On April 30, in Banff, Alberta, Joyce Helmer, Chair of Cambrian's Wabnode Institute, and Dr. Lorraine Carter, Co-ordinator Laurentian University-St. Lawrence College Nursing Collaboration Program, accepted an Award of Excellence from the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE). They accepted the Award on behalf of a collaboration that includes the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), Cambrian College, of the Laurentian University School of Nursing and Laurentian University Instructional Media Centre, and Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital.

The award, presented for excellence in the use of educational technology and instructional design, recognizes the partners in an initiative called PocketSnips. The goal of the PocketSnips project is development of clinical teaching tools accessible through Professional Digital Assistants (PDAs) and desktop computers.

Dr. David Topps, Director of eLearning at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and Joyce Helmer were the co-leads on the project.

The PocketSnips logo was designed by Cambrian College graphic design student Amy Richard.
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For more information, view the media release.