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Poll Everywhere – Student Response Systems and Real-Time Testing

CCMS Editor — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 12:13:08 +0000

Looking for ways to assess students’ understanding, survey opinions on controversial topics, or engage students during a lecture? Student response systems (SRS) can help you do just that! SRS allow you to create planned or spontaneous surveys and immediately visualize student responses. They can also be used to enhance or guide discussions, track participation, facilitate live testing and guide your teaching strategy.

The EDC centrally supports the use of Poll Everywhere, a web-based polling tool that allows students to use laptops, tablets or cell phones to participate in class polls.

Join us on Sept. 22 from 1-3 p.m. for a workshop that will explore:

How to use Poll Everywhere
Best practices and implementation steps for polling
How other instructors use student response systems

Enhance your grade book with the EDC’s cuLearn grading session

CCMS Editor — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:57:39 +0000

Join the EDC on Wednesday, Nov. 26 from 1-3 p.m. for a special cuLearn grading session that will help enhance your gradebook.

The session will focus on the process for grading assignments and entering grades into the gradebook. We will look at some of the most common uses of the grading function and explore some more advanced time-saving features.

Innovative work spaces: connecting, creating and collaborating @ the HUB

CCMS Editor — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 13:45:07 +0000

Head to the Discovery Centre’s Multimedia Room on Mar. 20 for a discussion about ways to take advantage of innovative workspaces, such as .

The HUB is a coworking community optimized for people, projects and organizations bettering the world. During this talk, you’ll learn about co-working as an alternative or supplement to the home and corporate office where you can connect, collaborate and gain new skills to do good better. HUB members Bettina Vollmerhausen, Entrepreneur and Founder of and Rob Reid, Producer of the local House of Paint festival will tell their HUB stories and Jesse Cressman-Dickinson, Community Catalyst at HUB Ottawa will be there to answer any questions students have about coworking.

The talk, part of �Ӱ�ԭ��’s Lunch&Learn series, runs from 12-12:45 p.m.

Register now for an upcoming Accessible Learning workshop

CCMS Editor — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 15:48:07 +0000

Don’t miss your chance to attend an Accessible Learning workshop this fall. Presented by the Educational Development Centre in partnership with the Paul Menton Centre, the workshop will help you gain the knowledge and skills to effectively support students with disabilities and other diverse learners in your courses. Your participation will allow �Ӱ�ԭ�� to meet its legal obligation for educator training under the AODA legislation.

The workshop features contributions from President Roseann O’Reilly Runte, faculty members, instructors, students and staff through a series of videos on barriers to learning, accessibility and accommodations. Some of the topics covered include:

Understanding various barriers to learning
Examining personal pedagogical conceptions
Incorporating instructional models to promote accessibility
Planning for accommodations
Hearing from students and faculty about their experiences

The workshop is facilitated by Boris Vukovic, disabilities coordinator at the PMC, a �Ӱ�ԭ�� graduate and a Ph.D. candidate in the Learning Sciences at McGill University. He has presented for a number of years on accessibility in learning environments and brings undergraduate and graduate teaching experience as well as an in-depth knowledge of relevant theory and research.

There are three workshop dates left for the fall semester:

October 22, 1 – 3:30 p.m.
November 6, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
November 26, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Get more information and .