Explore the diversity of best practices in the development and teaching of online courses and the preparation and integration of learning resources.
Brock University
Dr. David Hutchison, a professor in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, developed a second-year course in the Foundations of Project Management, which is available online to students in any program. Dr. Hutchison... Learn more about Project Management at Brock UniversityAlgonquin College
The initial steps Algonquin College in Ottawa took to become a Digital College are outlined in Digital College – Organizational change for enhanced student learning and engagement in Contact North | Contact Nord’s Pockets of Innovation Series. The Series also highlights Algonquin’s 2013 launch of... Learn more about Moving Ahead with the Digital CollegeOntarioLearn
OntarioLearn is a consortium of Ontario’s 24 public colleges who partner to share more than 1,200 online courses and several online programs to make them accessible to students across the province and beyond. In 2015-16, there were over 70,000 registrations in their shared online courses. Learn more about OntarioLearn: 24 Public Colleges in Ontario Collaborate to Increase Student Access to and Choice of Quality Programs and CoursesLakehead University
In 2010, when Dr. Brian Stevenson became President and Vice-Chancellor at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and Orillia, one of his key priorities was to create new opportunities for rural, remote, and Aboriginal learners to study and engage with the university. One of the strategies he championed... Learn more about Using Immersive Telepresence Classrooms to Link Students on Two Campuses and throughout the Region at Lakehead UniversityNorthern College
In an earlier Pockets of Innovation feature on Northern College, the focus was on the online flexibility offered to students in the Mining Engineering Technician Program at Northern College, with campuses in Timmins, Haileybury, Moosonee, and Kirkland Lake. The faculty at Northern, as... Learn more about Online Design and Development Focused on Student Access and Learning at Northern CollegeCambrian College
As described by Joan Campbell, Dean, Schools of Business and Information Technology, Creative Arts and Design, and Hospitality at Cambrian College in Sudbury, “teaching and learning strategies, such as blended learning and flexible delivery, are essential in meeting the needs of our current and... Learn more about Student Choice: Offering Multiple Course Design Options for Better Access and Learning at Cambrian College
