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. Categories Awards/Faculty Stories/Teaching
September 26, 2023 Help Students Learn About Conflict in Group Work Reading Time: 4 minutes Idea and sample resource for building skills to have difficult conversations and address conflict in student group work. Categories Group Work/Teaching
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... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Gamification/Teaching
September 22, 2023 Maamwi Hub: Learn, Reflect, and Continue the Journey towards Truth and Reconciliation in Post-Secondary Education Reading Time: 2 minutes By Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Consultant, Teaching & Learning As an immigrant settler in Canada, it took me years to realize the importance of learning about... Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education
September 20, 2023 Responding to Discrimination and Harassment in Teaching Reading Time: 4 minutes By: Dr. Sara Kafashan and Dr. Nasreen Sultana In our day-to-day work and teaching at Conestoga, we may come across a rare occurrence of harassment... Categories Diverse Identities/Diversity/Equity and Inclusion
September 19, 2023 Teaching in Zoom Reading Time: 4 minutes At Conestoga, many faculty use Zoom to teach their courses. This post aims to support you in the initial stages of learning to use Zoom... Categories Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech for New Faculty/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams
September 18, 2023 Uses of AI Chatbots in Education Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post, we’ll explore the potential applications of chatbots in educational contexts and consider some examples in use in different contexts. Visit my previous... Categories AI and Teaching/Artificial Intelligence/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
September 15, 2023 Rubric Quick Guide: Levels and Point Values Reading Time: 3 minutes This quick guide provides directions and options related to level structure and assignment of point values for rubrics that reduce grade creep – See Updating... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
September 13, 2023 Active Learning on Zoom: Padlet Reading Time: 3 minutes Promoting active participation in class is beneficial for students because they are incorporated into the activities and are contributors to their learning process. Essentially, students... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching
September 6, 2023 Supports for Diversity across the Conestoga Community Reading Time: 4 minutes Between 2017 and 2021, Conestoga College saw a 350% increase in international students enrolled (ApplyBoard, 2022). Today, Conestoga is the most popular College in Canada... Categories Diverse Identities/Diversity/Equity and Inclusion
