Category: Teaching

November 18, 2024

Kyle Christie Empowers Students with Video Lessons, Interactive Learning and Goal-Setting

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kyle Christie is a Digital Media Professor and coordinator of the Broadcasting Performance and Digital Media program at Conestoga College. Recognized for his excellence in...

Categories Faculty Stories/Giving Feedback/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

November 18, 2024

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

Reading Time: < 1 minute We know many of you tuned in last year when Season One of My Favourite Lesson was first released. Season One featured experienced faculty from...

Categories Teaching

November 7, 2024

Teaching in Teams

Reading Time: 5 minutes At Conestoga, some Faculty may use Teams to teach their courses. This post aims to support you in the initial stages of learning to use...

Categories Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams

November 6, 2024

Using GenAI as a Learning Partner in Class 

Reading Time: 5 minutes Dorina Grossu shares her approach to using genAI for inquiry-based learning and ideas for faculty who wish to bring AI to active learning in the classroom.

Categories AI/AI and Learning/Faculty Stories/Teaching

November 5, 2024

Student Perspectives in SoTL: Transforming Learning and Teaching Together

Reading Time: 4 minutes Image source: Pexels, by Andy Barbour As the leaves begin to fall and the chill of autumn sets in, our college campuses buzz with a...

Categories Teaching

November 4, 2024

It’s National STEM Day, November 8th.

Reading Time: 3 minutes On November 8th, countries around the world will be celebrating the annual National STEM Day.  Here are some ‘fun facts’ about the day you may...

Categories Events/Teaching

October 29, 2024

Active Learning in your Tech or Software Lessons

Reading Time: 10 minutes Teaching technical courses on software, programming, web development, and design can effectively leverage active learning. Active learning emphasizes building firsthand, practical experience and gradually fostering...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching/Tech for New Faculty/Tech For Teaching

October 28, 2024

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

Reading Time: 5 minutes Did you get off to a rocky start to the semester? Finding it challenging to connect with your students to foster a productive learning environment...

Categories Build Community/Class Management/Teaching

October 21, 2024

Designing the Core Activities in Your Lesson

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning Before you start reading, ask yourself the following questions: Ideally, when a professor receives a course, in most...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning/Lesson Planning/Teaching

October 18, 2024

A Spectrum of Student AI Use in Classroom Learning Tasks

Reading Time: 5 minutes An job aid that describes five types of learning tasks that can be completed with AI and three different approaches to using AI for each type of task.

Categories AI/AI and Learning/Teaching