Category: Active Learning and Engagement

November 20, 2023

Pacing

Reading Time: 7 minutesHave you ever struggled to fit all of the weekly content you need to cover into your one or two-hour class meeting and noticed yourself...

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

November 14, 2023

Strategies and scripts you can use when encountering common classroom management challenges

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt one point or another in your teaching career, you’re likely to encounter classroom management challenges. Some of the most common include: Our team has...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Teaching

September 26, 2023

Gamification and Student Choice in Brick and Stone Mason Programs

Reading Time: 4 minutesLori Martin first taught at Conestoga in 2014. Since 2019 she has been teaching in Conestoga’s Trades and Apprenticeship, specifically in the Masonry Apprenticeship and...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Gamification/Teaching

September 13, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Padlet

Reading Time: 3 minutesPromoting active participation in class is beneficial for students because they are incorporated into the activities and are contributors to their learning process. Essentially, students...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching

August 24, 2023

Following Asynchronous Course Engagement

Reading Time: 4 minutesLearn about following students’ asynchronous course engagement using a variety of strategies and eConestoga tools.

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Asynchronous/Teaching

August 23, 2023

7 Steps to Being “Present” as an Asynchronous Online Teacher

Reading Time: 3 minutesLearn about ways to guide, support, and assess student learning experiences in an asynchronous course.

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Asynchronous/Teaching

August 8, 2023

Asynchronous Icebreakers

Reading Time: 4 minutesIcebreakers for the asynchronous online learning environment

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Asynchronous/Teaching

July 6, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Annotate

Reading Time: 3 minutesOpportunities to share reactions, expressions, and ideas are vital to the creation of a rich learning environment and classroom community. Even when classes are conducted...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching

July 2, 2023

An Introduction to Case-Based Learning 

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe Case Research Committee (CRC) oversees the  Open Access Teaching Case Journal (OATCJ) and the Case Research Development Program (CRDP) at Conestoga College, School of...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments

June 26, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Mentimeter Word Clouds

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe power of connecting ideas, feelings, and words in class is beneficial for the learning process, it can help clarify understanding and allow students to...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching