NMC Horizon 2016 report is up! According to the report, you can see the different types of tools or platforms to be adopted with their respective timespans. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is already here, although cited as "to be adopted in one year or less". The future seems to lead towards augmented reality and robotics.

www.tpack.org is considered the top community for TPACK. They send out newsletters bimonthly or trimonthly, which includes the recent papers, presentations in conferences, blog entries, dissertations and theses written or published related to TPACK. It is an incredibly vast resource, and subscribing is really easy and free of charge. All you have to do is send a blank e-mail to "sympa@lists.wm.edu" with the subject line "subscribe TPACK.news NAME SURNAME". Example: subscribe TPACK.news Ceren Korkmaz From the link above, you can download their latest issue (#31, December 2016): P.S: FYI, the link will expire in a couple of days :) Sorry that I can't upload files here.

Coursera is one of the best platforms for computer supported collaborative learning. There are numerous classes from the top universities in the world, and the expansion of these classes are run through discussions in class forums. Lots of people get together to create projects and share them with their peers.

Here's a previously-shared example of learning by design by "Kids Build!" project. I think just getting the hands of the kids dirty is an outcome by itself. Although they do not possess abstract thinking skills at such a young age, I still think these are the ages when an interest sparks in the child, which could then turn into a passion.

Purdue Polytechnic involves the Renaissance Academy Students to build a remote-controlled helicopter. Great example of learning by design :)

This is not from my field, but it is a great example for the use of augmented reality.

TeachLive of the University of Central Florida is a virtual platform that the teachers can test out their classroom management skills before going up on the "big stage". What it basically does is to place a teacher-in-training in a virtual classroom populated by computer-generated students. A Skype conference call and a Microsoft Kinect motion sensor power the high-tech pantomiming behind the platform. It's currently being used at more than 80 campuses across the U.S. to train some of the next generation of educators, and it appears to be working.

A simple 5-step guide for integrating AR into higher education

Next week, we will look at situated learning. I have always considered VR/simulation as a nice channel to implement that. Here are some highlights from the article of Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency medicine physician in New York City.

Curiosity is an app that gives you detailed random facts in a daily feed on any topic (literally any topic: from the life of Pablo Escobar to what backfire effect is). It also has a great interface and visuals. This may not make you an expert, but definitely a jack of all trades.

Here's a simple comparison of learning theories (behaviorism, cognitivism and constructivism).