Privacy and Artificial Intelligence – Meetings at Dawson Feb. 28 and March 5
Are you concerned about artificial intelligence being used in an unregulated and ethically-questionable manner, and worried that industry is moving forward at breakneck speed with little oversight? Do you have opinions on how regulation can be used to protect the privacy of Canadians while not deterring leading-edge research and innovation? If so, join our discussion groups…
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Dawson Active Learning Community Featured in MEES Webinar
Dawson College teachers Selma Hamdani and Yann Brouillette share their experience with the innovative pedagogy of active learning and the peer support of the Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) in a new video requested by the Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur. The video was produced as a knowledge…
Read More about Dawson Active Learning Community Featured in MEES Webinar‘You just spiral’: UBC president who overcame mental health crisis determined to help Canadian students
Advocates say the numbers of students suffering from anxiety and depression amounts to a mental health crisis on Canadian campuses. Interview on CBC Radio show The Current February 14, 2020
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The Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in Quebec Colleges
By Alice Havel (Adaptech) and Odette Raymond (Institut des troubles d’apprentissage) Along with the continual growth in the number of students with disabilities in colleges over the past 20 years, the associated challenges have become increasingly more complex. Consequently, there has been a paradigm shift emerging that not everyone is ready…
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Semaine de la Formation à Distance – Offerte entièrement en ligne et gratuitement!
Du 17 au 21 février 2020 Pour une 3e année, nous vous invitons à la semaine de la formation à distance (FAD). Découvrez-en davantage sur ce sujet grâce à plusieurs ateliers pratiques, tables d’échange, présentations de résultats de recherche et témoignages. C’est l’occasion de mettre en lumière des expertises variées des acteurs de la FAD au…
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Adopting a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Mindset at the College Level
A Structured Approach for Reflecting on One’s Teaching Practices The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), a movement that has been making inroads in higher education for some 30 years (Boyer, 1990), is particularly dynamic in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Western Canada, but still quite new to Quebec, particularly at the college level….
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Culturally Responsive Teaching and UDL
By Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell Published in Faculty Focus Creating educational experiences for our students that integrate Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), a philosophy of education that centers students’ cultural backgrounds as essential to their learning (Ladson-Billings,1994), is a powerful tool for preparing them for today’s professional environment,…
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Portail du réseau collégial du Québec – Infolettre
Check out the latest newsletter from Portail du réseau collégial du Québec. On this site, you can also subscribe to receive these newsletters by email. Read more…
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Canadian Network for Innovation in Education Conference May 11-13, 2020 at Concordia
The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education Conference (CNIE) will be held from May 11-13 at Concordia University. Proposals are being accepted now for the following streams: Learning architecture Learning experience design Evidence-based practices in teaching Institutional technology Partnering with faculty and administration Continue reading…
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8 Avenues of AI Use That Are Worth Exploring
Press coverage of artificial intelligence highlights its exponential growth, which is generating both fascination and fear in many fields, including education. On the one hand, we are fascinated by the opportunities offered by this technology: artificial vision, which allows a machine to identify the content of an image and to proceed to classification by inferred…
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