Aaron Doering Aaron Doering , Associate professor of Learning Technologies at the University of Minnesota, and co-director of the Learning Technologies Media Lab , gave the keynote address at the first Minnesota 1:1 Learning Summit . The Media Lab is looking at ways technology can have an impact on the learning environment. One of their latest products is FlipGrid . As a former Geography teacher, he wanted to find a platform to engage and excite students in the classroom. His "Arctic Transect: 2004" is considered by many the first MOOC. Many believe this can't happen in education... Rather than try to do something new and transformative, we often try to pigeon-hole technology into what we are already doing. Today, we're looking at creating an esthetic learning environment. His Adventure Learning project writes curriculum based on an adventure/problem that students can help solve. Components include: Find the Issue Design inquiry based curriculum ...
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