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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Using Virtual Labs for French and English Online Chemistry Students at the University of Ottawa
Dr. Alain St-Amant, chemistry professor and the Vice-Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Student Experience at the University of Ottawa, wanted to offer his first-year French introductory chemistry class, Principes de chimie, online to provide his students a more...
Using Lightboards to Successfully Teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Subjects Online at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Michael Justason, Program Chair, Civil Engineering Infrastructure Technology and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, was looking for ways to effectively teach engineering online. Drawing diagrams, rendering equations and problem...
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...

Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Using Virtual Labs for French and English Online Chemistry Students at the University of Ottawa

Using Lightboards to Successfully Teach Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Subjects Online at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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

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