Recent releases

• Monday February 20 2012 Séverine Parent (Cégep Limoilou) Michelle Deschênes (Collège O'Sullivan de Québec) Pedagogical Applications of Twitter Michelle Deschênes, a teacher of website technology at Collège O'Sullivan in Quebec City, and Séverine Parent, an IT pedagogical counselor at Cégep Limoilou, present a handsome report on the pedagogical applications of the Twitter  microblogging resource. They explain what Twitter is in simple language and provide an overview of its basic characteristics. Pedagogical activities and examples of interesting classroom applications are included along with a reference section of additional examples, support documents and practical tips.
• Monday October 3 2011 János Varga (Cégep John Abbott College) Cloud-based Blended Synchronous/Asynchronous Shared Documents János Varga explains how cloud-based blended synchronous/asynchronous shared documents promote collaboration and active learning among students.
• Monday August 24 2009 Sophie Ringuet (Cégep@distance) Using On-line Academic Forums As students now collaborate on the web for academic purposes as well as for fun, the electronic forum has become an excellent tool to encourage academic motivation. Sophie Ringuet, a pedagogical counselor at Cégep@distance gives us an in-depth tour of what a forum is as well as various academic applications where the forum can be of interest. The report presents concrete examples and and a detailed guide to their use within an academic context. The reference section allows the reader to go beyond the information presented by indicating resources in both English and in French. We hope that you will find Profweb's article 'Using On-line Academic Forums' a useful resource to familiarize yourself with forums. Feel free to comment and ask questions in the sections provided for this purpose.

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