February 15, 2024 Dealing with Too Many Slides Reading Time: 3 minutes As a faculty member, you may receive or inherit “legacy” slide decks filled with more content than can be covered in a single class. This... Categories Lesson and Course Planning
February 13, 2024 Leveraging your slide deck, Part 1: Scaffolding assessments for student success Reading Time: 5 minutes A slide deck can be the focus point of a lesson, presenting key information related to the week’s learning outcomes. A slide deck, however, is... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning/Student Focused Assessment
January 31, 2024 Make your Lessons “Bloom!”: Leveraging Bloom’s Taxonomy for Lesson Planning Alignment Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you ready to plan your lessons with clear objectives and see exactly what students learn by the end? Do you have your BOPPPS template... Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
January 17, 2024 Planning Ahead for the Last Weeks of Semester Reading Time: 3 minutes Managing the last few weeks of the semester can be a busy and stressful time for you and your students. Here a few tips to... Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
November 30, 2023 Connecting Active Learning Activities and Assessments to Sustainability Reading Time: 3 minutes Laura Matheson, an educator since 2008, joined Conestoga College in 2013 to develop and teach in the Sustainable Business Management post-graduate program. Passionate about education,... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Group Work/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
November 22, 2023 Utilizing eConestoga with your In-Person and Synchronous Teaching Reading Time: 3 minutes Explore your teaching approach and engage your students from the very beginning by unlocking the full potential of your eConestoga course shell – not just as a digital extension but as a dynamic tool that enhances your student’s learning experiences. Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
November 20, 2023 Pacing Reading Time: 7 minutes Have 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
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
