Fifteen years of pedagogical advances of technology implementation in Atlantic Canada: from APTICA to CompéTICA
Abstract: The association for the Advancement of Pedagogical use of Technologies of Information and Communication in Atlantic (APTICA) is a leader in development and implementation of ICT-enhanced pedagogical practices in the French Atlantic Canada since 2000. Its annual conference gathers more than 150 educators and stakeholders from all levels and institutions (school, college, university and government) to discuss and share best practices and innovations through more than 30 workshops, lectures, and demonstrations Over the past 15 years multiple partnerships developed between APTICA and provincial ministries of Education, school districts and schools, Industry Canada, as well as international institutions and organizations (ProjeTICE Association from France and Francophone International Organization – OIF (Organisation Internationale de Francophonie) to help bring together and develop a number of free multimedia online teaching resources, such as a very recent project Problematice to supp
Presider: Adrian Norman, Macquarie University, Sydney