March 1, 2023

End Your Course

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWrap up your course by planning ahead for final assignment grading and highlighting what comes next for students

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March 1, 2023

Course Start & Tech Challenges

Reading Time: 4 minutesTips for getting help during the delivery of your asynchronous online course.

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March 1, 2023

Grading Challenges

Reading Time: < 1 minuteTips for getting resolving issues during the start of your asynchronous online course.

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February 11, 2023

Discussion Forums

Reading Time: 5 minutesConsider how to utilize discussion forum posts in your asynchronous or hybrid classroom.

Categories Effective Teaching/Hybrid/Online Asynchronous/Teaching for Learning

January 9, 2023

More Ways to Up Engagement in Your Synchronous Online Class

Reading Time: 5 minutesCreating Opportunities for Higher Levels of Engagement Students experience higher learning gains when they are taught through a more interactive classroom (Knight & Wood, 2005). In this first section, find some ideas to consider for structuring higher levels of participation and engagement during your online synchronous Zoom or MS teams class meeting time. Supporting and Managing Class Engagement Levels One...

Categories Effective Teaching/Online Synchronous/Teaching for Learning

December 5, 2022

Excellent Fully Online Teaching

Reading Time: < 1 minuteView this video introduction to the learning path on understanding your role and responsibilities as a faculty member delivering a fully online asynchronous course. What’s Next There are a number of different Hub posts that can increase your familiarity with fully online teaching and learning. Review these posts as needed. More on What is Fully Online Teaching What is Effective Fully...

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November 8, 2022

5 Benefits of Fully Online Learning for Students and Employers

Reading Time: 3 minutes5 reasons why fully online (asynchronous) learning benefits students and employers

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October 25, 2022

Getting Students to Participate in Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 7 minutes“[B]reakout rooms do not always magically create engagement and higher levels of learning.” (Saltz & Heckman, 2020, para. 16) Breakout groups are used as a discussion technique to increase participation and group-based learning. However, pair and group activities can be cumbersome in online synchronous meetings, especially when, as professor, you cannot see all groups and monitor student conversations at the same time...

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September 2, 2022

Developmental Review of Fully Online (Asynchronous) Teaching

Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Teaching and Learning Department offers a developmental review of asynchronous teaching to support faculty who are teaching fully asynchronous courses.

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August 11, 2022

Teaching in a Wide Classroom

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis tip will provide suggestions for making the best use of wide classrooms with two projectors on side-by-side whiteboards, particularly if the first set of rows is close to the front wall so that students at each end of the first row will likely only be able to fully see one whiteboard. 

Categories Effective Teaching/In-Person/Lesson & Course Planning

August 8, 2022

Finding Images

Reading Time: 2 minutesImages add relevance and interest to presentations and help diversify instruction. This page will connect you with a variety of sources to find images for teaching, and some tips for adding them to presentations.

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July 22, 2022

Countdown Checklist for Fully Online Asynchronous Teaching

Reading Time: 5 minutesA checklist of “to-dos” before your asynchronous course goes live and during the semester start.

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June 23, 2022

What is Asynchronous (Online) Teaching 

Reading Time: 5 minutesReflect on your teaching activities for a fully or partly asynchronous course.

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June 14, 2022

Student Self-Directedness in Online Learning 

Reading Time: 11 minutesConsider how ready for self-directed learning your students are, and provide appropriate supports that meet their learning needs.

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May 4, 2022

A Quick Checklist for Setting Up the First Class

Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is a collaborative post brought to you by the Teaching and Learning Consultants. If you are new to teaching and to Conestoga College, you may want to use this quick checklist to prepare yourself for the first class. Please explore Conestoga’s Course Delivery Procedure before your first class.

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