KeeganSLW on I recently attended a demonstration of Canvas and wanted to give some of my thoughts on this educational tool. Already, Canvas possesses the baseline features of a Learning Management System (LMS) such as content distribution, grade management, discussion forums, etc., but beyond these fundamental ingredients, there are several parts of Canvas that I found interesting […]
KeeganSLW on The idea for GOBLIN originates from over a year ago when I was thinking about faculty and staff trainings that I wanted to develop. At the time, I was looking to create professional development material around the idea: “What do games have to teach us about learning?” After finishing up development on similar projects, Mobile Blogging & […]
KeeganSLW on Games Offer Bold Learning Insights Nowadays (GOBLIN) is an interactive adventure game that is, first and foremost, a vehicle to experientially teach pedagogical concepts. In other words, GOBLIN aims to synergistically combine professional development, storytelling, and a role-playing game into a memorable, engaging learning experience for instructors. Over the course of GOBLIN, topics ranging from scaffolding and overcoming failure […]
KeeganSLW on Last Friday I had the pleasure to present at OU’s 5th annual Academic Technology Expo with John Stewart. Since our “presentation” was more of a hands-on workshop, titled Mobile Blogging, Scholarship, and Cultivating Student Success, we had participants blog, develop curriculum, microblog and discuss applications of mobile blogging in their classrooms. It was phenomenal, and here’s how we accomplished everything in 50 minutes: Minutes 0-10 […]
KeeganSLW on I am really looking forward to the trainings and presentations for the upcoming semester. In particular, I am excited about hosting GOBLIN for the first time (more details below). In addition to GOBLIN, here’s a list of trainings I am offering this semester through CTE (descriptions, schedules, and sign-up links provided where available): Mobile Blogging & Scholarship […]
KeeganSLW on Update! After posting to the WordPress.org forums, I was offered a few solutions on YouTube video embeds with WordPress 4.4: Two work-arounds offered by Jeremy Herve: These solutions were originally posted on this forum by Jeremy. Alternatively, you can wait for the Jetpack update and follow the progress here. In the mean time, I will be using […]
KeeganSLW on I am thankful for many things in my life (wife, family, work, Star Wars, etc.). However, I want to write about two things that have been a significant part of my life over the last year. Teaching Some of the biggest projects I have been working on include a Mobile Blogging & Scholarship Workshop Series and a Lynda.com Course Integration Faculty Learning Community. […]
KeeganSLW on Using the “Simple API” from Unsplash, I am able to present random images ever time this page loads. Go on, refresh the page to see the Simple API in action! 🙂 The Best Part You can add this Simple API to your websites using the following HTML text: <img src=”https://source.unsplash.com/random” /> And variations of this link can […]
KeeganSLW on Time to break down one of my favorite mobile device workflows! Text To write this post, I am using the WordPress app. You can download this for Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, or Windows Phone. With this app, you can create an entire website on your phone in a matter of seconds through WordPress.com. However, I […]
KeeganSLW on Recently I led an educational technology workshop at Youth Workers Academy, and one of the technologies I covered in this training was social media. To engage participants with Twitter, I had everyone research what the Bible says about poverty and paraphrase their findings into 140 characters—with the intention these contributions could be tweeted to the world. However, I […]