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.

nool.ca
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa is a laptop-based university at which every student uses a current model laptop to access course materials, conduct research, make presentations, and communicate with faculty. As online student...
Going Mobile
Nipissing University is expanding its long experience in the use of technologies for student learning into mobile learning. Research at the University has shown that many students have mobile devices including laptops, smart phones, and tablets. Mobile applications...
Digital Media Zone
The concept of the Digital Media Zone (the Zone) arose in 2009 as students and alumni approached Sheldon Levy, the President of Ryerson University in Toronto, to discuss how a university, in addition to helping students get great jobs, could help...
Carleton Virtual
Carleton Virtual (CV) is an online 3D virtual environment that resembles the physical Carleton University campus in Ottawa. CV was built to explore how the unique qualities of virtual environments can best enhance student experience and learning. CV began in the...
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...
Expanding Literacy
Students and instructors alike at McMaster University recognize that students entering university need broad support in developing the critical thinking skills necessary to be successful in their academic careers and, indeed, to be successful throughout their lives...
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,...
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...
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...

Ontario Pockets of Innovation

nool.ca

Going Mobile

Digital Media Zone

Carleton Virtual

Facilitator Community of Practice

Expanding Literacy

e-Marking

Preparing Students for the Future

Peer Assessment

Professional Development

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