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One of the main challenges with switching to alternative forms of teaching at a distance is getting students to participate, to get them engaged, and to maintain their motivation. Selma Hamdani and Cory Legassic from Dawson College shared the strategies they are using to break the ice with their students and a couple of the tools they used to help…

Please reply, your opinion matters to us! The School of Graduate Studies at Concordia University is exploring changes to our Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning? Among the changes are opening it up to instructors in CEGEPs and Continuing Education programs. To help us gauge interest in the proposed changes, as well as solicit ideas from potential students so the…

SALTISE collaboration adds to the Network Profweb and SALTISE invited Jason Lapointe from John Abbott College to talk about his experience using Google Quiz (a special functionality available in Google Forms) to create on-line assessments for the nursing students in his biology class. This podcast is the third in the series and is a wonderful example of the power of our…

Join us for Day 3 hosted by Michael Dugdale (John Abbott College) – June 11th @ 3:30-5:00 pm We have had a wonderful turn out for the virtual Town Hall meetings, hosted by SALTISE and the DALC (Dawson Active Learning Community). These are not the regular webinar, they are structured to strengthen community building as we discuss how to better…

SALTISE is proud to announce the 2020 recipient of our Lifetime Achievement award is Dr. Laura Winer, Director of Teaching and Learning Services (TLS), McGill University, Montreal. This award is given to individuals who have played a significant role in supporting the growth and well-being of our community. Laura is indeed such an individual! Congratulations to Dr. Laura Winer Director,…

Chers collègues, chers membres, chers partenaires, Nous vous écrivons ce message afin de vous rassurer sur le maintien des activités de l’OPIEVA. Bien que la COVID-19 nous ait plongés dans la situation particulière où les activités sont suspendues à l’UQAM, nos équipes restent bien actives en télétravail. Apéro-causerie Vous êtes invité à un apéro-causerie sur le thème de l’évaluation en…

SALTISE collaboration adds to the Network More good news about the continuing collaboration between SALTISE and ProfWeb.  This podcast features faculty from Vanier (Rhys Adams) and John Abbott (Phoebe Jackson) in conversation with Ryan Moon (ProfWeb) and Kevin Lenton (Vanier & ProfWeb). Rhys and Phoebe present how to use CourseFlow an an interactive and dynamic app that allows for interactive instructional design at three…

Are you interested in developing new resources or adapting our existing resources to support online learning in your school or district? Message from Usha James, our Executive Director Publisher: The Critical Thinking Consortium Here is how we can help: Create new resources for online learning: TC² would embrace the opportunity to partner with you to create new resources that you identify…

SALTISE collaboration adds to the Network Hope you are all keeping well and staying healthy as we continue into the eighth week of isolating. I thought we’d share a little good news about a collaboration between SALTISE and ProfWeb.  This podcast features faculty from Dawson (Carmen Leung and Yann Brouillette) in conversation with Ryan Moon (ProfWeb) and Kevin Lenton (Vanier & ProfWeb). Carmen and…

Part 1- Traditional Evaluations Author: Susan MacNeil, Editor Publisher: Profweb: Learning Objects and Inspiring Learning “Are you looking at your course plan wondering how you are going to adapt the assessments that remain to your new ‘suddenly-online course’? Or maybe you would like to know what you can do to make sure students are not plagiarizing or cheating on quizzes…