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  • Monday May 21, 2012 Eileen Kerwin Jones (Cégep John Abbott College) Mind the Gap Active learning online in this Humanities course using blended learning requires a level of autonomy and commitment on the part of students, as well as a willingness to work collaboratively. There is little chance to simply receive information passively in class!
  • Monday May 07, 2012 Greg Mulcair (Cégep John Abbott College) A Toolbox for a Blended Learning Pilot Greg Mulcair touches upon the tools that he has used to blend information technology and traditional teaching in his Physics course which is part of a pilot project for blended learning at John Abbott College.
  • Monday April 23, 2012 Nathan Loewen (Vanier College) Dissemination is the Key As a new participant in the fifth year of the  J@nus Project, a hybrid joint course between Vanier College and Cégep de Sept-Îles, Nathan Loewen is aware that technology is a central theme but history is a factor in the success of his course.
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Mind the Gap

Monday May 21, 2012 - Eileen Kerwin Jones - Cégep John Abbott College Active learning online in this Humanities course using blended learning requires a level of autonomy and commitment on the part of students, as well as a willingness to work collaboratively. There is little chance to simply receive information passively in class!

A Toolbox for a Blended Learning Pilot

Monday May 07, 2012 - Greg Mulcair - Cégep John Abbott College Greg Mulcair touches upon the tools that he has used to blend information technology and traditional teaching in his Physics course which is part of a pilot project for blended learning at John Abbott College.

Dissemination is the Key

Monday April 23, 2012 - Nathan Loewen - Vanier College As a new participant in the fifth year of the  J@nus Project, a hybrid joint course between Vanier College and Cégep de Sept-Îles, Nathan Loewen is aware that technology is a central theme but history is a factor in the success of his course.

Deceptively Small Packages

Monday April 09, 2012 - Edward Awad - Vanier College The effect that clickers have had on Edward Awad's teaching is profound. He can now spot problematic content areas and focus on topics where students need more attention. Also, without realizing it, he seems to have anticipated what is now being called the flipped classroom.

Putting Our Egos on the Shelf

Monday March 26, 2012 - Kathryn Morrison - Dawson College Kathryn Morrison got an opportunity to teach in an active learning classroom and found the difference unbelievable because as much as she tried to implement active learning in a traditional classroom, the structure of the room itself created logistics to overcome.

A Different Sense of Moodle

Monday March 12, 2012 - Rajesh Malik - Dawson College Rajesh Malik hasn’t let blindness interfere with his teaching. Prior to the age of computers and the internet, he used standard techniques of lecturing and showed videos on VHS, but as the computer took over classrooms, he used more multi-media devices and, of course computers. As well, certain software made his life easier.

PowerPoint and SmartBoards – A Dynamic Duo

Monday February 27, 2012 - James Laviolette - Cégep de Baie-Comeau James Laviolette has found his college's Smartboards amazingly user-friendly.  Although many teachers use PowerPoints, after a semester of experimentation, he now mainly writes over Word documents. Unlike the traditional whiteboard, however, nothing is lost to students when he moves to the next panel.

Using Google Docs – A Mixed Blessing

Monday February 13, 2012 - Michael Arscott - Vanier College Google Docs has been great little tool with important advantages for teaching business communication and group work in Michael Arscott's classes. Before the recent changes in Google's privacy policy, he felt comfortable to present this resource as a course requirement; now he's not so sure.

Teaching Without Books in 101

Monday January 30, 2012 - Elizabeth Cowan - Collège de Valleyfield - Julie Hamel - Collège de Valleyfield - Sara Fernandez - Collège de Valleyfield The authors decided to replace the traditional student books and grammar books used in their classes with material from the Net. All in all it was a wonderful experience in creativity, but because they ended up doing both the teaching and writing, time became an issue. Whether they repeat the experience depends on the publication du jour.

An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Weebly Site

Monday January 16, 2012 - Suzanne Roy - Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf - Marie-Stéfanie Taschereau - Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Suzanne Roy and Marie-Stéfanie Taschereau, teachers at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf, suggest creating a pedagogical website to colleagues. They explain its advantages as well its value for students using the example of their experiences with the Weebly web editor.
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