Category: Modes of Delivery

Modes of Delivery at Conestoga

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 ideas.  Effective whiteboard use can help make the lesson more accessible for all students.   The way you decide to use the whiteboard in your class is selective. In the video below, we offer basic advice...

Promote Student Self-Monitoring in an Asynchronous Course

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s the start of the semester, and you are focused on your asynchronous teaching. You have welcomed students with an announcement and created a welcome video. Now, as you anticipate their engagement, think beyond the initial introduction and consider how you can sustain their motivation and guide them toward successful course completion. Explore ways to promote student self-monitoring and cultivate...

Active Learning in Online Synchronous Classrooms: 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 obtain and retain more knowledge by doing. It can be challenging to find ways to keep students engaged in these ways when teaching online. Padlet is an innovative tool that can help enhance participation, as...

Active Learning in Online Synchronous Classrooms: Mentimeter Word Clouds

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe power of connecting ideas, feelings, and words in class is beneficial for the learning process, it can help clarify understanding and allow students to get a sense of their peers’ reactions to a key topic, and it also has the potential to help students track how their thoughts and feelings about certain course-related themes evolve over time. Mentimeter word...