Using On-line Academic Forums

Published April 6, 2008  |  Multidisciplinary

Sophie Ringuet Educational Advisor, Cégep à distance

As students now collaborate on the web for academic purposes as well as for fun, the electronic forum has become an excellent tool to encourage academic motivation. Sophie Ringuet, a pedagogical counselor at Cégep@distance gives us an in-depth tour of what a forum is as well as various academic applications where the forum can be of interest. The report presents concrete examples and and a detailed guide to their use within an academic context. The reference section allows the reader to go beyond the information presented by indicating resources in both English and in French. We hope that you will find Profweb's article 'Using On-line Academic Forums' a useful resource to familiarize yourself with forums. Feel free to comment and ask questions in the sections provided for this purpose.

The ADTE Delivers a Liberating Experience with the 2016 Edition of the Colloque Libre

Published April 13, 2016  |  Multidisciplinary

Ryan W. Moon Editor, Profweb

The ADTE managed a veritable coup, holding its annual conference on free and open source software known as the Colloque Libre on March 17th, 2016 at Dawson College in Montreal. The event organizers invited internationally-renowned free software advocate Richard Stallman to provide the keynote address for the conference. What follows is an account of the day, which was attended by staff and administrators from all three levels of education in Quebec as well as representatives from the Ministère de l'Éducation et de l'Enseignement supérieur.

Wolfram|Alpha, the Semantic Web at its best

Published October 14, 2012  |  Multidisciplinary

Jean-Luc Trussart Educational Advisor, Cégep régional de Lanaudière - L'Assomption

Jean-Luc Trussart, technical academic advisor at Cégep régional de Lanaudière à L’Assomption, explores the pedagogical potential and impact of the Wolfram|Alpha computational knowledge engine and the semantic Web. He reviews the rise of the Internet and its impact on teaching and learning by giving examples of pedagogical applications of the Wolfram|Alpha engine, while identifying the issues involved in the classroom integration of this toolkit.

Learning Centre for Pedagogical Application of ICTs: An innovative support model

Published September 2, 2016  |  Multidisciplinary

Andréanne Turgeon Editor, Profweb

On October 19, 2015, I set off towards the CEGEP de La Pocatière, where Martin Bérubé was waiting to show me around the college and to introduce me to the teachers on the new committee for ICT integration.

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This story presents the journey of a teacher who has published a blog aimed at collecting entries from the internship journal of students in Laboratory Techniques (biotechnologies). This facilitated collaboration and sharing of expertise through student exchanges and live feedback from the teacher. Making the blog public has raised the quality of work and student engagement.

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Teaching Tourism… From Japan!

Invited to travel to Asia and the South Pacific for a semester of classes, Ariane Arpin-Delorme took advantage of this situation to experiment with a hybrid training formula by using the blog with her students ...

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Video Tutorials for the Mastering of Skill 1 Tasks

Each week, the IT Representatives Network (IT-REPS/REPTICs) offers brief tutorials in the form of video clips that were developed to support the development of ICT Profile abilities. These clips are specifically designed for students, but are useful to anyone that wants to improve their technology skills.

Please note that it is possible for you to embed the video clips from the ICT Profile for Students into your blog or web page. To do this:

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