November 24, 2020

Test Preparation: Providing Guidance for Students Taking Tests

Reading Time: 4 minutesExams can be stressful, especially now. Here are some suggestions for setting clear yet welcoming guidelines for for your students to follow.

Categories Assessment Design & Development/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Quality Assessment

November 11, 2020

Helping Students Connect the Dots

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Paula Barrett, Professor and Coordinator of the Bachelor of Public Relations  Paula Barrett is a professor and program coordinator in the Bachelor of Public Relations degree program at Conestoga College. Paula has been with the college full-time for 16 years and helped build and launch both the BPR as well as the PR diploma. She received the college’s Employee...

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice/Teaching for Learning

November 11, 2020

Using an External Whiteboard to Replicate the In-Person Experience

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you missing your in-class whiteboards to write the formulas, solve the math problems or draw the flowcharts? Is Zoom’s whiteboard not giving you enough flexibility of writing and drawing? This teaching tip offers you ideas of using external white boards in our remote classrooms.   Using College-Issued Devices Surface Pro or a Touchscreen tablet  For a college-issued Microsoft Surface Pro or a touchscreen tablet (single screen)  Download the Microsoft Whiteboard app and sign in...

Categories Online Synchronous/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

November 2, 2020

Optional and Occasional Student Webcam Use

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis tip shares some information about why students may be turning off their web video cameras (webcams) during synchronous classes, how to monitor learner presence without webcams, and strategies for promoting engagement with optional and occasional web cam use. Reasons Students Turn WebCams Off In The Conversation, Tabitha Moses (2020) lists five reasons why many students are keeping their webcams...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Hybrid/Inclusive EdTech Use/Online Synchronous/Teaching with Teams/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

October 2, 2020

Student Expectations for Online Engagement

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn overview of the Student Expectations for Online Engagement Policy

Categories Inclusive EdTech Use/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

October 1, 2020

Promoting Student Collaboration in Online Synchronous Learning Environments

Reading Time: 2 minutesFaculty story about remote teaching featuring Amber Anderson-Lunn, Professor of Nursing

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice/Teaching for Learning

September 8, 2020

Creating Class Guidelines with Students

Reading Time: 4 minutesYou and your students are engaged in a collaborative journey toward the goal of successful learning. This teaching tip suggests ways to create guidelines together with your students in order to create an inviting atmosphere that supports learning for everyone in the class. 

Categories Effective Teaching/Hybrid/In-Person/Inclusive Teaching/Online Synchronous/Teaching for Learning

September 8, 2020

Teaching With Pop-Up Visuals

Reading Time: 5 minutesDavid Sitler is a Faculty member in the School of Engineering. This teaching story describes Dave’s use of visuals in his teaching, and shares visuals from his teaching materials that highlight course concepts.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice

September 8, 2020

Ways to Use Visuals in Teaching

Reading Time: 4 minutesA Teaching Tip that describes and gives examples of different ways to use visuals in remote teaching

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/In-Person/Online Synchronous/Teaching for Learning

August 26, 2020

Open Educational Resources

Reading Time: 2 minutesFind out about OER available through Library Services.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Faculty Services/Inclusive EdTech Use/Library Services/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

August 26, 2020

Course Readings

Reading Time: 2 minutesHow to find and link library resources to your course shell.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Faculty Services/Library Services/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous

August 18, 2020

Teaching Classes in Zoom

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn overview of a video series on using Zoom for remote synchronous teaching

Categories Online Synchronous/Teaching with Teams/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

August 7, 2020

Ideas for Empowering Online Learners

Reading Time: 3 minutesPuneet Sharma, Professor of Mathematics in the School of Business at Conestoga College, shares examples and ideas on practices for promoting effective remote teaching and learning. His work can also be found on his blog.

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice/Teaching for Learning

June 5, 2020

Addressing Technical Difficulties in Online Synchronous Classes

Reading Time: 4 minutesSteps for responding to unexpected technical difficulties in a remote synchronous meeting.

Categories Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

June 3, 2020

Providing Feedback in an Online Environment

Reading Time: 3 minutesWe in Teaching and Learning share the commitment to find ways to enact the aspects of the Evaluation of Student Learning Procedure through thoughtful planning for each learning modality. This  teaching tip will focus on online synchronous and asynchronous feedback opportunities. Here are excerpts from the Academic Course Procedure to consider as we adjust our assessment practices to the modality of our teaching...

Categories Grading & Grading Tools/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Quality Assessment