September 8, 2020 Ways to Use Visuals in Teaching Reading Time: 4 minutes A Teaching Tip that describes and gives examples of different ways to use visuals in remote teaching Categories In-person/Online Synchronous/Teaching
September 3, 2020 Visual Thinking Activities Reading Time: 4 minutes A selection of visual thinking activities with examples Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching
September 1, 2020 Connecting With Students is Key For Online Synchronous Learning This Fall Reading Time: 7 minutes This Teaching Story by Estatira Shirhoadaee shares advice and examples of visuals for connecting with students during remote teaching and learning. Categories Build Community/Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous
August 27, 2020 The Benefits of Concept Mapping Reading Time: 4 minutes A globally used teaching and learning strategy, concept mapping has a measurably positive impact on learning across cultures, age ranges and topics of study (Schroeder... Categories Concept Mapping/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
August 18, 2020 I’m an Empowered Educator! Reading Time: 2 minutes This Faculty Story is a guest post written by Diana Degan, BAA, ABC, CAAP, Professor, Public Relations & Marketing and an Ontario Extend Empowered Educator. View... Categories Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Teaching
August 17, 2020 Concept and Mind Mapping Reading Time: 5 minutes What is it? Concept and mind mapping are graphical ways to represent knowledge, concepts and ideas. The maps are hierarchical in nature that expands on... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Concept Mapping/Teaching
August 7, 2020 Ideas for Empowering Online Learners Reading Time: 3 minutes Puneet Sharma, Professor of Mathematics in the School of Business at Conestoga College, shares examples and ideas on practices for promoting effective remote teaching and learning. His work can also be found on his blog. Categories Faculty Stories/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching
August 6, 2020 Reflections on earning the eCampusOntario Technologist badge Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of development activities this summer, Conestoga faculty were invited to participate in several opportunities to complete the Technologist module of the Ontario Extend... Categories Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Reflective Practice/Teaching
July 10, 2020 Reflective Tool for Teacher Development Reading Time: 2 minutes By Mike Wong, PhD Developing as a teacher takes time and effort. According to Lyon’s Model on Teacher Efficacy and Competence, progression through the five... Categories Reflective Practice/Teaching
July 8, 2020 Team Builders for Group Work Reading Time: 6 minutes A summary of remote team building activities to promote effective communication, understanding of diverse team member competencies, and bonds of trust in student groups. Categories Build Community/Group Work