Teaching

January 20, 2022

Learning Cells

Reading Time: 2 minutes What is it? With Learning Cells, students develop questions about a learning activity and then take turns asking and answering questions in pairs. Uses Learning...

Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching

December 21, 2021

GIRAFES: Charting a Learning Pathway for Hybrid and Fully Online Courses

Reading Time: 7 minutes This tip provides an overview to develop a lesson plan and learning pathway for units of learning with a hybrid, remote, and/or asynchronous course. Please share...

Hybrid/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

December 9, 2021

Building Truth and Reconciliation for Indigenous Peoples into Teaching

Reading Time: 6 minutes By Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Note: This post has been written from the perspective of two settlers in North America, incorporating research and voices from...

Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diversity/Teaching

December 3, 2021

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

Reading Time: 7 minutes During 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...

Communicating With Students/Teaching

November 30, 2021

Two Stories of Testing in the Cloud

Reading Time: 4 minutes This Faculty Story was co-written by Mariam Raza (Office Administration, Administrative Business Management) and Trish Stevenson (Public Relations). Mariam Raza has 15+ years of business...

Collaboration/Faculty Stories/Teaching

November 25, 2021

Preparing to Teach While Wearing a Mask

Reading Time: 7 minutes As we get ready for our in-person classes, how can we prepare to teach so that everyone can hear and process what we say? This teaching tip gathers advice and suggestions from experts in hearing and education for some no-tech practices and some-tech-enabled practices to help ensure maximum clarity in the classroom.

In-person/Teaching

November 24, 2021

Supporting Marked Group Writing Assignments

Reading Time: 6 minutes Prepared by the Teaching & Learning team, this tip provides advice to faculty supporting collaborative group writing assignments, including reports and papers, as well as...

Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Group Work/Improving Assessments/Teaching

November 1, 2021

Proposing, Designing and Presenting Online – Robotics and Automation Capstone Projects

Reading Time: 3 minutes John Tielemans has been full-time with Conestoga College since 1998. With a background in physics and nuclear systems, he brings a strong desire to learn...

Faculty Stories/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous

September 23, 2021

Grading Bias: Making Marking More Equitable for All Learners

Reading Time: 5 minutes “As a profession, teaching is full of well-intentioned individuals deeply committed to seeing all [students] succeed.” Staats, C. (2016) Student learning, growth, development, and ultimate...

Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Assessment Quick Guides/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching

September 3, 2021

Tips for Getting Started with an Asynchronous Course

Reading Time: 7 minutes Michele Feeser shares tips for preparing for asynchronous teaching.

Faculty Stories/Online Asynchronous

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