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Elan Paulson, PhD, has been an educator in Ontario's higher education system since 2004. Before joining Conestoga as a Teaching and Learning Consultant, Elan was on the executive team at eCampusOntario. She previously served as Program Director and as an instructor in professional education programs at Western University's Faculty of Education. With a Master's in Educational Technology, Elan specializes in technology-enabled and collaborative learning to support diverse learners. She has also conducted research on faculty participation in communities of practice for professional learning and self-care.
July 18, 2022

What To Do in the First Weeks of Class

Reading Time: 9 minutesThis teaching tip provides a checklist of what you can do in the first week or two of class to share important information and create an atmosphere that supports learning. This tip shares ideas for Creating a positive learning environment Explaining key course information Setting expectations for behaviour Encouraging a focus on learning Sharing expectations for technology use Use these...
Categories Effective Teaching/Lesson & Course Planning
May 25, 2022

Asking Effective Questions

Reading Time: 6 minutesYou may want to ask questions of your class during lessons in order to: This post provides some ideas and examples for how to form and deliver questions to achieve each of these goals.  1. Encourage Participation and Recall Students are less likely to answer your questions if they find them confusing, vague, or unrelatable. Students are more likely to speak...
Categories Assessment Design & Development/Effective Teaching/Quality Assessment/Student Engagement & Communication/Teaching for Learning
May 25, 2022

Oral Presentation No-Shows

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy 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 presentations. Every semester you are likely to have situations where students have (hopefully) done presentation pre-work but miss the requirement to present at a certain time. Some of the reasons for this might be Setting...
Categories Effective Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication
March 31, 2022

Start Your Class with Content-Based Icebreakers

Reading Time: 4 minutesContent-based icebreakers are icebreakers are short discussion or active learning activities that incorporate a topic or key concept of the course or class topic. They may be distinguished from get-to-know-you icebreakers, in which students share about themselves and/or discuss topics of interest but that are not directly course related.  Why are content-based icebreakers particularly useful?  In focusing on the subject...
Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Teaching for Learning
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