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Monday November 2, 2020

Digital technology in educational practices – A

3:15–3:45PM – Presentation 1

Design and delivery of online courses during a pandemic: between innovation and adaptation

EDU 1022 Français langue d’enseignement et d’apprentissage [French as a language of instruction and learning] is an undergraduate-level course for French instruction that was launched online in 2017, fully adapted from the in-class version. The course is made up of five modules: introduction, reading, oral, reading and grammar. EDU 6026 Didactique de la littératie [Literacy education] is a graduate-level course that was launched online this year in early September, while the pandemic continued. This course, designed specifically for distance education, contains four modules: literacy, literacy through subject matter, media literacy and literacy research. This session will therefore cover how digital technology is used in both courses, the challenges encountered and the compromises we had to make during the pandemic.

3:45–4:15PM – Presentation 2

The Beatles of open innovation: influencing the world for generations to come

The Living Lab en innovation ouverte [Open innovation Living Lab] (LLio) is a college technology transfer centre (CCT) and a technology access centre (CAT), part of the Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup campus. Its mission is to facilitate the adoption of open innovation practices that involve stakeholders, including users. The LLio conducts partnership research, provides training and supports various communities, sectors and organizations in their open innovation projects in the areas of technology and social innovation. It also runs a Fablab known as Fabbulle: a digital manufacturing laboratory, open to the public, that comprises robotics, 3D (3D printers, CNC, laser cutting) and digital textile. The LLio also coordinates the youth entrepreneurship incubator at Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup – Cub3 – which explores the user’s role in the development of company projects. We will discuss our research centre, and present some projects that involve the use of digital technology.

4:15–4:45PM – Presentation 3

Digital manufacturing technologies as vectors for the active teaching method

The Polyfab Normand Brais supports teaching approaches that help initiate students in the use of new technologies through hands-on experimentation. It provides access to a stock of technological equipment, so students can explore a learning procedure in a setting that favours active teaching. The goal of this approach is to pool design ideas, practices and know-how, and equip project owners with a varied range of digital manufacturing technologies. Training and the sharing of expertise are central aspects of the Polyfab’s chosen formula. In concrete terms, this facility offers access to digitally controlled machines, such as 3D printers and laser cutting machines, computers loaded with the software required for developing models and other rapid prototyping equipment.

4:45–5:15PM – Presentation 4

Espace Moebius – a stimulating, creative learning environment

This presentation will reveal how Espace Moebius at Cégep Édouard-Montpetit helps meet instructors’ need to innovate in their practices and assists in engaging students with their coursework.

We will present the constituent elements, which are used to set it up for individual needs. You will learn what guided our decisions in selecting furniture, 3D printers, virtual reality headsets and other types of technology, all grouped into three zones to stimulate innovation and creativity.

We will also provide some examples of equipment use, and share avenues of exploration intended to even further pursue the options available by combining teaching and technology.

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