Elan Paulson Teaching and Learning Consultant Hello! I have been an educator in Ontario’s higher education system since 2004. Before joining Conestoga as a teaching consultant in...
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. Categories Artificial Intelligence in Teaching/Assessing Learning/Generative AI and Assessment/Teaching Comments: 0
May 25, 2022 Oral Presentation No-Shows Reading Time: 3 minutes By Elan Paulson and Kathryn Brillinger This tip provides some information about how to plan for and manage absences during in-class individual and group oral... Categories Class Management/Group Work/Teaching
April 5, 2022 Terms for First Peoples in Canada Reading Time: 9 minutes This post describes the importance of respecting the self-naming practices of the First Peoples, and provides a partial list of terms for talking about First Peoples. Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diverse Identities/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching
December 21, 2021 GIRAFES: Charting a Learning Pathway for Hybrid and Fully Online Courses Reading Time: 7 minutes This tip provides an overview to develop a lesson plan and learning pathway for units of learning with a hybrid, remote, and/or asynchronous course. Please share... Categories Hybrid/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
December 9, 2021 Building Truth and Reconciliation for Indigenous Peoples into Teaching Reading Time: 6 minutes By Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Note: This post has been written from the perspective of two settlers in North America, incorporating research and voices from... Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diversity/Teaching
August 26, 2021 Accommodating and Supporting Students with Disabilities: Conestoga Faculty Stories Reading Time: 7 minutes Stories curated by Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are attending colleges in Ontario (Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, n.d.). In... Categories Accessible Learning/Diversity/Faculty Stories
August 13, 2021 Open At Conestoga: Library Q&A Reading Time: 4 minutes Holly Ashbourne, eLearning Liaison, answers questions about the Library’s OER Toolkit and open at Conestoga College. Select the link to read an introduction to Open Educational Resources at Conestoga. ... Categories Faculty Services/Library Services/OERs and eTexts
June 14, 2021 Headed Towards Hybrid Reading Time: 2 minutes Post by Rachel Schultz, OLC, and Elan Paulson, Teaching & Learning Explore the benefits of hybrid learning, and reflect on how a hybrid model could apply to your... Categories Hybrid/Teaching/Zoom or Teams
May 18, 2021 Students from India: Help Them to be Successful Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out. Categories Teaching/Teaching International Students
