Ontario Pockets of Innovation

On college and university campuses across Ontario, faculty and instructors are exploring how emerging technologies and online tools can improve the learning experience for students. In this growing series, Contact North | Contact Nord features projects with three specific characteristics:

They represent a new approach.
They support students.
The developers are prepared to share the challenges they encountered and what they learned with other public colleges and universities in Ontario.

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Developing a Class Response System to Promote Active Learning During Online Courses at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

After teaching in various colleges and universities for over 17 years, Dr. Ken Kwong-Kay Wong consistently observed students who are confused, shy, tired, and distracted in the lecture hall, especially those sitting at the back rows.
Learn How the Inclusion of a Social Media Simulation Tool Enhanced Student Learning and Engagement in a Course on Digital Marketing at St. Clair College

After a 20-year industry career in digital marketing, Justina Ciarlariello began teaching MRK340 Techno Marketing at St. Clair College. A key course requirement is for students to create a social marketing campaign plan.
Enhancing Student Learning Through the Creation of Videos Using Smartphones at York University

Although students routinely watch videos in higher education courses, seldom are they challenged to learn through creating videos. Dr. Iris Epstein, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at York University, recently came to the realization that student...
Increasing Student Access and Flexibility to Mathematics using the Möbius Platform at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Steven Furino, Assistant Dean for Online Studies in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo wanted to provide students with access to flexible and engaging courses, resources and opportunities to practice mathematics online.
Motivating First Year Computer Science Students Using Gamification at Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Aaron Langille, Master Lecturer in the department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Laurentian University, was in a predicament. How do you motivate a class of 200 first-year students in a computer programming course at 8:00 a.m. in the morning with 2/3...
Developing Family Visit Video Simulations to Engage First Year Nursing Students at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

In the first year of Cambrian College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program (in collaboration with Laurentian University), students are required to take the core course BSN 1007 Health and Healing I - Family Experience of a Chronic...
Making Professional Education More Accessible for Pharmacists Through Artificial Intelligence-Based Virtual Clinics

Dr. Jeff Nagge, Associate Clinical Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo, faced a dilemma. He developed an online continuing education course for pharmacists that required an in-person clinical experience with patients under his...
Designing Learner-Centered Online Programs Focused on Accessibility and Flexibility at Northern College, Ontario

Northern College, with campuses in Timmins, Moosonee, Haileybury and Kirkland Lake, serves an area of over 116,000 square kilometres in Northeastern Ontario. Northern offers 75 full-time, part-time, certificate, diploma, and apprenticeship programs and hundreds of...
Developing Mobile Learning and a Class+ Experience for Student Engagement Inside and Outside the Classroom at Lambton College, Sarnia, Ontario

In 2012, Lambton College announced its goal of building on its recent achievements in hybrid learning to become a mobile learning college. The initial strategies and projects are described in the Pocket of Innovation entitled Supporting Institutional Change....
Developing a Course Using Open Educational Resources at Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario

Halfway through a semester, the website offering key content for a course on HTML, the language designed to represent webpages, went down, leaving professors at Durham College in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, with the challenge of finding replacement course material....

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Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Developing a Class Response System to Promote Active Learning During Online Courses at Seneca College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Learn How the Inclusion of a Social Media Simulation Tool Enhanced Student Learning and Engagement in a Course on Digital Marketing at St. Clair College

Enhancing Student Learning Through the Creation of Videos Using Smartphones at York University

Increasing Student Access and Flexibility to Mathematics using the Möbius Platform at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Motivating First Year Computer Science Students Using Gamification at Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada

Developing Family Visit Video Simulations to Engage First Year Nursing Students at Cambrian College, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Making Professional Education More Accessible for Pharmacists Through Artificial Intelligence-Based Virtual Clinics

Designing Learner-Centered Online Programs Focused on Accessibility and Flexibility at Northern College, Ontario

Developing Mobile Learning and a Class+ Experience for Student Engagement Inside and Outside the Classroom at Lambton College, Sarnia, Ontario

Developing a Course Using Open Educational Resources at Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario

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