Distance Learning Tips and Tricks

The Pomodoro technique for breaking work down into tasks:

• https://www.usherbrooke.ca/etudiants/actualites/chroniques/soutien-apprentissage/soutien-apprentissage/article/30895/ Go to website (FR)
• https://francescocirillo.com/pages/pomodoro-technique Go to website (EN)

The Cornell note-taking system:

• https://www.ababord.org/Modestes-contributions-a-la Go to website (FR)
• http://lsc.cornell.edu/how-to-study/taking-notes/cornell-note-taking-system/ Go to website (EN)

Creating concept maps:

• https://www.enseigner.ulaval.ca/ressources-pedagogiques/cartes-conceptuelles Go to website (FR)
• http://vie-etudiante.uqam.ca/medias/fichiers/conseils-soutien/Organiser_pensee_carte_conceptuelle.pdf Download PDF (FR)
• https://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/conceptmapping/home Go to website (EN)

Centre Présence en médecine intégrative pro résilience, bien-être et santé durable:

• https://medecine.umontreal.ca/communaute/les-etudiants/bureau-des-affaires-etudiantes-vie-facultaire-et-equilibre-de-vie/essence/ Go to website (FR)

Mindfulness for Students – UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC):

• https://ggie.berkeley.edu/student-well-being/mindfulness-for-students/?level=16&duration=17#tab__1 Go to website (EN)

Student Assistance Centre (Université Laval):

• https://www.aide.ulaval.ca/apprentissage-et-reussite/presentation/ Go to website (FR)

Institut sur la nutrition et les aliments fonctionnels/Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (Université Laval):

• https://www.inaf.ulaval.ca/grand-public/linaf-et-vous/#.YBxK6nnCphE Go to website (FR)
• https://www.inaf.ulaval.ca/no_cache/en/general-public/inaf-and-you/#.YBxLEnnCphE Go to website (EN)

Strategies you can use to be a successful distance learning student (ÉTS):

• https://www.etsmtl.ca/docs/activites-et-services-aux-etudiants/services-aux-etudiants/soutien-apprentissage/Documents/strategies-etude-distance-efficace-SAE Go to website (FR)

Advice for learning and studying online (Cégep Édouard-Montpetit):

• https://www.cegepmontpetit.ca/static/uploaded/Files/Cegep/Liens%20eclair/conseils-cours-etudes-a-distance.pdf Download PDF (FR)

English Colleges’ Survival Guide to Online Learning! (Colleges Collective):

• https://www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/academic-skills-centre/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/Survival-Guide-to-Online-Learning-Intro.pdf Download PDF (EN)

Strategies and tips for students studying remotely (Université de Montréal):

• https://wiki.umontreal.ca/download/attachments/130454719/SAE_Guide_apprentissage_distance.pdf Download PDF (FR)

Learning remotely: A guide for students (Université de Sherbrooke):

• https://savoirs.usherbrooke.ca/handle/11143/17134 Go to website (FR)

How to succeed as a distance learning student (TÉLUQ):

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJn1AbHphp4 Go to website (FR)

Workshops and webinars: Support for students (UQÀM):

• https://vie-etudiante.uqam.ca/conseils-soutien/apprentissage/ateliers-soutien-apprentissage.html#apprentissage-a-distance Go to website (FR)

Student Assistance Centre (Université Laval) podcasts:

• https://www.aide.ulaval.ca/apprentissage-et-reussite/balados/ Go to website (FR)

Coronavirus Double: Duty Managing Work & Kids (McGill):

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JLbZ3p9_2o&feature=youtu.be Go to website (EN)

Links to a directory of online learning tools (TÉLUQ):

1. Digital learning environments Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)
2. Collaboration tools Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)
3. Tools for asynchronous communication Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)
4. Tools for synchronous communication Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)
5. Tools for online grading and feedback Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)
6. Tools to help instructors create and deliver content Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)
7. Tools to help students create and deliver content Interactive summary Go to website / Comparison table Download PDF (PDF)