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April 13, 2022

Active and Problem-Based Learning Resources

Reading Time: 8 minutesWhether teaching virtually, in person, or any combination of the two, faculty are often looking for ways to keep students engaged during class. Active learning and problem-based learning (PBL) approaches provide students with meaningful and memorable pedagogical experiences that encourage them to be the drivers of their own learning and to relate what is discussed in class to the outside...
Categories Effective Teaching/Library Services/Teaching for Learning
April 6, 2022

Delivering Indigenous Land Acknowledgements

Reading Time: 6 minutesAuthor’s Acknowledgement This post has been written from the perspective of a first-generation settler, living on the traditional lands of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabek, and Haudenosaunee Peoples, and the treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit in Guelph, Ontario. This resource is a work in progress and is by no means exhaustive. I acknowledge the limitations that my social positionality...
Categories Decolonizing & Indigenizing Education/Effective Teaching
March 31, 2022

Start Your Class with Content-Based Icebreakers

Reading Time: 4 minutesContent-based icebreakers are icebreakers are short discussion or active learning activities that incorporate a topic or key concept of the course or class topic. They may be distinguished from get-to-know-you icebreakers, in which students share about themselves and/or discuss topics of interest but that are not directly course related.  Why are content-based icebreakers particularly useful?  What do I need to...
Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Teaching for Learning
March 3, 2022

Creating Sense of Belonging: From an International Student’s Perspective

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Hiral Joshi, International Faculty Development Assistant, Teaching and Learning I am Hiral Joshi a full-time student for the Career Development Practitioner course at the Doon campus. I graduated Teaching English as a Second Language in April 2021 from Conestoga. I was born and brought up in the western part of India. I did my Masters in Linguistics and taught...
Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication
February 28, 2022

First Graduate of the Post-Secondary Teaching Certificate

Reading Time: 3 minutesMy name is Wesley Butler and I am the first graduate of Conestoga’s Certificate in Post-Secondary Teaching. In my full-time support staff role, I’m responsible for mass communication on course offerings, workshops on emerging trends, and upcoming special events. I work with faculty who inquire about Teaching and Learning’s programming, and how they can enhance their educational goals. Working in...
Categories Educational Development Opportunities
January 20, 2022

Learning Cells

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is it? With Learning Cells, students develop questions about a learning activity and then take turns asking and answering questions in pairs. Uses Learning cells are a great way to encourage students to: Process Variations Adapting to Different Modes Delivery Mode Adaptation In-Person Partner students with someone sitting nearby. Online Synchronous Assign learners automatically to breakout rooms, effectively a...
Categories Effective Teaching/Teaching for Learning