December 1, 2020

Supporting Privacy Rights of People with Disabilities

Reading Time: 2 minutesInformation and links on protecting the rights of people to disclose or withhold information about theirdisability

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

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

June 15, 2020

What Faculty Should Know About Contract Cheating

Reading Time: 5 minutesInformation and insights for faculty about contract cheating and college students, by Cory Scurr, Academic Integrity Coordinator.

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Grading & Grading Tools/Inclusive Teaching/Quality Assessment/Reflective Practice/Teaching for Learning

May 29, 2020

Faculty Answer Questions from Tech@Conestoga Panel

Reading Time: 15 minutesAdditional answers by faculty panelists to questions asked by attendees of the Day 1 Faculty Panel at Tech@Conestoga Days.

Categories Effective Teaching/Events/Inclusive Teaching/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice

April 24, 2020

Supporting Student Well-Being

Reading Time: 2 minutesResources to support students’ mental health and well being as they learn remotely.

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Teaching for Learning

April 16, 2020

Universal Design for Learning for Teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecommendations to maximize the ability for students with disabilities to fully and meaningfully participate in all aspects of the virtual learning environment and may also benefit other student populations.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

November 13, 2019

How the FAST Program Supports International Students

Reading Time: 4 minutesA professor is often the first person international students meet when they arrive in Canada. To support them in the next step of their professional careers, programs need to create a classroom community that is professional and comfortable, get to know students by showing interest in their backgrounds, and integrate their experiences in other countries into their Conestoga experience. These...

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Inclusive Teaching

July 15, 2019

Students From India

Reading Time: 5 minutesHow can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out.

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

February 11, 2018

Accommodation-Related Classroom Management

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat are some avoidable occurrences when providing instruction to students when some students may have accommodations? How can I best manage student behaviours while always keeping accommodations in mind? Conestoga Context This will be the first of four tips about classroom management. This past week has brought up many questions about responding to and managing student behaviors in the class...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication

February 4, 2018

Hidden Communication Challenges

Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy is it challenging for international students to adapt to new learning environments? How can faculty promptly determine whether international students comprehend class content? Is it ever appropriate to use informal, idiomatic language when teaching international students? Conestoga Context According to International at Conestoga… Scholarship of Teaching and Learning As the number of international students increases at many postsecondary institutions...

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication

January 29, 2018

Promoting Attendance with International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutesContexts for international students and ideas to promote attendance in in-person and synchronous online classes.

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication