Elan Paulson Teaching Innovation Consultant Hello! I have been an educator in Ontario’s higher education system since 2004. Before joining Conestoga as a teaching consultant in 2020,...
February 26, 2024 An Early Story of Managing AI Use in a Writing Course Reading Time: 4 minutes Three consultants and professors describe how they anticipated and responded to unauthorized AI use in a writing course. Categories AI and Assessment/AI and Resource Creation
November 27, 2023 The Optional Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Assessments Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you considering giving students a limited or optional use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in completing an assessment in your course? Is knowledge of... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching
August 3, 2023 Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Assessment Statements for Students Reading Time: 3 minutes Before we get started, please note: The college continues to update its guidelines for experimentation with genAI technologies in teaching and learning. Consult the AI... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides
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 AI and Assessment/AI and Teaching/Assessing Learning/Teaching
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