Modes of Delivery

January 7, 2025

Backwards Design Made Simple: A Step-by-Step Guide

Reading Time: 3 minutesAs you begin planning your asynchronous course, it’s important to think about what makes an online course effective. Successful courses are accessible, flexible, engaging, and...

Lesson and Course Planning/Lesson Planning/Online Asynchronous

November 7, 2024

Teaching in Teams

Reading Time: 5 minutesAt Conestoga, some Faculty may use Teams to teach their courses. This post aims to support you in the initial stages of learning to use...

Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams

June 24, 2024

Ready, Set, Teach! Navigating pre-class jitters and set-up

Reading Time: 3 minutesYou’ve got your lesson planned, your water bottle filled, and your slides ready, but still, you’ve got butterflies in your stomach as you approach the...

Class Management/In-person/Reflective Practice/Teaching

April 8, 2024

In-Person Proctoring How-To’s

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn-class proctored tests and exams offer the opportunity to measure student learning in the moment, under observation. These types of assessments can also present you...

Academic Integrity/Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/In-person

March 27, 2024

Facilitator Notes for the Academic Team

Reading Time: 3 minutesA guest co-authored post from Instructional Designer Amber West, Online Learning Centre, on the benefits and practice of using facilitator notes.

Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching

February 16, 2024

Managing Classroom PPE and Safety Protocols

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post addresses managing the classroom with respect to the use of personal protective equipment use, discussing safety protocols with students, and responding to safety situations and incidents.

Class Management/In-person/Teaching

January 31, 2024

Effective Whiteboard Use

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhen teaching in-person, the whiteboard can be an effective teaching tool in the classroom. It helps students visualize content and recall important terms, concepts, and...

Accessible Learning/Collaboration/In-person

January 16, 2024

Promote Student Self-Monitoring in an Asynchronous Online Course

Reading Time: 3 minutesYou begin teaching an asynchronous online course, and you have taken the initiative to welcome your students with an announcement and welcome video. Now, as...

Class Management/Online Asynchronous

September 19, 2023

Teaching in Zoom

Reading Time: 4 minutesAt Conestoga, many faculty use Zoom to teach their courses. This post aims to support you in the initial stages of learning to use Zoom...

Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech for New Faculty/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams

September 13, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Padlet

Reading Time: 3 minutesPromoting active participation in class is beneficial for students because they are incorporated into the activities and are contributors to their learning process. Essentially, students...

Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching

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