Red River College is required by law to educate and train employees and students on the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS), Canada’s hazard communication standard. As a result, a new WHMIS course has been developed and can be accessed by logging into LEARN. The course was created by RRC’s Environmental Health & Safety dept. and The Teaching Learning Technology Centre with some interactive activities courtesy of the British Columbia Institute of Technology – Learning and Teaching Centre, and a pictogram chart from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety /Government of Canada.

eTV is pleased to have contributed to this important initiative with highly engaging, panoramic materials that enhance the learning experience for students taking this course.

Click on the image below to see the WHMIS panoramas.

You’ll find the complete WHMIS course on LEARN.

Recently eTV traveled out to Brandon, Manitoba with instructor Michele Sykes to capture and showcase the “behind the scenes” environment of Westman Lab. With video interviews, photos and 360 degree panoramas current and potential students of the Medical Laboratory Technologist program will have an opportunity to explore this professional environment from their desktops. Once complete this dynamic presentation will be hosted on RRC’s MLS page as a recruitment and information tool.

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eTV and Medical Laboratory Sciences were extremely proud to present the Microbiology Panorama to an audience of national delegates at LABCON 2016 in Charlottetown, PEI. LABCON is the annual national conference for medical laboratory professionals hosted by the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science. Recognized in the closing ceremonies as a highlight of the conference, audience members were taken through the process of creating the interactive Panorama and the many components, its purpose in teaching and learning, and were given a chance to view it with Oculus and Google Cardboard technology.

“It was apparent to the national delegation that the eTV department has many talented individuals with skills and abilities related to new teaching technologies that can be used in the classroom. Dylan and I were able to showcase the project and gain national recognition for the forward thinking and pioneering efforts being created and implemented at RRC.”
   – Michele Sykes, MLS instructor, Panorama content creator, and co-presenter

Keep an eye on the blog for future eTV developments in collaboration with MLS.

Check out the Prezi presentation shown at the conference for a visual journey in creating the Microbiology Panorama.

Future of Microbiology Education! #RedRiverCollege #labcon2016 #supercool pic.twitter.com/XgAP8WBdWr

— Kathleen Ray (@HalifaxMLT) June 17, 2016

Thank you Dylan, @madaboutlab & @RRC for sharing your amazing work on VR and education. #LABCON2016 ?? pic.twitter.com/4iwclQTfpJ

— joël rivero (@thefirstjoel) June 17, 2016

Manitoba Health’s Office of Disaster Management, in conjunction with the Public Health Agency of Canada (Regional) and the Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba, hosted a full-scale health exercise on September 18th, 2015. This year’s health exercise, entitled Turbulent Sky, focused on the on-site medical triage as well as the provision of psychosocial support to passengers involved in an air crash. Over 50 RRC nursing students also participated in this event. To experience the event please click on the graphic below to for an immersive, self- guided, 360° video experience created by eTV/Learning Technologies.

Note: this 360° video experience works best using the Chrome browser.

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In response to the growing need for engaging interaction and simulation, eTV has been developing media rich, ubiquitous mobile solutions for education. The Paramedicine Scenario Simulator Panorama (PSSPano) is a mobile, web accessible tool that will be beta tested by paramedicine students and instructors in 2016. The PSSPano will allow a student to refresh and practice their paramedics skills using a 360 panorama, gamified video, interactive graphic tools, access to resources and challenging quizzes.

Check out a preview of the PSSPano:

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Earlier this summer construction of the new Skilled Trades and Technology Centre began. eTV has been tasked with documenting its progress over the next three years through the use of time lapse technology.

Mounted on the roof of Building A is an advanced camera system consisting of a Digital SLR and a special computer which schedules and takes the photos automatically. This entire system is encased in a heavy duty all-weather housing on the south east corner. Since Winnipeg is well known for being one of the sunniest cities in Canada we decided to run this entire system off solar energy!

For more information on the construction of the STTC please visit the link below.

http://blogs.rrc.ca/development/sttc/

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In conjunction with the Medical Laboratory Sciences program, eTV recently created this interactive panorama of the Microbiology Lab at RRC. Using immersive learning technology this resource will be used by students to explore the lab and learn about the tools associated with microbiology.

Click on the image to view:

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eTV recently had the privilege of participating in “Turbulent Sky”; Manitoba’s largest full scale health exercise hosted by Manitoba Health’s Office of Disaster Management, in conjunction with the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba. Over 50 RRC nursing students also participated in this event. eTV is currently assembling an interactive learning resource based on the event featuring 360 degree video.

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If you missed the Sustainable Living EcoFair held in the Roblin Centre Atrium (in April) here’s an opportunity to check it out in the full glory of 360° video. At this point you’ll need to view the video with Chrome and/or on YouTube’s app. (Android only) but you’re guaranteed to see something new every time you explore the event. 360° video technologies are new and developing so quality and playback options are limited. Over the next few months though this technology will explode in quality and quantity and we here in eTV look forward to bringing all the exciting develops to Red River College.

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Over the last couple of years, eTV has been implementing a variety of robotic technologies into our production set-up. These technologies have helped expand our contribution to teaching and communication activities throughout the college. Streaming and live events can be captured in a more dynamic, captivating manner while new innovations around panoramas and immersive learning can be produced faster with high quality reliability. Looking into the future, eTV will continue to implement these technologies into our development plans; apart from expanding our contribution to RRC’s Vision and Mission, robotic technology makes for awesome looking visuals so please check out the video below.

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