Animation Workshop January 31
Animation Workshop – January 31, 2012 – 4:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Secret Handshake and GDC
The GDC, New Media Manitoba and Secret Handshake meetup group are all coordinating this year to hold a Christmas party. This would be a great opportunity for students to make some new industry contacts!
What is secrethandshake?
http://secrethandshake.ca/
http://www.meetup.com/secrethandshake/
Welcome to Secret Handshake, a Meetup Group for Winnipeg’s freelance creative type people. Our aim is to get out of our shells once a month to share ideas, collaborate, drink a beer, and return home to continue tweeting @ each other as per usual.
Graphic Design Information Night
Thursday, December 1 // 5 – 8 pm
Roblin Campus, 160 Princess Street, 6th Floor Design Studio // William Building
Graphic Design is holding an information night for students, parents and high school staff who would like more information about admission to our program. Drop by during the evening to
- tour the facilities,
- meet the instructors, enrollment staff and current students,
- ask questions about the entrance portfolio and see samples of work.
For more information contact Diane Livingston, Program Coordinator.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
Have you taken a course at another institute (or at RRC) that is equivalent to a course you are taking now? Do you have life experience in an area that is equivalent to a course you are taking now? Maybe you should consider RPL.
Why do RPL?
It is not an effective and efficient use of resources if learners are having to relearn what they already know and can do. This also adds time, and sometimes additional costs, to the learner’s program. By providing opportunities for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), the college is better able to meet the needs of learners.
Applied Degrees in Canadian Colleges
Abstract: Bridging the last and new millennia, an issue which Canadian colleges have been debating is the changing roles of post-secondary institutions. The Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program (PCEIP) 1999, indicates that Canada, in 1995, had the highest postsecondary rate of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries at 48% vs. the mean of 23%. University graduation rates faired among the top countries but Canada’s college graduation rates were the highest (p.5). This respected international standing will not be easy to maintain. In this global context, colleges are exploring whether to seek approval to become degree-granting institutions. The myriad of factors involved in such discussion run from the impact on stakeholders, to redefining the role of colleges, to whether community colleges should evolve into polytechnics or university colleges (Auld, 2002), to speak nothing of articulation and certification dilemmas. This is a topic of considerable scope. To generate a focal point for an initial discussion, this paper will consider applied degrees and the benefits and challenges these would present stakeholders. It is predicted that the benefits, on the whole, will outweigh and accommodate for the disadvantages.
Date of Publication: October 2002
Author: Steve Lawrence, Department of Accounting and Computer Education
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