
Vanessa is a Learning Experience Designer at eConcorda, with ten years of experience, she has evolved into roles such as Instructional Developer, Content Strategist, and her current positions as Learning Experience Designer and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Specialist. Vanessa is committed to creating impactful and comprehensive courses that exemplify e-learning best practices while removing barriers to make online education as accessible as possible.
Sessions in which Vanessa McCance participates
Wednesday 12 February, 2025
Can AI assist faculty with writing objective (multiple choice) questions? If it can, can it do so in the recommended criterion-referenced way? What is the quality of the resulting questions? Can this reduce work for the instructor?In this session for instructors and pedagogical counsellors, we present the case study of one pilot project: a learning assessment in an undergraduate course. We describe the approvals received for the effort, then demonstrate the tools used to generate test ...
Tips and tricks to making various resources and materials accessible to students for courses, and leveraging Moodle features to support accessible learning.
Although some futurists predict that AI will replace jobs, more predict that people will work along side AI as AI becomes more integrated into our daily work processes. This case study explores how the team that produced the eConcordia course, Introduction to Training and Development (EDUC 240) worked alongside AI to produce the course.Specifically, we used AI to assist with a number of tasks:To produce various segments of scenarios, which helped to introduce learning conte...
Sessions in which Vanessa McCance attends
Tuesday 11 February, 2025
eConcordia's Chief Academic Officer, Anik de St-Hilaire; Concordia's University Librarian, Amy Buckland; and Associate Professor in Concordia's Department of Communication Studies, Fenwick McKelvey. Join us to learn more about the Digital Skill-Share Days event, how you can benefit from this collaborative learning environment, and what this exchange of ideas can bring to your daily w...
Wednesday 12 February, 2025
This presentation explores how Generative AI (GenAI ) is reshaping education by transforming content like quizzes, alt-text, images, and narration. Through live demonstrations, we will showcase these tools in action and discuss practical ways to incorporate them into your work. We’ll also dive into some critical considerations, like biases, AI hallucinations, intellectual property issues, cheating, over-reliance on technology, and data privacy. By the end of this session, you’ll ...