August 26, 2021 Cybersecurity for Teaching Reading Time: 4 minutes By Baljeet Bilkhu, Faculty in Applied Computer Science and Information Technology Programs Having worked in the IT industry for the past 30 years after graduating... Categories Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
August 19, 2021 Engaging Students as Fully Online Learners Reading Time: 4 minutes Communicate and interact with students regularly, even when you never meet for scheduled class lessons in real time. Categories Modes of Delivery/Online Asynchronous/Teaching
July 12, 2021 Empower Your Teaching with Ontario Extend Reading Time: 2 minutes Offered by eCampusOntario, Ontario Extend is a free micro-credentialed learning program exploring emerging technologies and pedagogical practices. It includes six modules that equip educators with... Categories Educational Development Opportunities/Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
June 23, 2021 Tips for Teaching Out-of-Country International Students Reading Time: 3 minutes Due to the current situation, many students are attending classes from their home country. Students attending the courses from outside of Canada require some unique... Categories Diversity/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students
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 27, 2021 Making the Essential Elements Work for Students Reading Time: 3 minutes By Sherri Steele and Joel Beaupré, Teaching & Learning Consultants At Conestoga, students are supported in their courses through the use of a Learning Management... Categories eConestoga/Online Synchronous/Teaching
May 20, 2021 Icebreakers for Your Zoom Classrooms Reading Time: 4 minutes In the era of synchronous online learning, it is important to create a community of learning. Using icebreakers can foster communities, promote positive teacher and... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Online Synchronous/Teaching
March 31, 2021 Working With Mark Pushback and Course Concerns from Students Reading Time: 4 minutes Thoughts by Kathryn Brillinger on the challenges of ensuring clarity on expectations and building rapport with online and remote students, and suggestions for responding to students who push back on the marks they receive. Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Online Synchronous/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
March 12, 2021 10 (+1) Tips for Supporting International Students (and Everyone Else) While Teaching Online Reading Time: 5 minutes Kathryn Brillinger, Nasreen Sultana, and Laura Stoutenburg of Teaching and Learning, and Thomas Campbell and Kavya Adapala from Student Engagement. Keep the Welcome Going Work on a big, warm welcome each class. Students will... Categories Diversity/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students
February 19, 2021 Breaks in the In-Person and Synchronous Online Classroom Reading Time: 4 minutes “For each class, faculty will […] [e]nsure breaks occur during the lesson time to support student needs.” – Course Delivery Procedure (January 2021) Breaks are... Categories Hybrid/In-person/Online Synchronous/Teaching