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.

Use the keyword feature to find Pockets of Innovation that address your specific interests.

Facilitator Community of Practice
The Centre for Adult Education and Community Outreach (CAECO) in the Faculty of Education at Brock University in St. Catharines offers part-time programs leading to a Bachelor of Education in Adult Education and a Certificate in Adult Education. Students may take...
e-Marking
Professors Robert McLeman and Eric Crighton in the Department of Geography at the University of Ottawa worked with Richard Pinet, the Director of the Centre for e-Learning at the University of Ottawa, to develop and test the use of the iPad for e-marking in...
Preparing Students for the Future
George Brown College in Toronto has had considerable success with distance learning, with thousands of students registered in such programs as Electronic Technician and Robotics Technician. As well, a number of innovative professors have introduced multimedia,...
Professional Development
The Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS) (National Consortium for Health Training) is an alliance of 11 post-secondary institutions across Canada that offer French-language degree programs and professional development in health-related disciplines. The...
Peer Assessment
A professor in the College of Biological Science at the University of Guelph wanted to lead his senior students through the process of writing, revising, and submitting a peer-reviewed article. He had the students prepare the articles, send to each other for review...
Introducing a New LMS
The Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U) in Toronto wanted to explore various learning management systems (LMS) to assess the options available to support the University’s curricular aims. The goal was to provide students with a rich set of...
Critical Care Nursing
In 2007, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care issued a Request for Proposals to hospitals, colleges, and universities for the development of an online program for critical care nursing. After a rigorous competition, Durham College in Oshawa was...
eDome
eDome is a technologically advanced facility at Cambrian College in Sudbury for the electronic delivery of modular education – the initials creating the...
From Access to Graduate Programs
Lakehead University in Thunder Bay serves both the vast area of northwestern Ontario, an area of 550,000 square kilometres with numerous small and remote communities including many Aboriginal communities, as well as Central Ontario through its campus in Orillia....
The iTeach Laptop Learning Program
As one of 15 Faculties of Education in Ontario, the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University in North Bay chose to differentiate their program by integrating educational technology (ET) throughout their teacher preparation programs through their iTeach...

Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Facilitator Community of Practice

e-Marking

Preparing Students for the Future

Professional Development

Peer Assessment

Introducing a New LMS

Critical Care Nursing

eDome

From Access to Graduate Programs

The iTeach Laptop Learning Program

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