Category: Faculty Stories

September 28, 2023

Faculty Innovation 2022 – a Faculty Member’s Story 2

Reading Time: 6 minutes Amanda Tkaczyk tells about Scaffolded Carousel Assessments.

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September 28, 2023

Faculty Innovation 2022 – a Faculty Member’s Story 1

Reading Time: 6 minutes Diana Degan tells about innovations for the PR Plan assessment in the Public Relations course for the Strategic Marketing Communications program.

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September 28, 2023

Faculty Innovation 2022 – a Faculty Member’s Story 3 

Reading Time: 5 minutes Julia Beddoe and Polina Yakovleva describe the online writing feedback loop which increased their students’ learning from feedback.

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September 26, 2023

Gamification and Student Choice in Brick and Stone Mason Programs

Reading Time: 4 minutes Lori Martin first taught at Conestoga in 2014. Since 2019 she has been teaching in Conestoga’s Trades and Apprenticeship, specifically in the Masonry Apprenticeship and...

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June 21, 2023

Observing Behaviours and Developing Solutions in a Collaborative Environment

Reading Time: 5 minutes Amy Huskins has been a full-time professor in the Early Childhood Education program since 2015, and is currently the program coordinator for first-year students. She...

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June 6, 2023

What is Community-Engaged Writing? 

Reading Time: 4 minutes Learn about community-engaged writing, its benefits for students and faculty, College support, and other resources.

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May 19, 2023

The Value of Active Listening and Discussing Industry Practices

Reading Time: 3 minutes Jan Vilaca has taught part-time in Conestoga’s School of Business since 2018. She worked as an executive assistant in post-secondary education, yet retired from her...

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January 31, 2023

Teaching for Tomorrow: Evolving Practices for the 21st Century

Reading Time: 4 minutes Michael Quartermain, Faculty of Business, reflects on evolving teaching practices for the 21st century.

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November 22, 2022

Creating a Harmonized Assessment Tool for Capstone Projects

Reading Time: 4 minutes Capstone projects showcase students’ comprehensive learning. Conestoga’s Computer Science programs host a capstone project at the end of each semester – an opportunity for students...

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November 30, 2021

Two Stories of Testing in the Cloud

Reading Time: 4 minutes This Faculty Story was co-written by Mariam Raza (Office Administration, Administrative Business Management) and Trish Stevenson (Public Relations). Mariam Raza has 15+ years of business...

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