I love Spotify. I love music. So, for me livestreaming a variety of music is an essential service. I was about to activate my $15 a month Spotify premium service. Then, I remembered I have Stingray with Telus. I don’t want to listen on my TV, what a waste of electricity. I found I can… Continue reading Know What You Already Subscribe to Before Subscribing
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'!
Workshops to Help Faculty Embrace Online Learning
Heather Kanuka & Liam Rourke (2013) Using blended learning strategies to address teaching development needs: How does Canada compare? provides useful insight into how higher education faculty view technology in the classroom. Understanding these perspectives will assist those whose job it is to help faculty integrate online learning tools into their traditional delivery methods. The research… Continue reading Workshops to Help Faculty Embrace Online Learning
Top 5 eReaders to Complete Your Assigned Reading
After completing 15 online graduate and a few undergrad courses, I think I have eReading down to an art, or a science. I am now a huge fan and attempt to persuade others to go digital. We can talk about my success with that later. After working with so many eReaders, here is what has… Continue reading Top 5 eReaders to Complete Your Assigned Reading
An Affordance or a Hindrance?
An underlying theme throughout a recent digital pedagogy lab I attended was of affordances. Affordances are, simply put, tools that allow us to get the job done, or to do a job in a more effective and efficient way. One of my teaching philosophies and “show me don’t tell me”. Throughout the lab presenters were… Continue reading An Affordance or a Hindrance?
Do you or do you not need to convert paper-based quizzes to Moodle or other LMSs?
Recently, I had been asked to help convert 15 paper-based quizzes to Blackboard compatible quizzes. At first I thought, “how can this be done?”. Not long after, I thought, “Should this be done?” These quizzes were meant for an online course. I questioned, “Would these quizzes get me excited and motivate me to log in… Continue reading Do you or do you not need to convert paper-based quizzes to Moodle or other LMSs?
