Teaching Tips

June 9, 2021

How Collaboration Across Disciplines Can Spice Up Pandemic-Era Learning

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Martha Terdik, Chris Arsenault and Cheryl Williams Martha Terdik teaches in the Bachelor of Public Relations Program (BPR). After a successful 25-year career in...

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May 28, 2021

Early Course Check-in: Taking Action

Reading Time: 6 minutes The Early Course Check-in is a great opportunity to enhance your course delivery. You find out in Week 5 what students are thinking. Please go...

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May 27, 2021

Making the Essential Elements Work for Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Sherri Steele and Joel Beaupré, Teaching & Learning Consultants At Conestoga, students are supported in their courses through the use of a Learning Management...

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May 20, 2021

Icebreakers for Your Zoom Classrooms

Reading Time: 4 minutes Nasreen Sultana, PhD, Consultant, Teaching and Learning, Conestoga College In the era of remote or online learning, it is important to create a community of...

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May 18, 2021

Students from India: Help Them to be Successful

Reading Time: 5 minutes Laura Stoutenburg, Kathryn Brillinger, Nasreen Sultana, Elan Paulson, & Rinkesh Patel. How can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip...

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April 30, 2021

Reacting and Responding to Student E-mails, Especially During End-of-Semester Stress

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Sara Kafashan, Teaching and Learning Consultant and Kathryn Brillinger, Director of Teaching and Learning Please email teachingandlearning@conestogac.on.ca with additional scenarios to add. The end of semester...

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April 29, 2021

Overview of the Essential Elements

Reading Time: 3 minutes At Conestoga, we support the student learning experience by leveraging various digital assets and learning objects through our Learning Management System (LMS) called eConestoga. For...

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April 26, 2021

Rubric Items and Riders

Reading Time: 3 minutes Check List and Statements for Ensuring Academic Integrity (AI) in Submissions Statements around academic integrity share clear expectations with students. You can use the points...

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April 20, 2021

What Observers Advise for Teaching Software, Hardware, and Cybersecurity

Reading Time: 2 minutes Apply these tips in your teaching to engage students and to monitor their progress during lessons. 1. Show students the Big Picture Always start with the big picture for a new unit of learning....

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April 20, 2021

Creating Clarity in Assignment Descriptions

Reading Time: 2 minutes This teaching tip was prepared by Conestoga College’s Library Services department. Help your students to understand their assignments and get started sooner by clearly defining...

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