Online Learning News - December 12, 2018

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A bi-weekly update from Contact North ǀ Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network

Now on teachonline.ca:

2019 Top Ten Wish List for Online Learning

Contact North | Contact Nord’s wishes, hopes, and in some ways, its predictions for online learning in 2019 fall under five distinct themes:

Increasing access and flexibility;
Improving course design;
Supporting learners;
Innovation in technology; and
Supporting faculty.

The wish list is anchored in what is possible, what is beginning to happen in colleges and universities around the world and also what the sector collectively needs to imagine!

Read Contact North I Contact Nord's Top Ten Wish List For Online Learning In 2019

Discover the Innovative Learning Designs, Tools and Technologies being used at l’Université du Québec and Yorkville University

Explore how integrating agile design made it possible to ensure maximum flexibility and currency in the choice of tools and technologies, essential in a course on the integration of technology in teaching as part of the Master of Secondary Education at l’Université du Québec à Trois Rivières in Quebec, Canada. The tools and examples used each year reflect the latest in technologies and pedagogical thinking.

Learn how Yorkville University in New Brunswick, Canada designed a strategy to offer practicums in counselling at a distance to a quality standard acceptable to the professional regulatory bodies for counselling and psychotherapy. Interaction between students and clients are recorded and analyzed by the course instructor, site supervisors, and the student.

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Searchable Directory of Teaching and Learning Centres in Ontario and across Canada

Access the resources of over 80 teaching and learning centres in colleges and universities in Ontario and across Canada that support faculty and instructors by offering resources, tools, coaching, and training to help enhance teaching and learning strategies, assessment practices, and student interaction.

Search the directory by province, institution name or enter a keyword to find resources and tools available for use by faculty and instructors at any institution.

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Must-Read Books on Online Learning

Books to inspire and guide those committed to the development, expansion and improvement of online learning.

For Faculty and Instructors

High Impact Practices in Online Learning

For Instructional Designers

Gamification – Using Game Elements in Serious Contexts

For Policy-Makers and Administrators

Power Up Blended Learning: A Professional Learning Infrastructure to Support Sustainable Change

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Provincial Land Acknowledgement

Contact North | Contact Nord respectfully acknowledges that our work, and the work of our community partners, takes place on traditional Indigenous territories across the province.

We are grateful to be able to work and live in these territories. We are thankful to the First Nations, Métis and Inuit people who have cared for these territories since time immemorial and who continue to strengthen Ontario and all communities across the province.

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