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June 18, 2025

Lights, Camera, Learn! Best Practices For Sharing Videos During Class  

Reading Time: 6 minutesLet’s be honest—lecturing for 60 or 90 minutes straight is tough on students and faculty alike. Research shows that student attention begins to drop after about 20 minutes of passive listening (Bradbury, 2016). That’s why integrating active learning strategies is so important—and one of the most effective tools in your teaching toolkit is video.  Whether it’s a short documentary clip,...
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June 11, 2025

Craig Stephenson Reimagines Police Education With Student Recognition and Open Dialogue

Reading Time: 4 minutesCraig Stephenson, a recovering lawyer, brings a unique blend of academic training in the social sciences and law, combined with extensive teaching and curriculum development experience at the college and university levels to his role as a professor in and Coordinator for the Police Foundations program at Conestoga College. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science with a...
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June 9, 2025

Pam Hall Builds Interprofessional Communication Through Scenario-Based Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutesPam Hall, BSc, RRT, FCSRT, is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College and has proudly been an RRT since 1996. After graduation, Pam was fortunate to begin her teaching career at Fanshawe College, and she joined the faculty team at Conestoga College in 2008. Pam has a passion for neonatal critical care, and she worked clinically...
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April 30, 2025

The power of role-play simulations in college classrooms

Reading Time: 7 minutesRole-play in the post-secondary classroom can take many forms and serve many different purposes. Faculty can use role play as a teaching tool to:  – increase student engagement   – bring their lesson content to life   – help students develop vital interpersonal communication skills and build confidence   – provide a high impact, memorable learning experience  This hub-post will open with...
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April 10, 2025

International Day of Pink

Reading Time: 2 minutesInternational Day of Pink is observed annually on the second Wednesday of April. The International Day of Pink is set up as an International Day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia, transphobia, and transmisogyny in cities and towns all across the world. According to mental health research, the majority of young people (66%) who are part of 2SLGBTQI+ communities have reported experiencing...
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April 9, 2025

Fatih Yegul Activates Student Learning with Case Studies and Practical Simulations

Reading Time: 4 minutesFatih Yegul is a professor at Conestoga College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, where he has been a full-time faculty member since August 2018. He teaches a variety of courses in the International Business Management degree program, including Operations Management, Supply Chain Logistics, and Quality Planning & Analysis. Fatih has actively been involved in academic committees, such as the AACSB...
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April 8, 2025

Implementation of Universal Design of Learning

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework offers a comprehensive approach to designing and facilitating learning in an accessible and inclusive way. At first glance, implementing UDL may seem like a large undertaking, but it can be introduced gradually and effectively in any learning environment. This Hub post explores simple, manageable strategies to help you start small and build upon...
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March 26, 2025

Taking/ Handing Over a Course Mid-Semester 

Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are numerous reasons why a faculty member might take over a course from a colleague mid-semester.  In some cases, there might be medical issues, personal emergencies, or professional changes that arise. Most commonly, however, these transitions are planned ahead of time– where one faculty member is contracted to teach the first 7 weeks of a semester before going on...
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March 19, 2025

Establishing Credibility in Managing the Classroom

Reading Time: 3 minutesCreating a strong classroom presence is essential for new faculty to establish credibility and effectively manage their classrooms. Students enter the educational environment with specific expectations. When they perceive their teachers as competent, caring, and honest, their emotional engagement and motivation to participate in academic activities significantly increase (Lv, 2024). Faculty should begin fostering a positive perception among students from...
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February 25, 2025

Scaffolding: An Overview

Reading Time: 6 minutesBy Dr. Ada Sharpe, Dr. David Baidoo-Anu, and Dr. Monsurat Raji. Defining scaffolding  In education, “scaffolding” refers to the use of assessments and instructional strategies to progressively build students’ capacity in completing a task. A scaffolded approach provides structure to increase the complexity of learning tasks over time while reducing the amount of support provided to the learner. Such an...
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February 25, 2025

Gamification or Game-Based Learning?

Reading Time: 7 minutesYou might have heard the terms “gamification” or “game-based learning” used in educational circles, but you may not have yet had the chance to explore the differences between these approaches. They both aim to make course and learning experiences more engaging, but they do so in very distinct unique ways. This post aims to show an example of each applied...
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February 23, 2025

Teaching to Remember: The ‘I Do, We Do, You Do’ Strategy for Improved Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutesIf you teach a practice or a skill – say a math-based lesson in business, health care, trades or engineering – you likely want them to apply that practice or skill successfully at some point in during the course. In fact, the Universal Design for Learning framework urges educators to provide incremental support, enabling students to develop fluency through guided practice...
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