Investigate best practices in fully online programs, pedagogy, core components, educational effectiveness, and challenges.
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OntarioLearn
OntarioLearn is a key component of online learning in Ontario. It 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... Learn more about OntarioLearn: 24 Public Colleges in Ontario Collaborate to Increase Student Access to and Choice of Quality Programs and Courses -
Northern College, Queen's University
A Program Advisory Committee at Northern College’s Haileybury School of Mines (NCHSM), on the shore of Lake Timiskaming, wanted to expand the opportunities available to the college’s Mining Engineering Technician (MET) graduates, particularly to pursue a university degree in their field. The... Learn more about A Collaboration Between Northern College in Haileybury, Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada Creates an Online Degree Program in Mining Engineering Technology -
Niagara College
Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine Institute is located in the lush wine region of Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario. When instructors at the Institute expressed the need for a tool to provide more meaningful feedback on student learning in face-to-face lab environments, the director of the... Learn more about Enhancing Instructor Feedback with the Sesame Digital Platform at Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine Institute in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada -
Northern 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 well as the... Learn more about Online Design and Development Focused on Student Access and Learning at Northern College -
Cambrian 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 -
Canadore College
In 2012, the School of Sports and Recreation at Canadore College, with campuses in North Bay and Parry Sound, was featured in a Pocket of Innovation that described how students were offered three options for taking their classes: In a face-to-face classroom; As live, web-based audioconferences; or... Learn more about Expanding Flexible Access in the School of Sports and Recreation at Canadore College
