Visit this Microsoft website for free webinars on MS Teams. Access recordings (on demand) of previous webinars from the same site. Registration is required, but webinars and access to recordings are free.
Omnivox announced a temporary “fix” that allows Dawson’s IT Support to disable access to the Lea Online module for teachers. IT Support 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…
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…
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…
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….
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 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…
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