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

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What’s Next in Online Learning:
Leveraging Peer Learning and Assessment

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Contact North | Contact Nord’s What’s Next in Online Learning FREE webinar series features a select group of Canadian CEOs sharing their vision of learning in a post-pandemic world.

In this engaging and interactive webinar, Dr. Mohsen Shahini and Carine Marette, CEOs & Co-Founders of the world-class peer assessment platform Kritik, explore the best and next practices in peer assessment.

Key Takeaways

By participating in this webinar, you will:

Understand what peer assessment is (and what it’s not)
Identify six ways in which peer assessment can enhance online learning
Understand how peer assessment helps build a community of inquiry
Learn how to use it in team and individual projects
Learn how to give better and more frequent feedback, even with limited TA budgets
Explore what the future of peer assessment could mean for engaged online learning

Our Hosts


Dr. Mohsen Shahini	Carine Marette

Check Out Contact North | Contact Nord’s Resource Hub on Micro-Credentials

Short courses and micro-credentials that help workers upskill and reskill are in high demand and extremely relevant right now. Explore Contact North | Contact Nord’s articles, analyses and webinars that provide a great overview of everything you need to know about micro-credentials, from what they are and where to find them to what they mean for higher education and the post-pandemic economy.

Explore the Micro-Credential Resource Hub Now!

Entrepreneurship Course Gives Students Real-World Experience Running Online Businesses

A Guelph University Innovation

Read how Dr. Felix Arndt, John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management at the University of Guelph, designed a new Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship online course. He combines theory with real-world, practical experiences by having the students run their own business.

Dr. Felix Arndt
John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship
Department of Management
University of Guelph

Listen to Dr. Mark Nichols’ Podcast

Leaders & Legends of Online Learning is a podcast that brings first-person perspectives from online learning experts that inform and inspire. Each interview lasts about 30 minutes, and links to each guest's work and profile.

In this episode, Dr. Mark Nichols interviews Steve Wheeler, a Learning Innovations Consultant and former Associate Professor of Learning Technologies at Plymouth University on his various observations about digital education.

Stephen Wheeler
Learning Innovation Consultant

Read Dr. Tony Bates’ Blog Post

In this blog post, Dr. Bates reviews and comments on the Online Learning Consortium’s open journal Online Learning’s 25^th anniversary edition: COVID-19 Emergency Transition to Remote Learning. Here, he analyzes the section Investigating Teaching, Learning, and Student Supports in the U.S

Read Contact North I Contact Nord Research Associate Dr. Tony Bates’ blog post:

Special Issue of Online Learning Journal on the COVID-19 Emergency Transition to Remote Learning: Part 1

This Week’s Must-Read Book
on Online Learning

Active Learning Online
Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive

By Stephen M. Kosslyn

Stephen Kosslyn is an experienced, thoughtful and insightful educator who is committed to deep and active learning. At the heart of this book are five key principles from the science of learning, which will help to ensure that taught materials stick in students’ minds: (1) deep processing, (2) chunking, (3) building associations, (4) dual coding, and (5) deliberate practice. For each, he offers not only suggestions but examples and exercises. This book is a solid and insightful read of value to faculty and instructional designers.

Browse all Must-Read Books

Searchable Directory of 95+ EdTech Start-Ups

Contact North I Contact Nord’s searchable directory of 95+ EdTech Start-Ups includes companies developing communication/collaborative tools, learning management systems, and online tutoring, student assessment, and presentation/delivery tools.

Explore the Directory

Education Futures for Ontario - International Perspectives on School Leadership in a Time of Recovery

A Virtual Summit

Hosted by University of Toronto

Tuesday, July 6 – Thursday, July 8, 2021

Engage in conversations in three half-day encounters with leading experts, practitioners and leaders from around the world on:

What are the design challenges and promises for the return to school this fall?
How might “build back better” become more than a hollowed-out slogan?
Will the emerging realities of datafication and digitization limit or enable the possible futures of schooling and professional identity?
Can the disruptions of the past year be an opportunity for positive change for the teaching profession and its organizations?

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