Free Online Course: Basics of Inclusive Design for Online Education
Offered through Coursera Enrol Here This course provides instruction and strategies to support you in developing a course that is inclusive to students with a wide range of abilities, including students with disabilities. We cover effective practices to increase inclusion and avoid some of the common accessibility issues that can arise in an online course….
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What Teaching CEGEP Online Has Taught Me
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…
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Tips for Fostering Students’ Self-Regulated Learning in Asynchronous Online Learning Environments
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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MS Teams for Education – Free Webinar Series and Recordings
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.
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LEA – Disabling Access to the Lea Online Module
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…
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Dawson Learning Communities – Winter, 2020 Report
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…
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Dawson Student Survey Results – Winter 2020
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…
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Un ensemble de ressources virtuelles
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…
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Stop Giving Them Answers: Make Them Think!
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…
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Indigenous Education Workshops – Friday August 21
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…
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