Category: Communicating With Students

January 13, 2025

Validating Student Responses During Class

Reading Time: 6 minutesWe’ve all been there… It’s the start of class, let’s say week 5, and you’re engaging students in a pre-assessment activity–asking them to recall what...

Categories Communicating With Students/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching

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...

Categories Accessible Learning/Communicating With Students/Teaching/Theory and Practice

July 10, 2024

How to be Compassionate without being a “Yes” Person

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning Consultant Erica teaches a course where students come from diverse backgrounds. She has both domestic and international students...

Categories Build Community/Communicating With Students/Reflective Practice/Teaching

June 25, 2024

Teaching Tool: Using Intelligent Agents to Foster Student Success

Reading Time: 2 minutesLearn how you can use the eConestoga tool Intelligent Agents to support your teaching.

Categories Communicating With Students/Teaching

May 28, 2024

Heart emoji, crying face emoji: A reflection on the emotional facets of teaching

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn collaboration with Sara Kafashan  This past winter semester, I experienced a familiar feeling: I found myself getting frustrated with students repeatedly emailing me for...

Categories AI and Assessment/Communicating With Students/Reflective Practice/Teaching

March 20, 2024

Engage ALL Students with the Questions You Ask

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs teachers, we all have one thing in common: we like to ask our students questions. The questions might ask to recall some important information...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Communicating With Students

March 7, 2024

Exploring the Complex Ideas of Teachers and Teaching in South Asian Academic Culture  

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Consultant, Teaching and Learning South Asia has a collectivist society, which is a fascinating tapestry of interconnectedness where individual threads weave...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Communicating With Students/Diversity/Intercultural Awareness/Teaching International Students

June 26, 2023

Messaging Your Students

Reading Time: 5 minutesTips for writing engaging email and announcement messages that will encourage students to take action.

Categories Communicating With Students/Teaching

July 15, 2022

Sending Your First Course Welcome Message to Students

Reading Time: 5 minutesPreparation and timing tips, and a sample message, to send a welcome email to students in the first week of your course.

Categories Communicating With Students/Teaching

April 13, 2022

Course Orientation for Asynchronous Learners

Reading Time: 5 minutesConsider how ready for self-directed learning your students may be, and provide appropriate supports that meet their learning needs.

Categories Communicating With Students/Online Asynchronous/Teaching

December 3, 2021

Managing Unexpected and/or Emotional Incidents in Post-Secondary Teaching

Reading Time: 7 minutesDuring our careers as faculty, we may come across a few unexpected and/or emotional incidents in post-secondary teaching. How do we, for example, navigate a...

Categories Communicating With Students/Teaching

April 30, 2021

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

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Sara Kafashan and Kathryn Brillinger Please email teachingandlearning@conestogac.on.ca with additional scenarios to add. The end of semester can be a particularly stressful and busy time for...

Categories Communicating With Students/Teaching