Faculty Learning Hub

May 19, 2023

The Value of Active Listening and Discussing Industry Practices

Reading Time: 3 minutes Jan Vilaca has taught part-time in Conestoga’s School of Business since 2018. She worked as an executive assistant in post-secondary education, yet retired from her...

Faculty Stories Comments: 0

May 8, 2023

Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Support at Conestoga

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are one aspect of Open Educational Practices (OEP) underpinned by pedagogies like constructivism, critical digital pedagogy, and social...

Teaching Tips Comments: 0

April 25, 2023

TPACK for Teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutes Learn about the TPACK model of teacher knowledge.

Teaching Tips Comments: 0

April 21, 2023

Faculty Innovation 2022 – a Faculty Member’s Story 3

Reading Time: 5 minutes Julia Beddoe and Polina Yakovleva describe the online writing feedback loop which increased their students’ learning from feedback.

Awards/Faculty Stories Comments: 0

April 20, 2023

AI Applications and Tools

Reading Time: 4 minutes The list of Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, tools and methods grows daily. This is a small selection of those more commonly accessed within each category....

Artificial Intelligence/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0

April 20, 2023

Assessment Proctoring Tools

Reading Time: 2 minutes Conestoga licenses several assessment proctoring apps or software. In assessments using online quizzes built within eConestoga, one or more of these tools may be used...

Assessment/Tech For Teaching

April 17, 2023

Student Authors and AI Writing Tools

Reading Time: 4 minutes Review ideas for encouraging students to see where and how their voice matters in course-related writing in the age of AI writing tools.

Active Learning/Teaching Tips Comments: 0

March 28, 2023

Strengthen Your Teaching Through Instructional Skills Workshops (ISWs)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Conestoga faculty can register for an Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) to enhance their lesson planning techniques and teaching practices. As of January 2023, the ISW...

Active Learning/Building Community/Classrooms/Collaboration/Events/Group Work/Lesson Planning/Reflective Practice/Teaching Tips/Zoom or Teams

March 27, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 4 minutes Conestoga College encourages teamwork and collaboration in diverse groups where students can learn from each other. Small group discussions in person or virtually help promote...

Active Learning/Building Community/Collaboration/Group Work/New Faculty/Online Synchronous/Teaching Tips/Tech For Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Comments: 0

March 17, 2023

When Students are Absent From Class

Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for ways to promote attendance and respond to absence. Use these tips throughout the semester.

Hybrid/In-person/Online Synchronous