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With Zoom-bombing a cultural phenomenon, here’s how to protect your meetings. Author: Dan Goodin Posted on: Date: 4/2/2020 “With the coronavirus pandemic forcing millions of people to work, learn, and socialize from home, Zoom conferences are becoming a default method to connect. And with popularity comes abuse. Enter Zoom-bombing, the phenomenon of trolls intruding into other people’s meetings for the…

Perusall Publisher Offering Free Textbooks We designed Perusall to support learning no matter the mode of delivery: if you’re moving your class online due to the Coronavirus epidemic, Perusall will create an engaging virtual learning experience for your students. If your students previously purchased books outside of Perusall, and you’d like to move to Perusall now, we may be able…

Advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus Author: Dr. Tony Bates Posted on: Online Learning and Distance Education Resources March 9th, 2020 With the reports of more and more institutions closing campuses because of the corona-virus, and even those not closing advising their instructors to move their classes online, I am wondering what advice or help…

Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) L’Association canadienne de l’éducation en génie (ACEG) Montreal, June 18-21, 2020 Concordia University & McGill University The 2020 Canadian Engineering Education Association/Association canadienne de l’éducation en génie’s Annual Conference will be held jointly at Concordia and McGill University, in Montreal, Qc., from June 18-21, 2020, with the theme of “Fostering students’ ownership of their learning.”We…

Let’s Talk Science The McGill chapter of Let’s Talk Science, a Canadian non for profit that promotes STEM in young students, is looking to invite students from high school (sec V  students) and CEGEPs for their symposium on sustainability. Please circulate this message in your class. In addition to that, if you happen to know a student or a group…

Peer assessment: Engaging students and promoting accountability Posted on: Teaching for Learning @ McGill University Blog Author: Jennie Ferris Date: February 17, 2020 A number of instructors at McGill have been implementing peer assessment (PA) in their courses and have generously shared some of their reflections on the experience. Amanda Cervantes is an instructor at the Ingram School of Nursing…

How Learning Happens Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice, 1st Edition By Paul A. Kirschner, Carl Hendrick Publisher: Routledge How Learning Happens introduces 28 giants of educational research and their findings on how we learn and what we need to learn effectively, efficiently, and enjoyably. Many of these works have inspired researchers and teachers all around the…

Higher Education: Risks and opportunities in the New Decade – Feb 6 We live in times of unprecedented change to our education practices and learning technologies. To discuss the risks, opportunities and changes that lie ahead, this event will bring together a panel of professionals in higher education, education technology, research, and education policy. This event will be held in…

CÉGEP Andre Laurendeau’s Light Board 5 à 7 SALTISE member Caroline Cormier demonstrated the new LightBoard studio at CÉGEP André-Laurendeau last night (January 28th). This exciting project was created with support from their administration and SALTISE. SALTISE (Supporting Active Learning & Technological Innovation in Studies of Education) is a learning community service that brings together instructors and professional development staff…

Due Friday, January 31: Proposals for the 2020 CNIE Conference The Call for Proposals for the 2020 Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) Conference is open through January 31. The Conference Program Committee specifically seeks research presentations, innovations, case studies, and pre-conference workshops that address the conference theme—Innovating Every Day—through these streams (topic areas): Learning architecture Learning experience design…