About Us

RECIT Vocational Training (VT) is the anglophone branch for vocational training of the RÉCIT: a Quebec wide network of over 325 consultants, entirely financed by the Ministère de l’éducation, focused on the development of student's skills through the integration of technologies in education. 

The name is an anagram of the French words réseau, éducation, collaboration, innovation, and technologie.

RÉCIT consultant services are always free. 

History

The origin of the RÉCIT dates back as far as 1988, with the creation of the Centres d’enrichissement en micro-informatique (CEMIS) that transformed into the RÉCIT 2 years later. The network significantly grew with the launching of the Digital Action Plan in 2018, of the  Digital Competency Framework in 2019, and the increased use of digital tools during the COVID 19 pandemic. Today, the RÉCIT is composed of more than 325 consultants supporting educators, everywhere in Quebec, through local, regional and national services. Since 2022, approximately 20 of those consultants serve the vocational training sector, in English and in French.

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RÉCIT consultant services are always free.

Mandate

The mandate includes designing and providing:

• training and support for educators

• ready to use open educational resources (OER) 

• webinars

• events and workshops

• “just in time” online interventions

• the content of the self training platform Campus RÉCIT

The support of RÉCIT VT consultants can be offered (whether on site, online, on in a hybrid form) via:

• formal training session (lecture, demonstration, exercise)

• cooperative learning sessions (EdCamp, community of practice, accompaniment on projects, follow up)

• written or multimedia documentation

• projects custom made the community’s needs and ideas

VT educators can get assistance about creating:

• proposals for innovative projects financed by the various Digital Action Plan mesures.

• augmented reality learning activities

• online tutorial

• visual step by step guides

• interactive lesson plans

• infographics

• pedagogical websites

• video demonstrations

• revision games 

• student progress tracking tool

• handouts and educational documents

• et cætera

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Expertise

More specifically, the expertise of RÉCIT VT is about, but not limited to:

• artificial intelligence and cybersecurity

• digital tools in andragogy in the perspective of class management, Bloom’s taxonomy, Universal Design for Learning, professional learning communities, the Digital Competency Framework

• equipment like computers, tablets and phones, interactive white boards or flat screens, audio and video equipment, augmented, virtual or mixed reality equipment

• learning management systems such as Teams, Moodle, or Classroom

• adaptation tools including WordQ, Read&Write, Immersive Reader

• video conferencing platforms, in particular Zoom, Teams, Meet, and Whereby

• document production suites, notably Office 365, Google Workspace, and Canva

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Team

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