New mobile app lab is the first in Canada
From University of Toronto News A recently opened laboratory in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering invites members of the University of Toronto community to explore the new possibilities smart applications…
The tablet classroom
From On Campus | Macleans.ca All incoming first-years enrolled in full-time post-secondary programs at Collège Boréal in Sudbury, Ont will receive iPads for the start of the 2012 school year. The Northern Ontario…
Podcast with Dr. Richard Schmid, Professor, Concordia University
Dr. Richard Schmid, Professor, Graduate Programs in Educational Technology, Concordia University Associate Director – Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance Dr. Richard Schmid is an educational psychologist who conducts research in the following…
We’re ripe for a great disruption in higher education
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail How would you like to go to MIT – for free? You can now. Starting this spring, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will be offering free online…
Initiative to create more high-tech companies
Simon Fraser University is launching entrepreneurship@SFU, a new high-tech entrepreneurship initiative, thanks to a $210,000 donation from SFU alumnus Ken Spencer and a matching contribution from the Province of B.C. through the B.C….
Canadian Distance Learning on the Rise, According to New Report
A new report on online learning in Canada indicates that distance learning continues to grow and is now available in all thirteen provinces and territories. “Unlike in the United States, K-12 online learning…
Overwhelming Response to UBC LipDub Video
Richmond Review It takes viewers through buildings, onto a bus, underwater and high up in a helicopter. And with 432,627 views on YouTube as of Monday, it’s taken Andrew Cohen over the moon….
