March 27, 2020 Creating a Positive Learning Environment in Zoom Reading Time: 3 minutes Tips for creating a positive learning environment in Zoom through understanding privacy and confidentiality, enabling live captions, and more. Categories Teaching
February 14, 2020 Necesito OER Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was written by Dr. Rita Palacios, faculty at Conestoga College about experiences in writing and creating Open Education Resources (OER) for courses. In... Categories Faculty Stories/OERs and eTexts/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
February 10, 2020 Preparing for Assessment Reading Time: 4 minutes Assessment properly understood represents a continuation and culmination of the teaching and learning process. With the course learning outcomes firmly in view, we teach, we... Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching
January 15, 2020 Games for Teaching Academic Integrity Reading Time: 4 minutes This post describes teaching academic integrity using games, and lists a selection of available games that can be adapted for your in-person, hybrid, or asynchronous... Categories Academic Integrity/Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching
December 19, 2019 Tech-ing Outside My Comfort Zone Reading Time: 3 minutes This Teaching Story was written by Claire Palvetzian (Business). This is a follow up to Kim Carter’s original post “How I Experimented with FlipGrid, it... Categories Faculty Stories/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
November 27, 2019 How I Experimented With FlipGrid, it blew up and the Learning was Beautiful Reading Time: 3 minutes This story was written by Kim Carter (Business) @Kcarte02. Have you ever tried ed-tech in your classroom and it just blew up? By “blew up”... Categories Faculty Stories/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
November 27, 2019 Managing Group Work Reading Time: 2 minutes Group work can be valuable for learning, and challenging to manage and support. These suggestions aim to provide clear ideas of how to best manage... Categories Group Work/Teaching
November 26, 2019 Cornell Notes Reading Time: 3 minutes What is it? Cornell note taking is a note taking strategy that prompts active reflection and summarizing of content. It’s a great way to mentor... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching
November 13, 2019 How the FAST Program Supports International Students Reading Time: 4 minutes A professor is often the first person international students meet when they arrive in Canada. To support them in the next step of their professional... Categories Faculty Stories
July 15, 2019 Start, Stop Continue Reading Time: < 1 minute Looking for feedback from learners on your teaching, or a way for learners to offer each other feedback? Try a Start, Stop, Continue feedback opportunity. Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Giving Feedback/Teaching