Role Description Example of implementation Possibility engine AI generates alternative ways of expressing an idea Students write queries in ChatGPT and use the Regenerate response function to examine alternative responses. Socratic opponent AI acts as an opponent to develop an argument … Read more

I have just added a few new edublogger feeds to my RSS reader. One discovery was Learnlets by Clark Quinn. His postings are brief and thoughtful, and oftentimes deal with knowledge sharing in organizations or among (instructional design) professionals. My … Read more

Recently, I have become interested in threshold concepts – also highlighted in the innovating pedagogy report. I am particularly interested in the crossroad between thresholds and assessment. [slideshare id=33855377&doc=keynote-april23-140423104550-phpapp02] For anyone involved with gathering, interpreting, reviewing or simply reading quantitative … Read more

The Open University has released the 2014 edition of its ‘Innovating Pedagogy‘ report, the third edition of an annual educational technology trend report. While the timelines may remind you of  the Horizon Report, the methodology for gathering the trends is … Read more

From  October 27-30, I attended the 19th annual, international conference AACE E-Learn in New Orleans. Here are the slides for my talks:  

I cam across this posting about ‘the algorithms that dominate our world‘ and loved the accessible writing and great visual presentation – It led me to discover a new social media platform with a fascinating concept: Medium is platform where … Read more

Here is a brief video tutorial on how to create characters based on a person’s photographs in PowerPoint, using standard functionality such as shapes and the drawing tool. I have used this technique (photo-based characters) in the past, to develop … Read more

This is definetely on my reading list. http://jolt.merlot.org/currentissue.html Foreword to the Special Section: MOOCs – Evolution or Revolution? Sir John Daniel i-iv * Research Papers * Challenges to Research in MOOCs Helene Fournier, Rita Kop, and Guillaume Durand 1-15 Participants’ … Read more