One of the main challenges with switching to alternative forms of teaching at a distance is getting students to participate, to get them engaged and to maintain their motivation. Selma Hamdani and Cory Legassic from Dawson College shared the strategies they are using to break the ice with their students and a couple of the tools they used to help them in their transition to online teaching.
DawsonITE is a blog devoted to Educational Technology. It's compiled by Rafael Scapin, Coordinator of Educational Technology at Dawson College in Montreal (Canada).