Pockets of Innovation Showcase Webinar Series

Learn how Dr. Ken Kwong-Kay Wong and Margaret Osborne, Professors at the School of Marketing at Seneca College in Markham, Ontario, Canada, developed a class response system called Presentria that helps to promote active learning and enhance engagement in online classes.

The tool pushes polls and questions to the student’s device to encourage group discussion with innovative questioning techniques, which get more students involved in class participation. In addition, there are advanced features such as team competitions, speed challenges, peer review, peer feedback and experiential learning.

Learn how Dr. Aaron Langille, Master Lecturer in the department of Mathematics & Computer Science at Laurentian University in Ontario, uses gamification to engage his first year computer programming students.

Learn how Dr. Iris Epstein, Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at York University, co-designed, and developed with students and faculty across York University, an interactive web-based resource toolbox to support innovative teaching and learning using smartphone video called the Smartphone Accommodation Resource Toolbox (SmART).

Learn about the goals, pedagogy and essential characteristics of online competency-based learning developed by the educational development team at La Cité in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Staff focus on instructional design, multimedia design, and continuous improvement to integrate professional skills into student-centred learning.