Faculty Learning Hub

December 13, 2023

Using Exemplars to Support Student Success with Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutesExemplars are “carefully chosen samples of student work which are used to illustrate dimensions of quality and to clarify assessment expectations” (Carless & Chan, 2017,...

Assessment Quick Guides/Giving Feedback

November 30, 2023

Connecting Active Learning Activities and Assessments to Sustainability

Reading Time: 3 minutesLaura Matheson, an educator since 2008, joined Conestoga College in 2013 to develop and teach in the Sustainable Business Management post-graduate program. Passionate about education,...

Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Group Work/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

November 27, 2023

The Optional Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Assessments

Reading Time: 3 minutesAre you considering inviting students to use generative artificial intelligence (genAI) in completing an assessment in your course? Is knowledge of genAI required for workplace...

AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching

November 24, 2023

Searching for AI and Teaching Information

Reading Time: 6 minutesTopics and ideas for searching for GenAI and education

AI and Teaching/Teaching

November 22, 2023

Utilizing eConestoga with your In-Person and Synchronous Teaching

Reading Time: 3 minutesExplore your teaching approach and engage your students from the very beginning by unlocking the full potential of your eConestoga course shell – not just as a digital extension but as a dynamic tool that enhances your student’s learning experiences.

Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

November 21, 2023

Using Assessment Analysis Features on eConestoga

Reading Time: 3 minutesRecent updates to eConestoga mean all course shells now include three assessment analysis features visible only to faculty. These features provide valuable data on students’...

Assessing Learning/Improving Assessments

November 20, 2023

Pacing

Reading Time: 7 minutesHave you ever struggled to fit all of the weekly content you need to cover into your one or two-hour class meeting and noticed yourself...

Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

November 15, 2023

Academic Integrity and Assessment in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Reading Time: 4 minutesA fair and accurate assessment provides evidence of a student’s learning under their own cognitive efforts. Concerns around academic integrity, however, can cast doubt on an...

AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Getting Started with AI

November 14, 2023

Strategies and scripts you can use when encountering common classroom management challenges

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAt one point or another in your teaching career, you’re likely to encounter classroom management challenges. Some of the most common include: Our team has...

Active Learning and Engagement/Class Management/Teaching

November 8, 2023

Teaching In Person: Delivery Skills

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis tip will provide suggestions for combining space, technology, and your own presence to help capture and hold your students’ attention.

Class Management/Teaching