Peruse stories on the development of systems, software, and apps for more engaging and effective online learning.
Lakehead University, Laurentian University
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) opened in 2005 as a joint initiative of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and Laurentian University in Sudbury. The educational philosophy of NOSM combines distributed learning and community engagement, emphasizing both face-to-face teaching and the... Learn more about Communication and Engagement – Towards a seamless network linking faculty and students of the Northern Ontario School of MedicineUniversity of Toronto
Given the importance of social media in the lives of students, the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) Library wanted to explore its possible role on social media and how interaction with students would best be accomplished. The first step was a six-month study, resulting in recommendations for... Learn more about Engaging with Students through Social Media: The University of Toronto Mississauga Library Integrates New Ways of CommunicatingUniversity of Toronto
The University of Toronto has been asking professors to look at teaching methods that emphasize active learning and transferrable skills. Professor Steve Joordens in the Psychology department at the Scarborough Campus wanted to provide his first-year students with written assignments rather... Learn more about Peer Assessment and More with peerScholarUniversity of Toronto
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been big news in post-secondary education for the past year as elite universities form consortia to offer these free courses to huge numbers of students around the world. Among the best-known consortia are EdX, with MIT, Harvard, and University of California... Learn more about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) – The First Steps at the University of TorontoCollège Boréal
When Collège Boréal, established in 1995, moved to its main campus in Sudbury in 1997, it used videoconferencing to serve students spread across northern Ontario. Some first year courses, for the programs in its northern campuses, were transmitted through videoconferencing and then students would... Learn more about Matching Pedagogy and TechnologyLoyalist College
Loyalist College in Belleville has been creating simulations for learning since 2006, using Second Life, an online virtual world. A description of one of the projects is included in this series under the title of Border Simulation – Student learning in a virtual world at Loyalist College.