Free webinar on December 2, 2020 How to Use the HyFlex Method to Teach Online and In Person at the Same Time Faculty and instructors are facing instructional challenges never faced before from having to rapidly move their courses online. They have learned a lot, but have a sense “they can do more!”. Faculty and…
Webinaire AQPC : Création de grilles de correction pour l’évaluation à distance Description Nous vous proposons un atelier interactif où vous serez invités à créer votre propre grille d’évaluation. Vous repartirez avec plus qu’une réflexion, mais aussi avec un outil que vous pourrez utiliser dans le cadre de vos activités d’évaluation. Le webinaire sera l’occasion…
From Faculty Focus Some students become busy, overwhelmed, or unmotivated by the middle of the semester. This phenomenon has become even more apparent with COVID-19 protocols. Which is why building a community of learners has become so important despite physical distancing, but it’s also much more challenging. Below are six scenarios with strategies and ideas…
CBC Sunday Magazine October 4, 2020 The pandemic reveals the cracks in Canada’s post-secondary education: The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and amplified many of the underlying pressures faced by colleges and universities across Canada. As classes resume, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Brenda Austin-Smith, president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT), about the challenges and opportunities…
The World Teachers’ Day 2020 will be celebrated with a week-long series of virtual events Every year on 5 October since 1994, UNESCO celebrates the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) to commemorate the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers and the 1997 Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel. These…
Join the Dawson Teams Community (on Teams) to exchange tips, techniques and practices for creating engaging learning environments for our students using MS Teams. Administrators of this team are: Claudio Calligaris (Photography), Kurt Holfeld (Interior Design), Vincent Maggiore (Administration), Anne-Laure Teichet (French) and Einat Idan (OAD). Login to MS365 required.
From ASCD InService By Monica Burns How do you assess student learning online? How is it different from checking for understanding and giving feedback in a classroom? Over the past few months, so many of our conversations have shifted to focus on the best ways to support student learning at a distance. We have platforms…
Hyflex live Stories about this teaching strategy Thursday September 24 from 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (EDT) What is the HyFlex method of teaching online and in person at the same time? How might colleges and universities apply it this fall? We will meet with professor Brian Beatty, the inventor of HyFlex, to learn and explore. Brian was…
Monique Polak Special to The Montreal Gazette Ever since I was little, I have had trouble sleeping the night before school starts. It was never because I was nervous, only because I was excited. I was one of those kids who happened to love school. It’s probably why I became a teacher. This year was…
Rachel J. Ebner, PhD in Faculty Focus Due to the pandemic, both instructors and students have had to adapt quickly to different forms of online learning models. Asynchronous learning has emerged as a predominant model because of its flexibility in allowing students to learn anytime and anywhere. Although convenient, this type of learning model requires…
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