Teaching

June 23, 2021

Creating an Extra Loop in Assignments to Scaffold Students and Their Learning

Reading Time: 2 minutes This teaching tip explores the value of having students submit an assignment to further their achievement of the learning outcomes and to scaffold their ability...

Assessing Learning/Giving Feedback/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching

June 22, 2021

“Involve me and I learn”- The Connection Between Active Learning and How Brain Learns

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Conestoga College endorses active learning to promote an...

Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching

June 18, 2021

The Decisions I Make While Teaching Both Asynchronously And Synchronously: Stories From the Classroom

Reading Time: 3 minutes Faculty had to switch to remote teaching in March 2020. I was one of those teachers In this teaching story. While not teaching in person,...

Faculty Stories/Reflective Practice/Teaching

June 14, 2021

Headed Towards Hybrid

Reading Time: 2 minutes Post by Rachel Schultz, OLC, and Elan Paulson, Teaching & Learning Explore the benefits of hybrid learning, and reflect on how a hybrid model could apply to your...

Hybrid/Teaching/Zoom or Teams

June 9, 2021

How Collaboration Across Disciplines Can Spice Up Learning

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Martha Terdik, Chris Arsenault and Cheryl Williams Martha Terdik teaches in the Bachelor of Public Relations Program (BPR). After a successful 25-year career in...

Build Community/Faculty Stories/Teaching/Theory and Practice

May 31, 2021

Teaching for Social Good and Community Building

Reading Time: 2 minutes Paula Barrett teaches in Conestoga’s public relations programs. In the past three years, Paula has launched a student-run public relations agency, and engaged students in...

Faculty Stories

May 27, 2021

Making the Essential Elements Work for Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Sherri Steele and Joel Beaupré, Teaching & Learning Consultants At Conestoga, students are supported in their courses through the use of a Learning Management...

eConestoga/Online Synchronous/Teaching

May 20, 2021

Icebreakers for Your Zoom Classrooms

Reading Time: 4 minutes In the era of synchronous online learning, it is important to create a community of learning. Using icebreakers can foster communities, promote positive teacher and...

Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Online Synchronous/Teaching

May 18, 2021

Students from India: Help Them to be Successful

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out.

Teaching/Teaching International Students

April 30, 2021

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

Reading Time: 5 minutes By 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...

Communicating With Students/Teaching

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