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Getting Ready for the Return: Some Articles to Review

Published August 19, 2016 | Multidisciplinary

Andréanne Turgeon Editor, Profweb

Whether you are still on vacation or back to work, you probably weren’t saved from the numerous advertisements announcing the imminent return to the classroom which began cropping up in mid-July. I think that it is better to get back in the beat slowly, which is why I thought you might want to take a look at some of our publications from June 2016 that featured our favourite articles and end of year events. Sometimes forgotten due to the frenetic pace of vacation (I won’t hold it against you!), these articles surely deserve a second chance.

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A Fourth Moodle Day Full of Activity

Published May 19, 2015 | Multidisciplinary

François Lizotte Coordinator, Plateforme collégiale DECclic

The fourth edition of Moodle Day, which can now be considered a kind of annual tradition was made possible by a grant from the Entente Canada-Québec (and the dynamic nature of the Moodle community). The event, which was held at Dawson College on Friday, May 15th, gathered about forty Moodle users (Teachers, Education Advisors and Developers).

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Create Gamified Interactive Reviews with Wordwall

Published September 9, 2019 | Multidisciplinary

Andy Van Drom Editor, Profweb

Interactive quiz platforms like Kahoot and Wooclap are popular tools to liven up review sessions. They bring a game-like element to any review lesson, which motivates students and fosters retention. However, the novelty effect of such audience response systems tends to wear off rapidly. Wordwall represents a worthwhile complementary offering, as the platform contains a wide selection of mini-games that can be used to review theory, concepts and vocabulary items.

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Media Literacy: Challenges and Issues for 21st Century Schools

Published November 24, 2015 | Multidisciplinary

Andréanne Turgeon Editor, Profweb

On October 23, 2015, I attended a Web-based colloquium entitled Éduquer aux médias: une priorité collective (Media Literacy: A Collective Priority). Presented by the TELUQ and the Conseil de presse du Québec, it had been 10 years since the last event on media literacy took place in Montreal. This initiative was praised by speakers and attendees alike, who enthusiastically lobbied for another edition to follow this year’s event.

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Textbooks and Web 2.0: Collision or Collaboration?

Published August 31, 2009 |

Jane Petring Teacher, Cégep Édouard-Montpetit

As technology becomes cheaper and more accessible around the world, textbooks, whether digital or paper, will continue to play a prominent role in education, but we can expect them to be enhanced, enlivened and enriched with Web 2.0 applications.

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ICT Profile

Crowd Sourcing Review Questions with PeerWise

Published September 19, 2018 | Multidisciplinary

Susan MacNeil Editor, Profweb

The thought of using student-generated content in your teaching may at first seem absurd. However, nowadays the social norm in terms of learning is changing with Web 2.0 websites and applications that are constructed of user-generated rather than expert-generated content. The huge repositories of videos (You Tube), images (Instagram), social profiles (Facebook) all of which have been contributed by other users are now being used for learning. Students are becoming more and more familiar with the value of user-generated content.

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The World of Images Intercollegiate Photo Contest: An Opportunity to Integrate ICT Profile Abilities into an Educational Activity

Published February 16, 2016 | Multidisciplinary

Véronica Gill Communication Advisor, CCDMD
Denis Chabot Project Manager, CCDMD
Catherine Rhéaume Editor, Profweb

Each year, the Collegial Centre for Educational Materials Development (CCDMD) organizes the World of Images Intercollegiate Photo Contest. This contest is open to all college students, who can submit photos with the theme of their choosing. The contest aims to encourage the training of tomorrow’s photographers and documentarians by facilitating the production and distribution of high-quality artistic photographs or documentaries. Since the first edition in 2011–2012, nearly 10,000 photographs have been submitted to the contest by 1,114 students from more than 65 establishments in the college network.

Real Life Stories

Using Factile to Make Engaging Review Sessions

Published April 16, 2018 | English (Second Language)

Simon Côté-Massicotte Editor, Profweb

Keeping students focused and motivated is a constant challenge for teachers, especially in classes where a lot of the material has to be learnt by heart. An effective way to address that issue is to turn review sessions into games: the informal context allows students to relax and the friendly competition keeps them motivated. The web-based application, Factile, which I have used in my English for Adventure Tourism class, allows you to turn your classroom into the set of Jeopardy and make your review sessions efficient and entertaining.

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The APOP English Community’s Upcoming Events!

Published February 1, 2010 |

Marielle Beauchemin Project Manager - English Language Services, APOP

The newly formed APOP Anglophone Steering Committee, and its new project manager Marielle Beauchemin, have been busy discussing and scheduling events for Winter 2010. There is an exciting lineup of both local and international contributors.

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ICT in Review – Papers from the 2013 AQPC Symposium

Published September 1, 2013 | Multidisciplinary

Fanny Kingsbury Director General, AQPC

Fanny Kingsbury, the director-general of the AQPC (Association québécoise de pédagogie collégiale) reviews various papers related to information technology that were presented at the association's 2013 symposium. If you missed a presentation or you want to learn more about certain themes, a number of presenters have deposited related documentation on the AQPC site.

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Real Life Stories

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.

Multidisciplinary

Featured Reports

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.

Multidisciplinary

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