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Published October 5, 2014 | Multidisciplinary
Wearable devices have been on people’s minds for a while. From Dick Tracy’s 2-way wrist radio to Geordi La Forge’s VISOR, gadgets have frequently found their way to fictional characters’ bodies. Recently, the world of consumer technology is abuzz with “smartglasses” made by Google along with “smartwatches” made by Samsung or Apple.
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Published October 12, 2014 | Mathematics
Second in our discipline-specific articles on resources available on Profweb is Mathematics - Discipline 201. Profweb is here to help you reevaluate your pedagogy in the light of information technology integration (IT). For the Mathematics teacher a number of very discipline-specific questions arise.
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Published September 20, 2009 | Geography
Trying out an electronic forum for his geography class, Steve Boucher of the Collège de Lanaudière's Terrebonne campus tells us of the advantages that he's discovered using this communication tool and points out tips to promote student participation.
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Published February 27, 2007 | English (Second Language)
We have all felt it! The thrill of successfully using a new technology can have all the excitement of space travel. Donna Aziz-Canuel of collège Lionel-Groulx compares herself to an astronaut launching into cyberspace. Read about Donna's trip using the Horizon Wimba platform!
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Published March 12, 2007 | Multidisciplinary
According to David, the true challenge of being an IT director and representative is not just to get the teachers who are computer savvy up to speed, but to get people who don't use technology in their lives to use it as a tool in their teaching. Read more about his teacher friendly vision of IT insertion.
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Published March 8, 2009 | Mathematics
Alice McLeod met with Norm Spatz of the Profweb Animaweb Team to talk about her use of WeBWorK. This following account of that meeting provides information on the use of this exciting resource for Mathematics.
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Published October 4, 2009 | Mathematics
The Mathematics Department at Cégep de l'Outaouais explains the road it traveled to choose its learning platform and how a plug-in motivated their final selection.
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Published October 19, 2009 | French (Second Language)
A hybrid course in French Second Language had to be motivating for its largely technical students who were looking to complete their last few core courses in order to successfully finish their studies. Learn how an innovative problem-based learning approach in a virtual environment caught their interest!
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Published March 28, 2010 | Humanities
People play and listen to music without really knowing what and how they are learning. In the second year of CCDMD's English-Language Materials Development Assistance Program Call for Submissions, I applied for a grant to turn the multimedia material in the course Sonic Truths: Popular Music and Knowledge into a course pack. The idea of the project was to give teachers and students the tools to move beyond the charms of music and submit it, and our relationship with it, to analysis with the help of Information Technology.
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Published September 12, 2010 | Electrical Engineering Technology
Michel Villeneuve promotes learning in electrical engineering through the use of a wiki in his course which fosters the sharing of technical expertise, peer instruction and shared problem solving!
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Published August 24, 2014
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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Published January 18, 2018
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
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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