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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Developing Open Educational Resources in French and English for Students of Organic Chemistry at the University of Ottawa, Canada
It is no secret students struggle to learn organic chemistry, including complex nomenclature, symbolism, and core concepts. Recognizing a lack of open educational resources to help students interactively learn and practice organic chemistry concepts online,...
Choosing the Most Effective Tools for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Chinese Language Courses at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada
When Dr. Ruhui Ni joined the Department of Language Studies at University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), Canada, in 2014 to teach the introductory Chinese 100 course, she knew she wanted to use technology within an online...
Project Management at Brock University
Dr. David Hutchison, a professor in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, developed a second-year course in the Foundations of Project Management, which is available online...
Moving Ahead with the Digital College
The initial steps Algonquin College in Ottawa took to become a Digital College are outlined in Digital College – Organizational change for enhanced student learning and engagement in Contact North | Contact Nord’s Pockets of Innovation Series. The Series also...
OntarioLearn: 24 Public Colleges in Ontario Collaborate to Increase Student Access to and Choice of Quality Programs and Courses
OntarioLearn is a consortium of Ontario’s 24 public colleges who partner to share more than 1,200 online courses and several online programs to make them accessible to students across the province...
A Blended Course at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, Teaches Students How to Teach Music
The Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) in Waterloo offers a two-year Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) program. Students attracted to this program include those from faculties of music across Ontario who wish to become certified music...
Integrating ePortfolios at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada
Carleton University in Ottawa is one of a number of institutions whose faculty and staff incorporate ePortfolio technology into programs and courses. This online reflective content management application enables students to create and upload files to document...
The Hybrid Learning Initiative at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Cornwall and Kingston, Canada, Teaches Faculty the Finer Points of Designing Hybrid Courses
With an increasing number of post-secondary educators teaching both online and face-to-face courses, characteristics of each format inevitably cross over from one to the other.
St. Lawrence College, with...
A Collaboration Between Northern College in Haileybury, Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada Creates an Online Degree Program in Mining Engineering Technology
A Program Advisory Committee at Northern College’s Haileybury School of Mines (NCHSM), on the shore of Lake Timiskaming, wanted to expand the opportunities available to the college’s Mining Engineering Technician (MET) graduates, particularly to...
Reflective Practice via Creative Learning Portfolios at Sheridan College’s Pilon School of Business in Mississauga, Canada
When they became aware their method of teaching business students was not producing graduates who met the needs of the business community, a collective of faculty led by Associate Dean Jeremy Staples in the ...

Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Developing Open Educational Resources in French and English for Students of Organic Chemistry at the University of Ottawa, Canada

Choosing the Most Effective Tools for Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning in Chinese Language Courses at the University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada

Project Management at Brock University

Moving Ahead with the Digital College

OntarioLearn: 24 Public Colleges in Ontario Collaborate to Increase Student Access to and Choice of Quality Programs and Courses

A Blended Course at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada, Teaches Students How to Teach Music

Integrating ePortfolios at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada

The Hybrid Learning Initiative at St. Lawrence College in Brockville, Cornwall and Kingston, Canada, Teaches Faculty the Finer Points of Designing Hybrid Courses

A Collaboration Between Northern College in Haileybury, Canada and Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada Creates an Online Degree Program in Mining Engineering Technology

Reflective Practice via Creative Learning Portfolios at Sheridan College’s Pilon School of Business in Mississauga, Canada

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