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.

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...
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...
BigBlueButton
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...
Active Learning
After a number of years of study and planning by faculty, staff, and students, Queen’s University’s School of Medicine in Kingston has introduced a new curriculum that is competency-based, with 13 key areas of competency including basic science and clinical...
Aboriginal Education
Aboriginal education is a priority at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay and in the Faculty of Education, evidenced by the recent creation of a Department of Aboriginal Education, the inclusion of five Aboriginal scholars, and a significant research agenda among...

Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Simulations for Learning

Beyond the Classroom

Digital College

BigBlueButton

Active Learning

Aboriginal Education

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