Dawson Student Survey Results – Winter 2020
In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, on 13 March 2020, Dawson College was required to suspend all in-person classes. Courses resumed online between the weeks of March 30, 2020 and April 6, 2020. A survey was created to gauge the students’ online experience, including but not limited to: course retention rate and reason for…
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Un ensemble de ressources virtuelles
Le Cégep de Sainte-Foy rend disponible au réseau collégial un ensemble de ressources virtuelles: Des capsules vidéo qui présentent des tutoriels sur les principaux outils et plateformes numériques les plus courantes (Zoom, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Microsoft Forms, Teams, Stream et Screencast-O-matic) Des formations virtuelles en mode synchrone en libre accès (sans inscription), en lien avec différents volets de l’enseignement à distance…
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Stop Giving Them Answers: Make Them Think!
David Adams, PhD, and Enoch Hale, PhD from Faculty Focus Higher education has recently changed in faster and more dynamic ways than anticipated. COVID-19 is an immediate factor, but the access to information is more prevalent now than 15 years ago. Many students’ learning habits do not include long nights in the library reading through…
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Indigenous Education Workshops – Friday August 21
The Inter-Collegiate Decolonization Network (IDN) is offering workshops led by Diane Labelle and Cathy Richardson, with funding from an ECQ grant. The workshops will be held via Zoom. The first Zoom workshop is for educators; the second is open to all. (1) Friday August 21, 10-12 with Diane Labelle: Indigenous Education: Online Assignments and Evaluations In this workshop for…
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Crowdmark Webinar – August 20, 2020
Dawson faculty is invited to learn about Crowdmark, an online collaborative grading and analytics platform for instructors. Thursday August 20, 2020 from 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Join the webinar
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Microsoft Webinar: Managing Synchronous Class Meetings with Microsoft Teams
Webinar – Managing Synchronous Class Meetings with Microsoft Teams Supporting the transition to hybrid learning environments When: August 19, 2020 1:00 PM (America/Toronto) Duration: 1 hour Register here The Dawson Teams Yammer Community, moderated by Claudio Calligaris (Photography) is a great source of info about MS Teams! Use your Dawson login to join this Yammer…
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A Game a Day: Fun and Dynamic Synchronous Online Learning
Lisa K. Forbes, PhD in Faculty Focus I was in the middle of conducting a research study, examining my own teaching of implementing fun and play into learning, when COVID-19 hit, and we were forced to transition from face-to-face courses to fully online classes. I had to re-think how I would offer a meaningful class…
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New Lea Features – Fall 2020
Click Here to read about the new LEA Features! New Lea features include: A new layout A module that offers three modes of participation for distance classes: Remote, Face-to-Face and Hybrid. Click Here to read about the new LEA Features! For questions about Lea, send an email to: leahelp@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
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The First Day of Class on Zoom
A Four-Step Plan: The First Day of Class on Zoom -Crystal O. Wong, Faculty Focus Creating a vibrant community is always on my mind, so the very first thing I do on the first day of class is pass around a tray of cookies and ask students to talk about their favorite type of cookie….
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5 Ways to Connect With Online Students
By Flower Darby Faculty Focus I’d been teaching online courses for 10 years — and, I liked to think, had become quite efficient and effective in the format — on the day it dawned on me that I was treating my online students as if they weren’t actually people. Most of my university’s courses,…
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