Leah Buechley
Leah Buechley is a designer, engineer, and educator whose work explores intersections and juxtapositions–of “high” and “low” technologies, new and ancient materials, and masculine and feminine making...
View ArticleRegistration is Officially Open!
Registration for Emerging Learning Design’s annual teaching and learning conference is officially open! We have a limited number of $99 Early Bird registrations available for this 2-day event; act now...
View ArticleStudent Discounts Are Now Available!
Registration for Emerging Learning Design’s annual teaching and learning conference is officially open! Are you a student? We are pleased to offer students a 40% discount! To get a code for discounted...
View ArticleInvite Facebook Colleagues To ELD16
You can now let colleagues on Facebook know about the 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference.! Simply visit our Facebook Events page and click the “invite” button, then add colleagues to whom...
View ArticleMichael Bieber
Michael Bieber is Professor in NJIT’s Information Systems Department, teaching both on-campus and e-learning. He is conducting research in several related areas: learning sciences, cyberlearning,...
View ArticleHow Undetectable Wearable Technology Will Affect Classrooms
The 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference is pleased to include “How Undetectable Wearable Technology Will Affect Classrooms” by Michael Bieber of New Jersey Institute of Technology to our...
View ArticleConnecting Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Students in a Film Festival
At the University of Tennessee, Librarians and Residence Hall Assistants teamed up to host a film festival for residence hall students. Goals of the program focused increasing community among students...
View Article“RICH” Learning: A challenge-based learning approach of design process
Students intending to work in professional design fields (e.g. architecture, educational design, engineering, product design) require a rich understanding of the multifaceted, team-based design...
View ArticleThe Negotiated Syllabus: Involving Students in Course Design
We are all familiar with having more material we want to cover than we can possibly fit into a 16-week (or less) syllabus. According to constructivist learning theory, involving students in developing...
View ArticleColleen S. Harris-Keith
Colleen S. Harris-Keith serves as Information Literacy Coordinator and Assistant Librarian at California State University Channel Islands. Her work has appeared in Library Journal, Library Review,...
View ArticleCrowd-sourced Legal Database: Use technology to think like a lawyer
Subscript, a nonprofit organization, has recently launched a website to provide a means of free legal education to the general public. The site is a “wiki” model, which, like Wikipedia, allows the...
View ArticleMariam Morshed
Mariam Morshedi is a civil rights lawyer who works to broaden access to the law. In her litigation role, she advocated for low-income individuals in class actions and other large-impact cases, and she...
View ArticleUsing Knowledge Games: Helping Students Co-Create Knowledge through Games
Can games teach us knowledge we already know and also create new knowledge? Can games enable students to participate in knowledge-making—even in the K-12 classroom? In this proposed workshop, we will...
View ArticleKaren Schrier
Karen Schrier is an Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Marist College and Director of the Games and Emerging Media program. She also directs the Play Innovation Lab, which creates and researches...
View ArticleDeeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge of the Problem Lifecycle
The 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference is pleased to include “Deeper Learning by Putting Students in Charge of the Problem Lifecycle” by Michael Bieber to our Sparks! sessions. Session...
View ArticleGami-flipping Your Classroom
The 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference is pleased to include “Gami-flipping Your Classroom” by Daniel Veve of Westwood High School, TX to our concurrent sessions. Session details can be...
View ArticleBeyond Academia: Teaching Life Skills with Wikipedia
The 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference is pleased to include “Beyond Academia: Teaching Life Skills with Wikipedia” by Chanitra Bishop and Iris Finkel of Hunter College in our concurrent...
View ArticleCulture and STEM Education
Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is increasingly promoted as a path to personal and national success. Powerful institutions, including the US department of...
View ArticleCulture and STEM Education
The 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference is pleased to include “Culture and STEM Education” by Leah Buechley as this years keynote presentation on June 3rd, 2016. Session details can be found...
View ArticleOn-Campus Housing for ELD16
Planning on joining us for the 6th Annual Emerging Learning Design Conference? Stay on campus, in a single, private bath room, for only $55 per night. We still have a limited number of $99 2-day...
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