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May 8, 2023

Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Support at Conestoga

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are one aspect of Open Educational Practices (OEP) underpinned by pedagogies like constructivism, critical digital pedagogy, and social justice (Cronin, 2019; DeRosa & Jhangiani, 2018; Lambert, 2018). Through the lens of OEP, OER are developed by centering the needs of marginalized students and aims to create resources for the classroom that are accessible,...
Categories Inclusive EdTech Use/Tech-Enhanced Teaching Comments: 0
May 1, 2023

Mentimeter

Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is Mentimeter? An interactive presentation, polling and quizzing tool, with Mentimeter you can build engaging presentations right in your browser. Add questions, polls, quizzes, slides, images, .gifs and more to your presentation to actively co-construct learning and check progress. Students use their smartphones or laptops to send in answers, give feedback and reflect on their learning. Responses are visualized...
Categories Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching
March 27, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 4 minutesConestoga College encourages teamwork and collaboration in diverse groups where students can learn from each other. Small group discussions in person or virtually help promote peer-to-peer interaction, critical reflection, and perspective and content sharing. In this short video, we’ll see an example of how Lauren promotes collaborative work through the breakout room tool in Zoom.  Breakout group sessions may be...
Categories EdTech for Active Learning/Teaching for Learning/Teaching with Teams/Tech-Enhanced Teaching Comments: 0
January 12, 2023

Active Reading Strategies for Digital Readers

Reading Time: 10 minutesLearners will score lower in a comprehension test of a digital text compared to a paper text. Why might this be? Often, digital readers do not transfer effective reading habits from paper-based reading to digital reading. Learners may read more shallowly on digital media, and do not effectively practice summarizing, note-taking and mental processing skills that they are more accustomed...
Categories EdTech for Active Learning/Inclusive EdTech Use/Tech-Enhanced Teaching
January 10, 2023

Starting Teaching with Texidium

Reading Time: 4 minuteseTexts are digital textbooks provided by publishers, and are an integral component of many courses and programs at Conestoga. These digital textbooks are provided to students through eConestoga, and can be read and studied through the Texidium app. Often, educators are the most influential factors in learners’ success with digital texts, and your use of the text will inform and...
Categories Inclusive EdTech Use/Tech-Enhanced Teaching
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
December 5, 2022

Adding Video or Audio Feedback to Assignments

Reading Time: 5 minutesOn average, students will likely review the feedback you offer in your assignments as many as three times (Anson et al., 2016). Yet, to many of us, it may appear that students either do not access their feedback, or seem to not incorporate it into later assessments. This challenge might have multiple roots, but a few solutions, if used appropriately,...
Categories Grading & Grading Tools/Quality Assessment/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching
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