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The ePortfolio

This Profweb dossier first presents the portfolio as a pedagogical tool, the objectives it allows to meet and its usefulness, then it specifies the advantages of using digital technology to support its realization. Secondly, the file proposes an approach to support the planning of the use of the digital portfolio in a course or program and to exploit its full potential. Finally, it specifies the elements to be considered in order to determine the goals of the portfolio, to plan the...

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Filing digital documents effectively

Sorting your digital files efficiently allows you to locate a specific file quickly. Your operating system already provides a few basic tools for sharing and storing documents that you have created or downloaded. But using only this filing system is not necessarily efficient… This tutorial shows you how to use a filing system that will allow you to easily and efficiently trace back all of your digital documents.

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Use writing assistance and correction tools

Writing tools are available with a few clicks of the mouse. Mastering them helps you to write your text and improves the quality of your writing. In this example, we use the built-in help tools in the Word 2010 version: Although the operating procedures may vary slightly from one software to another, they still remain quite similar.

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Protect your computer

From the moment we use a computer, we must think security. Software helps ensure that your computer is well protected against computer viruses or any other type of malware. Some practices also help minimize the risk of your computer malfunctioning. This demonstration will help you to see more clearly.

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Successfully Implementing E-Portfolios

The interest in student-centered and competency-based pedagogical approaches, as well as the availability of development tools has renewed the interest of higher education institutions in digital portfolios, or e-portfolios, as a learning and evaluation instrument. This article examines the trend, and offers recommendations, examples, and resources for successful e-portfolio implementation.

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The Research Competition Website

This pedagogical simulation aims at supporting teachers and students with the production of research work for courses such as Social Science Research Methods and Quantitative Methods in Social Science Research. It simulates the process of funds allocation for social science research in a manner similar to the yearly competitions held by funding councils.

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Break the Fake.ca - Four ways to tell if something is true online

This site offers four small 50-second video clips to check if information found on the Internet is true: 1. Use truth-checking tools 2. Find the source 3. Check the source 4. Check other sources. A useful resource for you, but also for your teachers and the people around you!

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Cite source

When writing a paper, either for CEGEP or university, it is mandatory to cite the sources used to build one’s argument. This is basic when it comes to intellectual property. The skill used in this clip is related to intellectual integrity, and in that sense, to the instructions to follow regardless of the length of the text or of the medium used. You will see in a moment how easy it is to bring forward sections copied word for word from another text or how to cite authors from whom we took...

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Virtual Team Teaching is Gaining Ground in the Regions

This real life story presents a Virtual team teaching project grouping teachers from Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Montreal. With this projects, the students acquire some of the skills from the ICT Profile for College Students.

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Sort data

This video tutorial explains how to create a drop-down list in a spreadsheet, classify data based on pre-established criteria, and then use the sorting of data, whether quantitative (numbers) or qualitative (text). The demonstration uses Excel 2010 from Microsoft.

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Published August 24, 2014

Meeting Students Where They’re At!

Becki George Teacher, Northland College
Kelly La Venture Teacher, Bemidji State University

Kelly La Venture and Becki George of Northland College Wisconsin presented a workshop on hybrid instruction at the recent Canadian International Conference on Education (CICE) at Cape Breton University in Sydney, Nova Scotia from June 16-19, 2014. After their workshop, in conversation with Profweb’s Norm Spatz, they elaborated on their motivation for creating and teaching hybrid classes. Kelly’s and Becki’s remarks are testimonials that providing flexible learning approaches builds contentment among students – helping Quebec college students master ICT profile skills.

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Articles

Published January 18, 2018

3 Platforms to Create Video-Based Tasks that Actively Engage Students

Andy Van Drom Editor, Profweb

In 2018, cell phones, tablets and computers combined with free applications or software give us the ability to create high quality video and broadcast it within moments. The internet gives us access to vast free video resources. Yet in spite of these technological innovations, students still consume digital media mostly passively in classroom settings. Three free online platforms allow you to create different types of video-based tasks that engage your students more actively.

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Published September 3, 2018

Active Learning

Jean Desjardins Educational Advisor, Cégep du Vieux Montréal
Isabelle Senécal Director of Teaching, of Pedagogical Innovation and of International Development, Collège Sainte-Anne

The active learning methods have in common of placing the students in the middle of the learning process. Their teachers can then also think about giving them a role in the planning of the evaluation. Active learning is inspired by real-life contexts that are meaningful for the students, which can increase their level of motivation for the tasks that are suggested to them. It encourages durable learnings rather than using only their short-term memory.

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