Category: Accessible Teaching

February 19, 2025

Accessibility Considerations in the Development of an Asynchronous Course

Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of the most important considerations in developing an asynchronous course is ensuring it is accessible to all learners. Accessibility is particularly essential for supporting...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Lesson & Course Planning/Online Asynchronous

January 28, 2025

Making Learning Accessible to All

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post discusses the importance of accessibility and introduces the concept of Universal Design for Learning as a framework to help you incorporate accessible, inclusive teaching practices.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching

December 15, 2024

Universal Design for Learning: An Introduction

Reading Time: 3 minutesThink back to when you were in school – elementary through post-secondary.  How often were you given opportunities to showcase how you learned that was...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching

December 4, 2024

Making Learning Comprehensible: Build it, Model it!

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat does making learning comprehensible mean? Are you being understood by your students and helping them retain information they are learning? Scaffolding and Modelling foster engagement and increase student success.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Lesson & Course Planning/Teaching for Learning

November 26, 2024

From Anonymous to Acknowledged: The Benefits of Using Student Names in Teaching

Reading Time: 4 minutesEarly in my teaching career, a student told me that I was the only professor who had so far remembered her request to call her...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication

November 18, 2024

Kyle Christie Empowers Students with Video Lessons, Interactive Learning and Goal-Setting

Reading Time: 3 minutesKyle Christie is a Digital Media Professor and coordinator of the Broadcasting Performance and Digital Media program at Conestoga College. Recognized for his excellence in...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Giving Feedback/Reflective Practice/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

October 8, 2024

Mental Health: The Bigger Picture

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe United Nations has declared Oct 10th World Mental Health Day. Throughout the month of October each year, the UN encourages industries and organizations across...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication/Teaching for Learning/Theory and Practice

July 21, 2024

Motivating Your Students to Learn: What Works, What Doesn’t

Reading Time: 6 minutesThink back to a time when you were really motivated to learn something, particularly when you felt the activity was engaging and joyful.  It could...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Theory and Practice/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

May 8, 2024

Reach Them All with Universal Design for Learning

Reading Time: 4 minutesUniversal Design for Learning (UDL) is about making course instruction, materials, and content accessible to everyone right from the start.  By doing this you will...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching

May 6, 2024

Accessible Teaching with Copilot 

Reading Time: 5 minutesAn overview of accessible learning at the College and provides ideas for supporting accessible learning using generative AI and AI-supported classroom tools. 

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Learning with GenAI/Teaching with AI

April 17, 2024

Teaching with Sign Language Interpreters (SLIs) or Interpreters in the Classroom

Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction As of 2021, there are approximately 382,700 deaf and 3,827,000 hard of hearing people in Canada (Canadian Association of the Deaf, n.d.; Malkowski, 2021)....

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

February 16, 2024

Managing Classroom PPE and Safety Protocols

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post addresses managing the classroom with respect to the use of personal protective equipment use, discussing safety protocols with students, and responding to safety situations and incidents. 

Categories Accessible Teaching/Class Management/Effective Teaching/In-Person/Student Engagement & Communication/Teaching for Learning

January 31, 2024

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...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Collaboration/Effective Teaching/In-Person/Student Engagement & Communication

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...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Assessment Design & Development/Diverse Identities/Effective Teaching/Grading & Grading Tools/Inclusive Assessment/Quality Assessment

October 6, 2023

The Neurodiverse Classroom and Collaborative Work

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat? The main purpose of this teaching tip is to assist educators in supporting neurodiverse groups in collaborating. So What? This is important because 1...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication