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EducationHow We are Moving Towards an Amazing Classroom Experience
Improving learning outcomes and the experience in the classroom is top of mind for educators. As professionals, we’re also constantly on the lookout for new approaches that will save of
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Cisco Canada
My take-aways on the Transformative Pedagogy Webinar with Dr. Lance Ford
It is always a pleasure to chat with Dr. Lance Ford. He is so good at communicating verbally and visually that it is hard to remember we are actually videoconferencing
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Collaboration
What is Transformative Pedagogy in the 21st Century?
Teaching is the art of making connections. Connecting with students, connecting theories with concrete examples, connecting hypotheses to conclusions… The first teacher I met during my training told us that,
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Collaboration
Building the Entrepreneur Skillset with the Cisco Design Challenge
What if schools helped students become entrepreneurs? Some schools offer an entrepreneurship curriculum, focusing on theory but often neglecting the practice. Increasingly, universities are opening their own incubator, like the
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Education
Prepr #EduChallenge Panel
Great things happen when you connect the unconnected. This is why I enjoy participating in hackathons, where developers, subject-matter experts, such as educators, designers, business gurus, entrepreneurs and other interested
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Students succeed with Cisco!
The last Monday of July, I had the pleasure to talk about Teaching Technology and Technology for Learning at DevTO. I tag-teamed with Shanta Nathwani, who talked about her innovative
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Another busy year of learning
The summer holidays are always a period conducive to meditation and reflection. The world of education evolves very quickly. It is difficult to assimilate fundamental changes, those that will profoundly
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Collaboration
Engaging Students in the Classroom with Video
Today’s generation of students are digital natives. Their lives outside the classroom are dominated by the non-stop rich media experiences delivered by video games, smartphones and the Internet. Education has
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Smart + Connected Communities
Cisco and Polytechnics Canada Support the Next Generation of Workers
I’m honored to have said a few words of welcome to the attendees of the Polytechnics Canada’s 2014 Annual Conference, and to the supporters of education who accepted our invitation
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Education
Let’s talk about innovation in classrooms and in the workplace at the “tablettistes” conference
This chilly month of December is the perfect time to reflect on the future of education. A few days ago, the Ontario Task Force on Competitiveness, Productivity and Economic Progress,
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Education
The Internet of Everything Allows Librarians to Embrace Broader Educational Mandate
I love my local library, but the Internet has deeply changed the way I approach books and other education resources. For more than a decade, I searched for books on
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Education
The Renaissance of Distance Education
Distance education is going through a renaissance. According to the New York Times, 2012 was the year of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), and the momentum of distance education
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