August 12th, 2020
Click Here to read about the new LEA Features! New Lea features include: A new layout A module that offers three modes of participation for distance classes: Remote, Face-to-Face and Hybrid. Click Here to read about the new LEA Features! For questions about Lea, send an email to: leahelp@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
August 5th, 2020
A Four-Step Plan: The First Day of Class on Zoom -Crystal O. Wong, Faculty Focus Creating a vibrant community is always on my mind, so the very first thing I do on the first day of class is pass around a tray of cookies and ask students to talk about their favorite type of cookie….
July 27th, 2020
By Flower Darby Faculty Focus I’d been teaching online courses for 10 years — and, I liked to think, had become quite efficient and effective in the format — on the day it dawned on me that I was treating my online students as if they weren’t actually people. Most of my university’s courses,…
July 13th, 2020
July 13, 2020 Zahir I. Latheef Faculty Focus When many universities rushed to provide remote instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I leaned on my synchronous experience to train faculty on the pedagogical potential of platforms like Zoom. Training amidst this crisis gave me insights on what instructors new to synchronous teaching struggled with…
June 26th, 2020
June 24, 2020 Abdullah Al-Bahrani, PhD, and Rebecca Moryl, PhD COVID-19 has upended normal social connections that develop between students and professors. We are missing the connections that develop through casual interactions in office hours, pre-class discussions, post-class questions, and any other in-person interaction. These social connections are important for student retention, academic development,…
June 18th, 2020
Discover varied and useful educational resources from the Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development (CCDMD) in just a few clicks! The CCDMD’s educational materials include resources for improving English skills, technical training textbooks and online materials. These materials were developed by your colleagues in the Québec college network in order to meet the specific needs of pre-university and…
June 18th, 2020
If you’re interested in learning about Microsoft Teams, join this online community! The goal is to share best practices, information, tutorials, tip, and events about Microsoft Teams. The Community is open to the whole College. Click here to visit or join this community!
June 17th, 2020
June 17, 2020 Lisa K. Forbes, PhD Today, faculty are being asked to abruptly expand their teaching practices in ways many of us would never have imagined. For many, teaching online is something they’ve never done and for some, it’s something they never desired to do. I have some experience with digital pedagogy but for…
June 11th, 2020
Mike Yakubovsky Published in ASCD Express A recent LinkedIn study identified the top 10 skills employers are currently looking for in their interns and new hires (Hess, 2019). I looked through it all, and nowhere was there a reference to test-taking ability. What was at the top of the list were soft skills like collaboration, time management,…
June 7th, 2020
Dave Cormier and Ashlyne O’Neil Free E-book This book is meant to be a short course to help you prepare to move your teaching online. Do a chapter a day. Or just pick the ones you like. Reframing the “problem” of teaching online The impact of information abundance on teaching and learning Complicated vs….
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