July 27, 2023 Considerations for Course Planning Reading Time: 5 minutes These considerations for course planning can help guide faculty who are planning a new course or revising an existing course. Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
June 20, 2023 The First Two Weeks: Basic Classroom Expectations Reading Time: 9 minutes At its best a classroom is a dynamic setting where teacher and learners support each other on the journey toward a common learning goal in... Categories Build Community/Lesson and Course Planning
December 20, 2022 Assessment Types Reading Time: 6 minutes Conestoga provides students with a wide range of assessment types. This tip describes the goals for choosing evaluation types, explains how discrete assessments fall within... Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Lesson and Course Planning
November 22, 2022 Creating a Harmonized Assessment Tool for Capstone Projects Reading Time: 4 minutes Capstone projects showcase students’ comprehensive learning. Conestoga’s Computer Science programs host a capstone project at the end of each semester – an opportunity for students... Categories Faculty Stories/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
August 11, 2022 Teaching in a Wide Classroom Reading Time: 4 minutes This tip will provide suggestions for making the best use of wide classrooms with two projectors on side-by-side whiteboards, particularly if the first set of rows is close to the front wall so that students at each end of the first row will likely only be able to fully see one whiteboard. Categories In-person/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
July 22, 2022 Countdown Checklist for Fully Online Asynchronous Teaching Reading Time: 5 minutes A checklist of “to-dos” before your asynchronous course goes live and during the semester start. Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Online Asynchronous/Teaching
May 4, 2022 A Quick Checklist for Setting Up the First Class Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a collaborative post brought to you by the Teaching and Learning Consultants. If you are new to teaching and to Conestoga College, you... Categories Hybrid/In-person/Lesson and Course Planning/New Faculty/Online Synchronous/Teaching
April 21, 2022 Modes of Delivery Reading Time: 4 minutes Learn about what are the modes of course delivery at Conestoga. Categories Lesson and Course Planning/New Faculty
April 21, 2022 Using the Employee Portal as Faculty Reading Time: 5 minutes An explanation of using the employee portal for teaching activities Categories Lesson and Course Planning/New Faculty/Teaching
April 12, 2022 Content Chunking in Your Lessons Reading Time: 5 minutes Learn about chunking your lesson into smaller bits for students learning and completing the chunk with practice and feedback Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
