October 26, 2023 Proctoring Technologies for Test & Exams Reading Time: 3 minutesEffective test and exam proctoring is an important part of the work that we do as faculty to ensure integrity and create supportive spaces for... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
October 18, 2023 Teaching and Supporting Nigerian International Students. Reading Time: 3 minutesBy Dr. Monsurat Raji and Dr. Nasreen Sultana (Teaching and Learning Consultants) Beginning post-secondary studies in Canada for most international students is like playing a... Categories Intercultural Awareness/Teaching International Students
October 17, 2023 Experience of African International Students at Conestoga: What Students Say Reading Time: 4 minutesChioma Uwaneme (Work Study Student at T&L) & Dr. Nasreen Sultana (Consultant, T&L) On 5 October 2023, Teaching and Learning hosted a Coordinator Learning Event... Categories Teaching/Teaching International Students
October 17, 2023 Inclusiveness for 2SLGBTQ+ Students in Collaborative Work Reading Time: 6 minutesKey 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 minutesA 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 minutesWhat? 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 minutesFAQ information about Grammarly in Conestoga courses Categories AI and Assessment/AI and Teaching/Teaching
September 29, 2023 Instructional Strategies Reading Time: 8 minutesWhat 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 minutesIdeas 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 minutesAuthor’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
