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"I like that lectures are recorded so that if you miss class, you don't have to worry about missing the discussion." Michelle

"Not having to travel and rush home has given me so much more time to set aside study time, family time, and relaxation time." Shay

"Not having to commute gives me more time to work on my assignments, and saves me both time and money." Cheyenne

"Online learning still lets me get to know my cohort through our meetings, icebreakers, and jokes that lighten up the mood." Christopher

"Online learning allows me to take frequent breaks which is beneficial over longer study sessions, and for my mental and physical health." Zamin

ONLINE INNOVATION IN AND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

Online Students Find a Way to Connect During Social Isolation

Building Digital Capacity: Fall 2020 Webinars

Law Professor Challenges Students to Connect Beyond the Classroom

Humber's Five-Week Global Systems Gap Challenge

Online Students Find a Way to Connect During Social Isolation

Business Management students discovered a fun way to connect in their online Principles of Management class after Professor Jeff Short decided to introduce Padlet, an app to create a bulletin board that can be used to display information for any topic.

Professor Short embedded the app above the "Announcements" section within the course on Blackboard with the intent to provide students a place to post questions, share answers, and to stay in touch. The "Questions & Answers" and "Important Reminders" sections worked as expected, but by far, the most active section was "FUN!" Every day students posted jokes, congratulated competing teams in the business simulation on their performance, shared positive learning experiences connecting with their loved ones online, and even exchanged makeup tips.

This reinforced the importance of social connection for students who were not only engaged academically but socially as well. The recent isolation we have all experienced so far has reminded many of us of the importance of feeling connected.

Building Digital Capacity: Fall 2020 Webinars

Funded by Humber’s Applied Research & Innovations, and led by Professor Hanadi Alnawab and Meaghan Strimas from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Building Digital Capacity is aimed at connecting current Humber students from various programs and faculties with alumni and industry experts through a series of professional webinars with the objective of developing the next generation of skills needed to adapt to a digital future.

The webinars are produced by our multidisciplinary team of Humber students and alumni in collaboration with our industry partners and Program Advisory Committee as part of our Fall 2020 experiential learning project; Building Digital Capacity.

Webinars include:

Accessible & Inclusive Communication Strategies
The Future of Technology in Retail
Build Your e-Commerce Store with Shopify
Blogging 101: How to Be A Successful Blogger
Digital Analytics; Measuring Social Media ROI
Web Scraping
Professionalism; Industry Panel

Law Professor Challenges Students to Connect Beyond the Classroom

Paralegal Professor, Rick Libman began allotting marks to his class based on one of his student's ideas of a participation challenge - checking in on fellow classmates, staff members or colleagues each day to see how they were fairing.

The challenge motivated his students to participate regularly while also engaging those who were not as active before to become increasingly involved in building an online community. It has helped everyone stay connected socially, emotionally and academically.

Professor Libman encouraged his class to reach out to others beyond their social scope and hopes that this will also inspire his colleagues to consider introducing their own participation challenge. He is confident that his students will continue this long after the course has ended and owes the overwhelming success of this challenge to his student Leslie Jansson for proposing the idea.

Humber's Five-Week Global Systems Gap Challenge

From June 15 - July 17, 2020, Humber’s launched a five-week challenge to students to become one of the innovative changemakers needed beyond COVID-19! Collaborating virtually in teams of four with participants from around the world, students worked with Humber mentors to understand the landscape for systemic and sustainable social, economic and/or environmental change. Each team used a systems thinking mindset to examine a complex problem in one of the following areas and identify some possible paths to a future solution: Business, Education, Social Innovation, or Health & Wellness.

See the Results