February 21, 2023

Conestoga’s Annual Faculty Innovation Awards 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutesConestoga faculty are invited to submit an entry for the 2023 Faculty Innovation Award. In keeping with the themes of growth and diversity, this year’s competition focuses on indigenizing and/or internationalizing teaching practices within specific teaching contexts. Entries will consist of a 5 to 7 minute video describing an innovative teaching practice a faculty member or faculty team have implemented...

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February 21, 2023

Conestoga’s Annual Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Award 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutesTheme for 2023: Any SoTL Theme Conestoga faculty are invited to submit an entry for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Award. The competition seeks to fulfill the following goals: Entries should follow the four principles of good practice in SoTL [1] that state SoTL: Details The 2023 competition focuses on either action or formal research with a focus...

Categories Effective Teaching

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 31, 2023

Teaching for Tomorrow: Evolving Practices for the 21st Century

Reading Time: 4 minutesMichael Quartermain, Faculty of Business, reflects on evolving teaching practices for the 21st century.

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Reflective Practice

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

January 9, 2023

Orienting to Technology at Conestoga

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWelcome to Conestoga! As part of your initial welcome to the college, you’ve likely received some information about the technical supports and services available to you, including: However, you may be looking for a “big picture” view of the rest of the supports and services. This pathway aims to provide that. What’s Next? You might also want to learn a...

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

January 8, 2023

Read Your Course Outline

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre you getting ready to teach a course for the first time? Your course outline is a map to help guide you. This walkthrough will help clarify how best to read your course outline.

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty

January 7, 2023

Find Your Timetable and Delivery Mode

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis learning path helps you to find out your teaching schedule: how, when, and where you are teaching your course.

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty

January 6, 2023

Review Materials Provided

Reading Time: 2 minutesView this video learning pathway on reviewing materials provided to confirm where and how to access resources for your course.

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty

January 6, 2023

Access and Use eConestoga

Reading Time: 2 minutesAccess and learn about eConestoga, the LMS used to provide the Essential Elements for all courses.

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty

January 5, 2023

Prepare Your First Email to Students

Reading Time: < 1 minuteView this video introduction to the learning path on what to include in a first course email message, how to send the message, and when to send it.

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty

January 4, 2023

Preparing For Your First Lesson

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis learning path aims to inform and support you as you prepare to teach your first lesson. What’s Next? Before the first lesson For resources on what to do before the first lesson, regardless of whether you are teaching in-person, online synchronously, or asynchronously, check out these hub posts: Lesson planning To learn more about lesson planning for in-person, synchronous,...

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty

December 20, 2022

Assessment Types

Reading Time: 6 minutesConestoga provides students with a wide range of assessment types. This tip describes the goals for choosing evaluation types, explains how discrete assessments fall within category and component descriptions, and provides a comprehensive list of types of assessments. Goals A number of goals for teaching and learning are achieved when faculty understand the type of assessments they are using in...

Categories Assessment Design & Development/Effective Teaching/Lesson & Course Planning/Quality Assessment

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...

Categories Effective Teaching/New Faculty/Online Asynchronous/Teaching for Learning

November 22, 2022

Creating a Harmonized Assessment Tool for Capstone Projects

Reading Time: 4 minutesCapstone projects showcase students’ comprehensive learning. Conestoga’s Computer Science programs host a capstone project at the end of each semester – an opportunity for students to share the mobile apps, websites and automated project management systems they have produced for local businesses. Read on to review their process and feel free to share your own capstone experiences in the faculty...

Categories Effective Teaching/Faculty Stories/Lesson & Course Planning/Reflective Practice