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November 27, 2024

New Workshop Series: Teaching to Promote Belonging, Equity, Diversity, Accessibility, Justice, and Inclusion

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis new five-part Recognition of Learning series builds on the workshops offered through the Teaching for Student Diversity Series.  In this series, we go beyond understanding student diversity, offering growth in your knowledge and teaching skills to foster belonging and equity, enhance accessibility, and strive towards justice and inclusion-orientated learning spaces within our diverse student body.
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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 by her second name rather than her first. At the time, I was curious: What had prevented other educators from remembering her preferred name?  With experience, I have gained more perspective on the obstacles to...
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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 teaching, Christie was awarded the 2024 Aubrey Hagar Distinguished Teaching Award. With over 15 years of experience as a TV journalist for CTV News and CP24, he brings real-world insights into his courses on Entrepreneurship,...
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November 18, 2024

My Favourite Lesson Season 2! (A Teaching and Learning Podcast Series)

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe know many of you tuned in last year when Season One of My Favourite Lesson was first released. Season One featured experienced faculty from all schools at the college engaging in conversation with Teaching and Learning Consultant Dr. Lauren Spring about their favourite lessons to teach. Lauren discussed with guests how these lessons have evolved over the years, how...
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October 29, 2024

Active Learning in Your Tech or Software Lessons

Reading Time: 10 minutesTeaching technical courses on software, programming, web development, and design can effectively leverage active learning. Active learning emphasizes building firsthand, practical experience and gradually fostering learner autonomy and independence. It encourages students to explore and problem-solve within the tech, based on real-world challenges. This post aims to provide practical and actionable ways you can bring this model into your tech...
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October 28, 2024

Making a Comeback: How to Get Back on Track After a Rocky Start to the Semester

Reading Time: 5 minutesDid you get off to a rocky start to the semester? Finding it challenging to connect with your students to foster a productive learning environment and experiencing classroom management challenges? A rocky start can happen for a variety of reasons some that are in our control and some that are not, however, know that you’re not alone and that there...
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October 21, 2024

Designing the Core Activities in Your Lesson Aligning with the Outcomes and Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning Before you start reading, ask yourself the following questions: Ideally, when a professor receives a course, in most cases, the course outline, learning materials, and assessments are already designed. You will probably receive a course shell with all the materials. Please note that Conestoga’s course design follows a backward design, that is, the end goals...
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October 10, 2024

Is it Time to Refresh My Rubric? A Checklist When Your Rubric Needs a Tune-Up 

Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you have a rubric that you’ve been seeing a lot of lately? Perhaps there’s one rubric you’ve been using to grade multiple submissions this semester and noticed that it isn’t quite as smooth as you’d like.  Grading with a rubric oftentimes gives rise to observations about its limitations: you might notice, for example, that students are struggling in a...
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October 9, 2024

Understanding your Students’ Conceptions of Assessment for a Better Learning Experience

Reading Time: 7 minutesHave you ever noticed that some students approach assessments with excitement and curiosity, while others seem overwhelmed with anxiety or disengaged? The way students perceive assessments significantly influences their experiences and learning, shaping how they engage with your course. By understanding the various student conceptions of assessment, you can better tailor your assessment strategies and support structures to meet diverse...
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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 the globe to: “spotlight mental health around the world, raise awareness of mental health issues and encourage efforts to support those experiencing mental health issues” (“World, N.D.) Mental Health has become somewhat of a buzz-term...
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September 26, 2024

STEM, AI, and You

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhere are you in your journey to bring the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your STEM-related teaching? And how will AI impact your teaching and your students’ learning if it has not already done so?  Helping students understanding how to use AI so that it works with them and not for them will be an important skill to learn...
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August 20, 2024

Where is the Wonder?

Reading Time: 6 minutesThink back to your educational experience when you attended elementary and high school, especially around the questions you were given for your learning. Likely, these questions came from either one of two sources: a teacher or textbook.  If your formal education is anything like mine, you rarely, if ever, had a direct invitation to create your own curiosity-driven questions then...
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