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Omnivox announced a temporary “fix” that allows the Dawson Helpdesk to disable access to the Lea Online module for teachers. Helpdesk can disable a teacher’s Lea Online module access. This does not impact use of Lea for classroom management. Skytech (Omnivox developers) are working on a permanent solution that will allow teachers to be independent…
Despite the disruptions and difficulties of the Winter 2020 semester, the Dawson College Learning Communities project teams continued to work on new integrative offerings in Science, Social Science and General Education. Thank you Learning Communities Lead Ian MacKenzie and all the teams for their hard work and dedication to these projects! To read more about…
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 13 March 2020, Dawson College was required to suspend all in-person classes. Courses resumed online between the weeks of March 30, 2020 and April 6, 2020. A survey was created to gauge the students’ online experience, including but not limited to: course retention rate and reason for…
Le Cégep de Sainte-Foy rend disponible au réseau collégial un ensemble de ressources virtuelles: Des capsules vidéo qui présentent des tutoriels sur les principaux outils et plateformes numériques les plus courantes (Zoom, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Microsoft Forms, Teams, Stream et Screencast-O-matic) Des formations virtuelles en mode synchrone en libre accès (sans inscription), en lien avec différents volets de l’enseignement à distance…
David Adams, PhD, and Enoch Hale, PhD from Faculty Focus Higher education has recently changed in faster and more dynamic ways than anticipated. COVID-19 is an immediate factor, but the access to information is more prevalent now than 15 years ago. Many students’ learning habits do not include long nights in the library reading through…
The Inter-Collegiate Decolonization Network (IDN) is offering workshops led by Diane Labelle and Cathy Richardson, with funding from an ECQ grant. The workshops will be held via Zoom. The first Zoom workshop is for educators; the second is open to all. (1) Friday August 21, 10-12 with Diane Labelle: Indigenous Education: Online Assignments and Evaluations In this workshop for…
Dawson faculty is invited to learn about Crowdmark, an online collaborative grading and analytics platform for instructors. Thursday August 20, 2020 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Join the webinar
Webinar – Managing Synchronous Class Meetings with Microsoft Teams Supporting the transition to hybrid learning environments When: August 19, 2020 1:00 PM (America/Toronto) Duration: 1 hour Register here The Dawson Teams Yammer Community, moderated by Claudio Calligaris (Photography) is a great source of info about MS Teams! Use your Dawson login to join this Yammer…
Lisa K. Forbes, PhD in Faculty Focus I was in the middle of conducting a research study, examining my own teaching of implementing fun and play into learning, when COVID-19 hit, and we were forced to transition from face-to-face courses to fully online classes. I had to re-think how I would offer a meaningful class…
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