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.

Online Design and Development Focused on Student Access and Learning at Northern College

In an earlier Pockets of Innovation feature on Northern College, the focus was on the online flexibility offered to students in the Mining Engineering Technician Program at Northern College, with campuses in Timmins, Haileybury, Moosonee, and Kirkland Lake...
Student Choice: Offering Multiple Course Design Options for Better Access and Learning at Cambrian College

As described by Joan Campbell, Dean, Schools of Business and Information Technology, Creative Arts and Design, and Hospitality at Cambrian College in Sudbury, “teaching and learning strategies, such as blended learning and flexible delivery, are essential in meeting...
Expanding Flexible Access in the School of Sports and Recreation at Canadore College

In 2012, the School of Sports and Recreation at Canadore College, with campuses in North Bay and Parry Sound, was featured in a Pocket of Innovation that described how students were offered three options for taking their classes: In a face-to-face...
Developing Online Learning Opportunities for Apprentices in the Motive Power Department at Canadore College

Scott McLaughlin, Coordinator and Professor in the Motive Power Department at Canadore College in North Bay, describes the impact of an online and blended learning conference he attended in Atlanta a few years ago, as “they caught me”. Instructors from the US were...
Reaching Out to Students at Home: Online Tutoring at Cambrian College

About three years ago, staff in the Learning Centre at Cambrian College in Sudbury wanted to set up an online meeting with an off-campus student. Information Technology staff recommended using Microsoft Lync, a platform for online meetings, videoconferencing,...
Active Learning in an Intercultural Online Environment at Wilfrid Laurier University

Professor Gavin Brockett, in the Department of History at Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) in Waterloo, Ontario, was building connections for student exchanges with Istanbul Şehir University in Istanbul, Turkey, when he was asked to develop a course in Muslim...
Integrating Facebook and Twitter

Having been a long-time fan of technology, Bhupesh Shah, a Professor in the School of Marketing at Seneca College in Toronto, was intrigued when a group of students asked him if he was on Facebook. He had dismissed Facebook as a tool for kids, but on closer...
Using Tablets in the Classroom to Enhance Learning in Business Maths Courses at Conestoga College

At a 2010 Educational Technology Committee Advancing Learning Conference, Lisa Koster, Coordinator of the Business Foundations Program at Conestoga College in Kitchener, saw a demonstration of the use of tablets for teaching mathematics. She...
Redesigning the Instructional Skills Workshop in a Blended Format for Faculty Development at Ryerson University

The Instructional Skills Workshop, providing three days of intensive professional development for faculty and instructors, is offered at post-secondary institutions across Ontario and around the world. Working in small groups...
Increasing Student Enrolment, Retention, and Participation through Online Delivery of an Introduction to Québec Society Course at Carleton University

Dr. Anne Trépanier’s mandate in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa was to develop a course stream in Québec Studies. Encouraging student enrolment and success was essential, as the CDNS 2510 Introduction to Québec Society course offered...

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Ontario Pockets of Innovation

Online Design and Development Focused on Student Access and Learning at Northern College

Student Choice: Offering Multiple Course Design Options for Better Access and Learning at Cambrian College

Expanding Flexible Access in the School of Sports and Recreation at Canadore College

Developing Online Learning Opportunities for Apprentices in the Motive Power Department at Canadore College

Reaching Out to Students at Home: Online Tutoring at Cambrian College

Active Learning in an Intercultural Online Environment at Wilfrid Laurier University

Integrating Facebook and Twitter

Using Tablets in the Classroom to Enhance Learning in Business Maths Courses at Conestoga College

Redesigning the Instructional Skills Workshop in a Blended Format for Faculty Development at Ryerson University

Increasing Student Enrolment, Retention, and Participation through Online Delivery of an Introduction to Québec Society Course at Carleton University

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