May 4, 2020 My First Time Teaching Online: My Learning Curve Reading Time: 3 minutes A reflection on instruction in a remote teaching environment for the first time, and lessons learned. Categories Faculty Stories/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous
May 1, 2020 The Benefits of Engaging the Senses in Lessons Reading Time: 2 minutes This teaching tip provides some insight into brain functioning to understand why certain teaching strategies—such as activities that appeal to the human senses–are good for learning. Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching/Theory and Practice
May 1, 2020 Northern Lessons on Collaboration and Feedback Reading Time: 5 minutes Joel Beaupré shares experience and lessons learned about collaboration and feedback in his first years of teaching in Northern Ontario. Categories Faculty Stories/Giving Feedback/Reflective Practice/Teaching
April 20, 2020 Podcasts Reading Time: < 1 minute Join Teaching & Learning Consultant Joel Beaupré as he hosts guests from Conestoga and beyond who share their recommendations, reflections, stories, and questions related to... Categories Reflective Practice/Teaching
April 17, 2020 Group Work in Fully Online Learning Reading Time: 4 minutes This Teaching Tip provides a summary of selected research literature that offers suggestions for supporting learners and reducing conflict in group-based learning within remote courses. Categories Group Work/Online Asynchronous/Teaching
March 28, 2020 Managing Communication in Online Synchronous Classes Reading Time: 4 minutes Teaching tips that respond to common scenarios that can arise in the remote synchronous classroom, including chat talk, interruptions, oversharing, silence, and unwelcome participants. Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching
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
