Faculty Learning Hub

October 17, 2023

Inclusiveness for 2SLGBTQ+ Students in Collaborative Work

Reading Time: 6 minutes Key words: 2SLGBTQ+, gender, sexuality, inclusiveness, anti-oppression, group work What? The main purpose of this teaching tip is to assist educators in supporting 2SLGBTQ+ students...

Categories Diverse Identities/Diversity/Equity and Inclusion

October 12, 2023

Designing Multiple Choice Questions with EAL in Mind 

Reading Time: 4 minutes A Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) item consists of a problem, known as the stem (written as a question or as a partial sentence that requires completion), and a...

Categories Creating Assessments/Diverse Identities

October 6, 2023

The Neurodiverse Classroom and Collaborative Work

Reading Time: 3 minutes What? The main purpose of this teaching tip is to assist educators in supporting neurodiverse groups in collaborating. So What? This is important because 1...

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

October 6, 2023

Exploring Grammarly 

Reading Time: 3 minutes FAQ information about Grammarly in Conestoga courses

Categories AI and Assessment/AI and Teaching/Teaching

September 29, 2023

Instructional Strategies

Reading Time: 8 minutes What are instructional strategies and why are they important? Whether you recognize it or not, almost everything you do in the classroom is an instructional...

Categories Teaching/Theory and Practice

September 29, 2023

Group Discussion

Reading Time: 4 minutes Ideas for starting group discussion, keeping it going, and evaluating learning afterwards.

Categories Group Work/Teaching

September 29, 2023

Why We Wear Orange and Learn on the Land: National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Reading Time: 4 minutes Author’s Acknowledgement This post has been written from the perspective of a first-generation settler, living on the traditional lands of the Attawandaron, Anishinaabek, and Haudenosaunee...

Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Diverse Identities/Diversity/Equity and Inclusion/Teaching

September 28, 2023

Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer Assessment

Reading Time: 4 minutes Peer assessment, also called peer review, is an instructional approach that allows learners to consider, evaluate, and provide feedback on the level, value, or quality...

Categories Assessment Quick Guides/Creating Assessments

September 28, 2023

Faculty Innovation 2022 – a Faculty Member’s Story 2

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

Categories Awards/Faculty Stories/Teaching

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.

Categories Awards/Faculty Stories/Teaching