Stephanie Hughes is the Founding Director & Lead Architect of the architecture and design company AKKA Architects, located in the Netherlands. Her work focuses on ‘architecting interactions’. Her design process explores how spaces can foster interactions and nurture … Read more
Over the years, Chryssa Themelis has contributed various articles on diverse topics to AACE Review. This article summarizes significant themes of her work and concludes with an interview about her latest endeavor – a book about social physics, … Read more
The online counterpart of EdMedia Innovate Learning 2022 took place from November 1-3. The conference brought together 50 presenters from Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Suriname, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United … Read more
From a post by Sandra Schön: ‘Things the world does not need’ The item depicted is a snowball former – they come in different varieties, but have one thing in common: Beyond the profit margin for the … Read more
The 10th edition of the annual innovating pedagogy report was released in July 2022. A little belated, I am finally getting in my review of the anniversary edition. Each year, the report features 10 distinct pedagogies that are … Read more
The rise of extended reality (XR) technologies opens up promising frontiers of learner-centered, personalized, collaborative and immersive experiences in technology-rich education settings. The umbrella-term comprises mixed modalities, virtual reality and augmented reality. Todd Cherner, Program Director of the … Read more
By Chryssa Themelis and Stian Kjeksrud Empathy is not a universal concept because it depends on motivations, goals (Zaki, 2014;. Keysers & Gazzola, 2014; Cameron, 2018), and context (Zaki & Cikara, 2015). Therefore, it is a crucial … Read more
Pressbooks is a WordPress based platform that allows authors to publish e-books in multiple formats (epub, mobi, html, pdf) from one single source document. This creates maximum platform-independent accessibility so that people with different e-readers (Kindle, iPad, Nook, … Read more
“Knowledge emerges only through invention and reinvention, and the restless, impatient, continuing, hopeful inquiry beings pursue with the world and with others.” (Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed) Introduction Writing a paper on pedagogy as a theoretical framework … Read more
4 days, 22 hours, three formats, 30 participants, 1000 LEGO bricks: Students, faculty, vocational education experts and teaching methodology specialists engaged in a series of workshops end of April 2022 that tapped into maker mindset, design thinking and … Read more