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January 9, 2025

Navigating Religious Accommodation Requests

Reading Time: 7 minutesBy: Dr. Sara Kafashan and Dr. Lauren Spring, with Sandrine Uwimana  Some faculty may feel caught off guard if/when student requests for religious accommodations come their way. When navigating such religious accommodation requestions, it is imperative for Conestoga faculty to not only adhere to Conestoga’s Religious Holy Day and Spiritual Observance Policy and Procedure, but also the Ontario Human Rights...
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November 20, 2024

Fostering Positive Conceptions of Assessment Among Students

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe way students perceive assessments can significantly influence their engagement and overall experience in your course (Barnes et al, 2017). For many, assessments are seen as judgments of their worth rather than opportunities to improve their learning (Baidoo-Anu, 2023; Brown & Hirschfeld, 2008). How often have you observed students becoming disengaged or unmotivated as assessments approach? Now, imagine the possibility...
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November 13, 2024

From Traditional to Transformative: Practicing Student-Centered Assessments in Contemporary Classrooms 

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Dr. Monsurat Raji, Assessment of Learning Consultant In today’s rapidly evolving educational landscape, you could better support your students by reassessing and enhancing your approaches to student assessment. Traditional assessments, often limited to tests, superficial learning, and rote memorization, fail to capture the full spectrum of student learning and capabilities. You can better support your students’ growth, learning, and motivation...
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October 1, 2024

Smart Solutions: Authentic Assessment for GenAI-Era Academic Integrity

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) in education has brought significant benefits, but it sometimes poses challenges to academic integrity. Traditional assessments are increasingly vulnerable to misuse of GenAI tools, which can generate human-like responses to various tasks. Authentic assessment, however, offers a promising solution to this problem by focusing on real-world applications, critical thinking skills, problem-solving, and the...
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August 29, 2024

Giving Student Feedback Using an Inquiry Approach

Reading Time: 4 minutesStudents rely on feedback – whether qualitative, quantitative, or both; from peers, from you, or both – to understand how they performed on an assessment task. Crafting quality feedback takes thought and care from the person providing it. In this post, we’ll explore strategies for providing feedback to students through an inquiry approach: non-directive and invitational, this approach positions you...
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August 9, 2024

Getting Creative with Assessment Design

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhere you find yourself Are you building an assignment from the ground up while creating or revising a course outline? Or perhaps you’re looking to refresh an assignment you’ve taught before? In this Hub post, we’ll explore some options and considerations for creative and untraditional assessment design. Traditional assessments . . . and the “untraditional”? Midterms, exams, essays, and multiple-choice...
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June 12, 2024

Practicing Student-Centered Assessments in Contemporary Classrooms 

Reading Time: 4 minutesContemporary classroom assessment emphasizes ongoing feedback, student involvement, and diverse assessment methods to enhance learning outcomes. It reflects a shift from traditional testing and grading to more holistic, student-centered approaches catering to diverse student demographics.  Research suggests a connection between faculty’s past assessment experiences and how they implement assessments and evaluate students in contemporary classrooms (Brown et al., 2019). For...
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June 5, 2024

Designing and Implementing Socio-Culturally Responsive and Equitable Classroom Assessments 

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post was co-authored by Dr. David Baidoo-Anu and Dr. Monsurat Raji, Assessment of Learning Consultants. Given the increased diversities in our classrooms today, student assessment should recognize and value the unique perspectives and experiences of all students and help them demonstrate their learning in a more meaningful way. Therefore, instead of accommodating assessment to meet the specific needs of...
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May 22, 2024

Understanding Socio-Culturally Responsive Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post was co-authored by Dr. Monsurat Raji and Dr. David Baidoo-Anu, Assessment of Learning Consultants. As postsecondary schools continue to educate a more diverse student population, there is an increased need to ensure every student has the opportunity for success, regardless of their social, economic, educational, and cultural background and differences.   What is Socio-Culturally Responsive Assessment? Socio-Culturally Responsive Assessment...
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May 2, 2024

What Did I Do Wrong? What Academic Integrity Means to the International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching & Learning Consultant While no study indicates that international students plagiarize more frequently, there are worries that these students might be at a greater risk of committing plagiarism (Valentine, 2006). International students may often need to realize what makes a work plagiarized. For example, Sanni-Anibire et al.’s (2021) research in the Canadian post-secondary context noted...
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February 13, 2024

Leveraging Your Slide Deck, Part 1: Scaffolding Assessments for Student Success

Reading Time: 5 minutesA slide deck can be the focus point of a lesson, presenting key information related to the week’s learning outcomes. A slide deck, however, is not simply an overview of content to be presented to students. It is also a treasure trove of opportunities for: In this Hub post, part 1 of 2, we’ll look at strategies to introduce meaningful...
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February 6, 2024

Peer Feedback: Grading Tool vs. Assessment Tool  

Reading Time: 3 minutesPeer feedback is a powerful classroom assessment tool that you can leverage to support students’ learning (Patchan et al, 2015; Yu & Schunn, 2023). Particularly if your goal is to shift towards a more student-centered teaching approach. Are you interested in learning more about peer feedback? Consider reading these Faculty Learning Hub posts:  Post 1: Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer...
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October 12, 2023

Designing Multiple Choice Questions with EAL in Mind 

Reading Time: 4 minutesA Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) item consists of a problem, known as the stem (written as a question or as a partial sentence that requires completion), and a list of suggested solutions, known as options. The options consist of one correct or best option, which is the answer, and incorrect or inferior options, known as distractors.   Research indicates that the linguistic structure...
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