by Leah Peterson | Oct 30, 2018 | Inspiration and Ideas, Presentations
On Monday, October 22, I attended xR in EDU, a day-long event exploring the use of augmented and virtual reality in education and training. My goal was to listen for ideas that best connected with the field of adult education. In this post, I will share some of what I...
by Alison Ascher Webber | Sep 8, 2017 | Presentations, Updates from the Field
By Alison Ascher Webber Digital literacy and second language instruction should be integrated, and not taught separately. This message was conveyed by researchers and practitioners from Minneapolis to Belgium at the recent Literacy Education and Second Language...
by Nell Eckersley | May 18, 2017 | Inspiration and Ideas, Presentations
EdTech Partner Nell Eckersley gave adult educators a compelling “Call to Action” to go beyond consuming technology and become ambassadors for curating and creating information online. Read on for a synopsis of her keynote speech given at OTAN’s annual Technology &...
by Alison Ascher Webber | Apr 18, 2017 | Inspiration and Ideas, Presentations
By Alison Ascher Webber In the closing speech at COABE 2017, XPRIZE Foundation CEO Marcus Shingles gave a wake-up call to adult educators warning that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will change learning at speeds and in ways we could never imagine. Showing a chart...
by Leah Peterson | Dec 7, 2016 | Presentations
By Leah Peterson On November 14, 2016 The EdTech Center at World Education hosted a panel at NCTN’s Effective Transitions in Adult Education annual conference, which is dedicated to strengthening adult education’s capacity to ensure that adult learners have access to...
by Chris Bourret | Sep 15, 2015 | Lesson Plans and Classroom Activities, Presentations
By Chris Bourret Total Participant Techniques (TPTs), are ways to engage all your students at the same time with the subject matter you are teaching. According to William and Persida Himmele, (2014), experts in these techniques, TPTs help create a socially integrated...
