Category: Faculty Stories

September 8, 2020

Teaching With Pop-Up Visuals

Reading Time: 5 minutes David Sitler is a Faculty member in the School of Engineering. This teaching story describes Dave’s use of visuals in his teaching, and shares visuals from his teaching materials that highlight course concepts.

Categories Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous

September 1, 2020

Connecting With Students is Key For Online Synchronous Learning This Fall

Reading Time: 7 minutes This Teaching Story by Estatira Shirhoadaee shares advice and examples of visuals for connecting with students during remote teaching and learning.

Categories Build Community/Faculty Stories/Online Synchronous

August 18, 2020

I’m an Empowered Educator!

Reading Time: 2 minutes This Faculty Story is a guest post written by Diana Degan, BAA, ABC, CAAP, Professor, Public Relations & Marketing and an Ontario Extend Empowered Educator. View...

Categories Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Teaching

August 7, 2020

Ideas for Empowering Online Learners

Reading Time: 3 minutes Puneet Sharma, Professor of Mathematics in the School of Business at Conestoga College, shares examples and ideas on practices for promoting effective remote teaching and learning. His work can also be found on his blog.

Categories Faculty Stories/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching

August 6, 2020

Reflections on earning the eCampusOntario Technologist badge

Reading Time: 3 minutes As part of development activities this summer, Conestoga faculty were invited to participate in several opportunities to complete the Technologist module of the Ontario Extend...

Categories Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Reflective Practice/Teaching

June 26, 2020

Team Contracts for Healthy Group Work

Reading Time: 4 minutes A guest post by Professor Rachel Schultz, Interdisciplinary Studies, on the benefits of using team contracts. Sample team contract provided.

Categories Faculty Stories/Group Work/Teaching

June 26, 2020

Building Future Teamwork Success in Group Dynamics Course

Reading Time: 5 minutes Guest post by Professor Rachel Schultz, Interdisciplinary Studies, on the Group Dynamics course as a foundation for other programs at Conestoga College.

Categories Faculty Stories/Group Work/Teaching

May 18, 2020

Help Students Build Dispute Resolution Skills for Group Work

Reading Time: 3 minutes Michael Quartermain describes online dispute resolution resources available for faculty use.

Categories Faculty Stories/Teaching

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

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