Author: Wesley Butler

Wesley Butler, B.PR, B.A. Comm, and Cert. Post-Sec Teaching, brings a breadth of experience as a communications specialist to the role of Teaching and Learning Coordinator. In his time with T&L, he has launched multimedia outreach initiatives to promote educator development opportunities, including a weekly interactive e-newsletter and a feature-length success story series on accomplishments from Conestoga faculty. As a Conestoga professor, Wesley teaches in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Business's communications programs, and has developed workshops on professional e-mail communication and hybrid internal communications for large-scale conferences at the college.

February 5, 2024

Student Engagement Through Industry Software Demonstrations and Peer Feedback

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ryanne Spies has taught at Conestoga full-time since 2013, and for a number of years as a part-time/sessional professor. Prior to teaching, she worked as...

Faculty Stories/Teaching

November 30, 2023

Connecting Active Learning Activities and Assessments to Sustainability

Reading Time: 3 minutes Laura Matheson, an educator since 2008, joined Conestoga College in 2013 to develop and teach in the Sustainable Business Management post-graduate program. Passionate about education,...

Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Group Work/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

September 26, 2023

Gamification and Student Choice in Brick and Stone Mason Programs

Reading Time: 4 minutes Lori Martin first taught at Conestoga in 2014. Since 2019 she has been teaching in Conestoga’s Trades and Apprenticeship, specifically in the Masonry Apprenticeship and...

Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Gamification/Teaching

June 21, 2023

Observing Behaviours and Developing Solutions in a Collaborative Environment

Reading Time: 5 minutes Amy Huskins has been a full-time professor in the Early Childhood Education program since 2015, and is currently the program coordinator for first-year students. She...

Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Teaching

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...

Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Teaching

November 22, 2022

Creating a Harmonized Assessment Tool for Capstone Projects

Reading Time: 4 minutes Capstone projects showcase students’ comprehensive learning. Conestoga’s Computer Science programs host a capstone project at the end of each semester – an opportunity for students...

Faculty Stories/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

July 4, 2022

First Annual Indigenous Faculty Learning Symposium (June 16, 17 and 18, 2022)

Reading Time: 4 minutes From June 16 to June 18, 2022, Teaching and Learning, in collaboration with the School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Indigenous Services, hosted the First Annual...

Events

November 1, 2021

Proposing, Designing and Presenting Online – Robotics and Automation Capstone Projects

Reading Time: 3 minutes John Tielemans has been full-time with Conestoga College since 1998. With a background in physics and nuclear systems, he brings a strong desire to learn...

Faculty Stories/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous

May 31, 2021

Teaching for Social Good and Community Building

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paula Barrett teaches in Conestoga’s public relations programs. In the past three years, Paula has launched a student-run public relations agency, and engaged students in...

Faculty Stories

January 29, 2021

How our Online Synchronous Workshops Benefit a Trades Faculty’s Students

Reading Time: 2 minutes Sheri Copplestone teaches Computer Applications in Conestoga’s School of Trades and Apprenticeship, and facilitates the Entrepreneurial Program for Newcomers. She is also involved in the...

Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous