January 17, 2024 Planning Ahead for the Last Weeks of Semester Reading Time: 3 minutes Managing the last few weeks of the semester can be a busy and stressful time for you and your students. Here a few tips to... Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
December 13, 2023 Using Exemplars to Support Student Success with Assessments Reading Time: 3 minutes Exemplars are “carefully chosen samples of student work which are used to illustrate dimensions of quality and to clarify assessment expectations” (Carless & Chan, 2017,... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Communicating With Students/Creating Assessments/Giving Feedback/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
November 30, 2023 Connecting Active Learning Activities and Assessments to Sustainability Reading Time: 3 minutes Laura Matheson, an educator since 2008, joined Conestoga College in 2013 to develop and teach in the Sustainable Business Management post-graduate program. Passionate about education,... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Group Work/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
November 27, 2023 The Optional Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Assessments Reading Time: 2 minutes Are you considering giving students a limited or optional use of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in completing an assessment in your course? Is knowledge of... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching
November 24, 2023 Searching for AI and Teaching Information Reading Time: 6 minutes Topics and ideas for searching for GenAI and education Categories AI and Teaching/Teaching
November 22, 2023 Utilizing eConestoga with your In-Person and Synchronous Teaching Reading Time: 3 minutes Explore your teaching approach and engage your students from the very beginning by unlocking the full potential of your eConestoga course shell – not just as a digital extension but as a dynamic tool that enhances your student’s learning experiences. Categories In-person/Lesson and Course Planning/Online Synchronous/Teaching
November 20, 2023 Pacing Reading Time: 7 minutes Have you ever struggled to fit all of the weekly content you need to cover into your one or two-hour class meeting and noticed yourself... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
November 14, 2023 Strategies and scripts you can use when encountering common classroom management challenges Reading Time: < 1 minute At one point or another in your teaching career, you’re likely to encounter classroom management challenges. Some of the most common include: Our team has... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Teaching
November 8, 2023 Teaching In Person: Delivery Skills Reading Time: 3 minutes This tip will provide suggestions for combining space, technology, and your own presence to help capture and hold your students’ attention. Categories New Faculty/Teaching
October 26, 2023 Proctoring Technologies for Test & Exams Reading Time: 3 minutes Effective test and exam proctoring is an important part of the work that we do as faculty to ensure integrity and create supportive spaces for... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Teaching/Tech For Teaching