I was recently required to comment on a draft report by my student project group in my university.
It was late at night and I was pressed for time as I needed to catch an early flight the next
morning.I decided to upload the file into TKiEE and click on the ’Record’ button.
I was
immediately able to record my comments on each page. At the conclusion TKiEE packaged this
and made it available on the cloud accessible from everywhere and with any device.
The upload process was fast (only 30 seconds ) and I am quite certain that if I had sat down to
give written feedback I was convinced that it would take me twice as long.
Naturally I was keen
to find out how the project students would receive it. They loved it!
They thought that using
TKiEE in this way, provided them with very ’rich’ feedback on the project which would have taken
longer to read and because it was easier for me to give it verbally I gave more than I would have
otherwise done!
The team and I understand that this was the first time the Uni had used the program
and for us it has been the most informative tool/method yet in regards to teacher to
student feedback.
We were impressed on how easy it was to receive feedback in
regards to our reporting draft and how you could replay the voice over feedback over
and over again if needed.
I used TKiEE to teach engineering. I am an advanced user of technology and wanted to try
this new platform.
I loaded my lectures onto TKiEE and then used the Lecture theatre computer to project the
lecture on the screen. As I like to rove the classroom as I deliver my lecture I also accessed my
lecture though my iPad and I was controlling the lecture presentation using my iPad rather than
being confined to the lecture podium.
I could also and respond to student questions from my iPad.
I often need to move out of the Powerpoint slides and start other applications of show the students
different images and sites on the Internet. TKiEE allowed me to do this effortlessly and using the
’Screen Sharing’ feature I was able to record and stream the entire lecture allowing external
students to benefit fully from my lecture as much as on campus
students.
“ Tom and I will be using TKiEE more extensively next semester in Engineering and Environmental Geology so will probably be able to
provide more feedback etc from that. I’m also hoping to get a Geology dictionary up and running”
“It was a great experience, I quite enjoyed it. Students were very engaged, I believe every student in the classroom (and some joining us
remotely) participated in the activities facilitated by TKiEE
TKiEE is designed to enhance classroom interaction. Students can simply click a link to access the material presented by the lecturer and interact with the material by asking questions, responding to quizzes, making annotations and other useful learning enhancing features.
