ve argued) whether...
Categories: Digital Citizenship, EdtechWatchworthy Wednesday: Celebrate Digital Learning Day Feb. 23
Students and educators nationwide will be taking part in Digital Learning Day (DLDay) tomorrow, focusing on innovative ways technology enhances teaching and learning. “In some classrooms and out-of-school programs across the country,...
Categories: Digital Learning, EdtechAugmented Reality and Learning in Museums
When I read Camillia Matuk’s The Learning Affordances of Augmented Reality For Museum Exhibits on Human Health, I knew I wanted to speak with her about AR and learning. Camillia is assistant...
Category: EdtechEmotional Computing in Education
Psychology has long played a role in education by providing the surveys and questionnaires required to monitor students’ attitudes, dispositions and habits of mind. Today, psychology is coming to play an increasingly...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsCall for Diversity in Ed Tech Design
In late December, I attended an educational technology conference hosted at New York University. Rather than highlighting current research, the goal of the conference was to explore the future of the ed...
Categories: Edtech, EquityUsing Escape Rooms to Gamify Learning
Escape Rooms first came to America in 2012-2013 from Asia and Europe, quickly spreading across the country. As defined by Professor Scott Nicholson, “escape rooms are live action team based games where...
Category: EdtechIBM, Pearson and the Cognitive Infrastructure of Education
The world’s largest edu-business, Pearson, partnered with one of the world’s largest computing companies, IBM, at the end of October 2016 to develop new approaches to education in the “cognitive era.” Their...
Categories: Edtech, New Trends
