Teaching

May 2, 2024

What Did I Do Wrong? What Academic Integrity Means to the International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching & Learning Consultant While no study indicates that international students plagiarize more frequently, there are worries that these students might...

Academic Integrity/Teaching/Teaching International Students

April 17, 2024

Teaching with Sign Language Interpreters (SLIs) or Interpreters in the Classroom

Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction As of 2021, there are approximately 382,700 deaf and 3,827,000 hard of hearing people in Canada (Canadian Association of the Deaf, n.d.; Malkowski, 2021)....

Accessible Learning/Diverse Identities/Diversity/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

April 16, 2024

Children in the Classroom

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Sara Kafashan and Lauren Spring Thinking about student parents Some of you may have combined studying and parenting and you know how many challenges...

Accessible Learning/Class Management/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching

April 15, 2024

Imposter Phenomenon

Reading Time: 8 minutesHave you ever found yourself standing in front of a class, all eyes on you, as you click through your slides, or ask a provocative...

Reflective Practice/Teaching

April 12, 2024

Submit and Adjust Final Grades

Reading Time: 3 minutesReview steps for submitting final grades

Assessment/Teaching/Tech For Teaching

April 3, 2024

Pre-Assessments in Lesson Planning

Reading Time: 2 minutesWondering what students already know about a topic and how this informs our lesson planning? This post will provide a short explanation as to why...

Concept Mapping/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

April 2, 2024

Start, Continue, or End Learning with AI

Reading Time: 5 minutesUse AI selectively and in only part of your learning activity or assessment to foster student engagement while building genAI literacy skills.

Active Learning and Engagement/AI and Learning/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

March 27, 2024

Facilitator Notes for the Academic Team

Reading Time: 3 minutesA guest co-authored post from Instructional Designer Amber West, Online Learning Centre, on the benefits and practice of using facilitator notes.

Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching

March 27, 2024

Controlled, Semi-Controlled, and Free Practice

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post describes how controlled, semi-controlled, and free practice activities can support and develop student knowledge, skills, and confidence throughout your classroom lesson.

Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning

March 20, 2024

Engage ALL Students with the Questions You Ask

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs teachers, we all have one thing in common: we like to ask our students questions. The questions might ask to recall some important information...

Active Learning and Engagement/Collaboration/Communicating With Students

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