Faculty Learning Hub

September 28, 2023

Planning and Facilitating Effective Peer Assessment

Reading Time: 4 minutesPeer 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 minutesAmanda 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 minutesDiana 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

September 28, 2023

Faculty Innovation 2022 – a Faculty Member’s Story 3 

Reading Time: 5 minutesJulia 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 minutesIdea 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 minutesLori 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 minutesBy 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 minutesBy: 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 minutesAt 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 minutesIn 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