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So you want to improve teaching & learning in your classrooms through innovation Posted on: eCampus News, Oct, 2018 Written by: Chris Whittaker (Physics, Dawson College) Well, it may be harder than you think, but there is a way. Change is hard.  Effective, targeted, measurable, and sustainable change within education can seem almost impossible—especially when institutions are large, resources are stretched thin, teachers…

CIRCE STEAM Magazine Now Available  We are pleased to announce the publication of the first edition of CIRCE Magazine! Science is highly conceptual, and learning it effectively requires interconnecting fuzzyconcepts such as atoms, forces, molecules, DNA, electric fields, ions, electromagnetic radiation, radicals, electrons, and photons. Although brilliant minds have undoubtedly used their artistic talents and been inspired by art over the…

A Special Issue of The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning / Un numéro spécial de la revue canadienne sur l’avancement des connaissances en enseignement et en apprentissage Dear Colleagues: We are delighted to announce the publication of  “ePortfolios in Higher Education: A Special Issue of The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning”. This…

What Does Meaningful Decolonizing and Indigenizing the Academy Look Like and What are its Implications for Teaching and Learning? For those of you who may be interested in the Concordia Centre for Teaching and Learning winter-fest activities. The aim of this workshop is to increase participants’ knowledge, critical analysis and understanding about the complexities of what ‘decolonizing and Indigenizing’ the academy means…

SALTISE (Supporting Active Learning and Technological Innovations in the Studies of Education) is once again offering the popular Mini-Grant program for Winter 2019. Up to six (6) mini-grants to candidates from the post-secondary sectors in Quebec will be awarded. Eligible individuals include faculty, instructional designers and professionals; and, post-doctoral and graduate students working with eligible faculty. The aim of the SALTISE…

MONSTER SCIENCE: The Chemistry and Physics of Movie Monsters In this two-part course, Dawson College instructors Chris Whittaker (Physics) and Yann Brouillette (Chemistry) present a double-feature investigation and fact-testing of the monsters we love to hate (and sometimes just love).

Minister’s Award for “Problem-Based Learning for College Physics” The CCDMD is proud to announce that it has received an Award from the Minister of Higher Education for a project developed in collaboration with Cégep François-Xavier Garneau. The ceremony was held on September 20, 2018 at the National Assembly in Quebec City. The authors of 10 new PBL activities for Problem-Based Learning…

How to be an award-winning teacher Our colleague, Vanier teacher Jailson Lima, is the winner of this year’s Beaumier Award for High School and CEGEP chemistry teachers. Congratulations! Watch his CTV Montreal News interview with Mutsumi Takahashi by clicking here.

A professor at Dawson College is a whiz at chemistry, but he also happens to be a lifelong comic fan. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, Yann Brouillette uses Marvel movies and comic books to help his students learn about science.

What is a smart classroom? Q & A with Dawson College’s Chris Whittaker Posted in: eCampus News, August 31, 2018 Written by:  Ellen Ullman eCampus News spoke with Chris Whittaker, physics professor and coordinator of Dawson’s smart classrooms, about what goes on in a high-tech classroom. Dawson College in Montreal, Canada has three high-tech “smart classrooms.” These rooms are designed with group…