Category: Teaching

March 28, 2023

Strengthen Your Teaching Through Instructional Skills Workshops (ISWs)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Conestoga faculty can register for an Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) to enhance their lesson planning techniques and teaching practices. As of January 2023, the ISW...

Categories Build Community/Events/Reflective Practice/Teaching

March 27, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 4 minutes Conestoga College encourages teamwork and collaboration in diverse groups where students can learn from each other. Small group discussions in person or virtually help promote...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

March 17, 2023

When Students are Absent From Class 

Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for ways to promote attendance and respond to absence. Use these tips throughout the semester.

Categories Build Community/Class Management

March 17, 2023

Best Practices for Open Book Testing

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you ready to refresh the assessments in your synchronous or online asynchronous courses? As you weigh the option of an open-book test, this teaching tip will provide best practices and considerations for creating the most effective open-book assessment possible.

Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching

March 14, 2023

When Students Are Absent from a Group Work Assignment 

Reading Time: 5 minutes Ideas for steps to take when a group member has been absent from a group assignment.

Categories Group Work/Teaching

March 8, 2023

When Students Don’t Answer Questions in Class

Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for reasons why students aren’t answering your questions in class and suggestions for ways to address them.

Categories Class Management/Teaching

February 21, 2023

Teaching and Learning Awards 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minute Read on for details and instructions to submit an entry for each award.

Categories Awards

February 21, 2023

The Aubrey Hagar Distinguished Teaching Award

Reading Time: 4 minutes Aubrey Hagar had a passion for education and learning, and this was evident throughout his personal and professional life. Aubrey’s professional career included contributions to...

Categories Awards

February 21, 2023

Conestoga’s Annual Faculty Innovation Awards 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Conestoga faculty are invited to submit an entry for the 2023 Faculty Innovation Award. In keeping with the themes of growth and diversity, this year’s...

Categories Awards/Educational Development Opportunities

February 21, 2023

Conestoga’s Annual Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Award 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Theme for 2023: Any SoTL Theme Conestoga faculty are invited to submit an entry for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL) Award. The competition...

Categories Awards