Fundamentally, technology is here to connect ideas to people, people to ideas and help turn ideas into reality. Students have ideas and need access to as many bridges as can be found in Vancouver to communicate these ideas. When given the freedom to choose their own medium to do so, their engagement increases leading to better… Continue reading Technology’s Supporting Role in Engaging Students in Higher Education
Author: HKKS Education
Ken, the author of these posts, has been an Educator for 20 odd years teaching in Canada as well as 13 years in Japan and a short stint in India. He has an M.Ed. in distance education and is always staying current by teaching university courses, helping instructors design their blended and online courses and taking courses. He has just received his Blackboard Certified Specialist in Digital Teaching and two other Blackboard certificates. Keep on learnin'!
Do your course activities lead to desired changes in your students?
Are your course activities leading to desired change in your students? There’s been a lot of discussion between action and motion in the context of change leadership. Action, of course, leads to change, not motion. Good or bad change is another topic. It is good to be reminded of this when we are trying to make… Continue reading Do your course activities lead to desired changes in your students?
Platinum unintended outcomes
Setting up learning opportunities is what education is all about, whether on the curriculum or not. Today a huge focus is on becoming digitally literate, which doesn’t just mean knowing how to use MS Word. Being digitally literate means being very proficient with computers, apps and even hardware. As instructors, don’t hold back on using… Continue reading Platinum unintended outcomes
Taking Attendance ≈ Taking a Pulse
Students don’t have to “attend” class to be productive members of the learning community within your class, they just need a pulse. They are “attending”, even though they aren’t physically in class. Effective students/members of society prioritize their agenda, and students may feel that their limited time may be better allocated elsewhere rather than sitting… Continue reading Taking Attendance ≈ Taking a Pulse
New semester, a fresh start
With every new semester instructors get an opportunity to look closely at their courses. It's a kind of Spring cleaning, out with the old in with the new. However, I was recently in a webinar that introduced too many new technologies at once and the webinar flopped. Let's not get flashy, after all it is the… Continue reading New semester, a fresh start
