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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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...
Building a Dog Skeleton

Students in the Veterinary Technician Diploma Program at the Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville need lab practice involving access to live animals and cadavers. However, this raises ethical issues related to the protection of animal...
Linking Online and Experiential Learning

Durham College in Oshawa established a partnership with Sault College in Sault Ste Marie to deliver the Industrial Mechanic (Millwright) (IMM) apprenticeship program to northern and remote communities. A hybrid model was developed in which Durham College provides...
Border Simulation

In the Justice Studies program at Loyalist College in Belleville, a customs and immigration track is offered to students who wish to pursue careers in customs-related fields, including positions as Border Services Officers (BSO) with the Canadian Border Services...
Simulations for Learning

Loyalist College in Belleville has been creating simulations for learning since 2006, using Second Life, an online virtual world. A description of one of the projects is included in this series under the title of Border Simulation – Student learning in a virtual...
Blended Learning in Introductory Psychology

The Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University in Hamilton faced a challenge that is shared by many post-secondary institutions – how to provide high-quality learning for the thousands of student enrolled in first-year psychology....
Beyond the Classroom

Support services are essential to students at every post-secondary institution, as they support and extend the classroom and campus experience. At the University of Ottawa, some of the support services have integrated online learning components to make the services...
Digital College

Algonquin College in Ottawa has been involved in online learning for over a decade, with courses in distance education, the School of Business, and General Education electives the first to be offered in an online format. From the beginning, the goal of offering more...
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Technology Innovation Management (TIM) is a graduate program at Carleton University in Ottawa for innovative engineers focusing on creating wealth at the early stages of company or opportunity life cycles and is offered by the Department of Systems and Computer...

Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Professional Development

Peer Assessment

Building a Dog Skeleton

Linking Online and Experiential Learning

Border Simulation

Simulations for Learning

Blended Learning in Introductory Psychology

Beyond the Classroom

Digital College

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