Faculty Learning Hub

August 9, 2022

Teaching and Learning Awards 2023

Reading Time: 4 minutes We invite you to participate in the second annual competition of the Conestoga Faculty Innovation Award and the Conestoga Faculty Scholarship of Teaching & Learning...

Awards Comments: 2

January 12, 2023

Active Reading Strategies

Reading Time: 6 minutes Learners need support in exerting their own cognitive and metacognitive efforts while reading. Particularly when they are reading digital texts, like eTexts and OERs, learners...

OERs and eTexts/Tech For Teaching Comment: 1

January 10, 2023

Starting Teaching with Texidium

Reading Time: 4 minutes eTexts are digital textbooks provided by publishers, and are an integral component of many courses and programs at Conestoga. These digital textbooks are provided to...

OERs and eTexts/Tech For Teaching Comment: 1

January 9, 2023

More Ways to Up Engagement in Your Online Synchronous Class

Reading Time: 5 minutes Creating Opportunities for Higher Levels of Engagement Students experience higher learning gains when they are taught through a more interactive classroom (Knight & Wood, 2005)....

Active Learning/Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Teaching Tips Comments: 0

January 9, 2023

Pathway – Orienting to Technology at Conestoga

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Welcome to Conestoga! As part of your initial welcome to the college, you’ve likely received some information about the technical supports and services available to...

Classrooms/New Faculty Pathways/Teaching Tips/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0

January 8, 2023

Pathway – Read your Course Outline

Reading Time: < 1 minutes Are you getting ready to teach a course for the first time? Your course outline is a map to help guide you. This walkthrough will help clarify how best to read your course outline.

New Faculty Pathways/Teaching Tips Comments: 0

January 7, 2023

Pathway – Find your Timetable and Delivery Mode

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This learning path helps you to find out your teaching schedule: how, when, and where you are teaching your course.

New Faculty Pathways Comment: 1

January 6, 2023

Pathway – Review Materials Provided

Reading Time: 2 minutes View this video learning pathway on reviewing materials provided to confirm where and how to access resources for your course.

New Faculty Pathways/Teaching Tips Comments: 0

January 6, 2023

Pathway – Access and Use eConestoga

Reading Time: 2 minutes Access and learn about eConestoga, the LMS used to provide the Essential Elements for all courses.

eConestoga/New Faculty Pathways/Teaching Tips Comments: 0

January 5, 2023

Pathway – Prepare the First Email to Students

Reading Time: < 1 minutes View this video introduction to the learning path on what to include in a first course email message, how to send the message, and when to send it.

New Faculty Pathways/Teaching Tips Comments: 0

January 4, 2023

Pathway – Preparing For your First Lesson

Reading Time: < 1 minutes This learning path aims to inform and support you as you prepare to teach your first lesson. What’s Next? Before the first lesson For resources...

New Faculty Pathways/Teaching Tips Comments: 0