Category: Tech For Teaching

March 27, 2023

Active Learning on Zoom: Breakout Rooms

Reading Time: 4 minutes Conestoga College encourages teamwork and collaboration in diverse groups where students can learn from each other. Small group discussions in person or virtually help promote...

Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

January 12, 2023

Active Reading Strategies

Reading Time: 6 minutes Learners need support in exerting their own cognitive and metacognitive efforts while reading. Particularly when they are reading digital texts, like eTexts and OERs, learners...

Categories OERs and eTexts/Tech For Teaching

January 10, 2023

Starting Teaching with Texidium

Reading Time: 4 minutes eTexts are digital textbooks provided by publishers, and are an integral component of many courses and programs at Conestoga. These digital textbooks are provided to...

Categories OERs and eTexts/Tech For Teaching

January 9, 2023

Pathway – Orienting to Technology at Conestoga

Reading Time: < 1 minute Welcome to Conestoga! As part of your initial welcome to the college, you’ve likely received some information about the technical supports and services available to...

Categories Classroom Tech/New Faculty/Teaching/Tech For Teaching

January 6, 2023

Pathway – Access and Use eConestoga

Reading Time: 2 minutes Access and learn about eConestoga, the LMS used to provide the Essential Elements for all courses.

Categories eConestoga/New Faculty/Teaching

December 5, 2022

Adding Video or Audio Feedback to Assignments

Reading Time: 5 minutes On average, students will likely review the feedback you offer in your assignments as many as three times (Anson et al., 2016). Yet, to many...

Categories Assessing Learning/eConestoga/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching/Tech For Teaching

December 1, 2022

Flip Video Discussion Forums

Reading Time: 4 minutes Flip (formerly FlipGrid) is a Microsoft product that allows you to build engaging video discussion forums. Conestoga faculty have used this tool to invite students...

Categories eConestoga/Licensed Apps and Pilots/Teaching/Tech For Teaching

August 8, 2022

Finding Videos

Reading Time: 4 minutes Video is an engaging way to draw learners in, diversify instruction and model skills. Finding and curating accessible, captioned videos for learning is becoming easier...

Categories Multimedia/Online Synchronous/Tech For Teaching

August 8, 2022

Boost your YouTube Use

Reading Time: 2 minutes YouTube is an excellent source of varied video materials, and much of it can be used for educational purposes. But sometimes, it can be a...

Categories Multimedia/Tech For Teaching

August 8, 2022

Finding Images

Reading Time: 2 minutes Images add relevance and interest to presentations and help diversify instruction. This page will connect you with a variety of sources to find images for teaching, and some tips for adding them to presentations.

Categories Multimedia/Online Synchronous/Tech For Teaching