January 13, 2025 Validating Student Responses During Class Reading Time: 6 minutesWe’ve all been there… It’s the start of class, let’s say week 5, and you’re engaging students in a pre-assessment activity–asking them to recall what... Categories Communicating With Students/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching
January 9, 2025 Navigating Religious Accommodation Requests Reading Time: 7 minutesBy: Dr. Sara Kafashan and Dr. Lauren Spring, with Sandrine Uwimana Some faculty may feel caught off guard if/when student requests for religious accommodations come... Categories Teaching
January 8, 2025 Engaging Students with an Eco-Friendly Curriculum Reading Time: 3 minutesBob Carder – Professor in Conestoga’s Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technician program My career path has been varied and includes food service, trades, management,... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories
January 7, 2025 Backwards Design Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you begin planning your asynchronous course, it’s important to think about what makes an online course effective. Successful courses are accessible, flexible, engaging, and... Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Lesson Planning/Online Asynchronous
January 3, 2025 Starter Slide Decks for Talking About AI With Students Reading Time: 2 minutesDownload 3 starter PowerPoint starter slide decks for ideas to adapt as you talk to your students about AI and your course expectations. Categories AI/AI and Teaching/Getting Started with AI
January 3, 2025 How we Read Digital Texts Reading Time: 6 minutesHow do people read digital texts differently than paper? What do we need to know about supporting reading on screens? Categories OERs and eTexts/Tech For Teaching
January 1, 2025 Transitioning to a Digital Text Reading Time: 5 minutesResearch shows tremendous advantages to using tools built into most e-reading tools. Learn about how to prepare for teaching using digital textbooks. Categories OERs and eTexts/Tech For Teaching
December 19, 2024 Generative AI Guidebook for Teaching Reading Time: < 1 minuteVisit the GenAI Guidebook for Teaching, a digital resource to aid faculty with AI adoption in teaching, learning, assessment, and research on teaching. Categories AI/Getting Started with AI/Teaching
December 18, 2024 How Gamification Supports Learning Reading Time: 6 minutesGamification is incorporating game elements into non-game contexts. In education, this often involves using game elements like points, badges, leaderboards, and challenges to make learning... Categories Gamification/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
December 18, 2024 Free EDV workshops from Thurs., Jan. 16 to Sat., Jan. 25, 2025 Reading Time: 2 minutesThurs., Jan. 16 Fri., Jan. 17 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.Creating Efficient, Effective and Accessible PowerPoint Slides – (EDV0163 – Section 2 of Winter 2025)... Categories Events
