Faculty Learning Hub

June 21, 2023

Observing Behaviours and Developing Solutions in a Collaborative Environment

Reading Time: 5 minutes Amy Huskins has been a full-time professor in the Early Childhood Education program since 2015, and is currently the program coordinator for first-year students. She...

Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Teaching

June 21, 2023

Conventions for Writing and Saying Numbers

Reading Time: < 1 minute Your students from India may be making mental adjustments for the first while when listening to or reading the higher numbers. This chart compares number notation conventions.

Teaching/Teaching International Students

June 20, 2023

The First Two Weeks: Basic Classroom Expectations

Reading Time: 9 minutes At its best a classroom is a dynamic setting where teacher and learners support each other on the journey toward a common learning goal in...

Build Community/Lesson and Course Planning

June 19, 2023

Using Turnitin’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Detection Tool and the Process Guide for Navigating Potential Academic Offences

Reading Time: 4 minutes Generative AI (genAI) has brought new challenges, opportunities, and questions in terms of the assessment of student work. Large Language Models (LLMs), the technology that...

Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning

June 19, 2023

Updating Rubrics to Prevent Grade Inflation

Reading Time: 2 minutes Grade inflation is a well-known phenomenon. Check out some thoughts and data from Harvard in Grade Inflation: What Goes Up Must Come Down. We must ensure that students receive grades that discriminate, in the best sense of the word, the degree to which they have attained the course outcomes. In a general...

Assessing Learning/Rubrics and Marking

June 6, 2023

What is Community-Engaged Writing?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Learn about community-engaged writing, its benefits for students and faculty, College support, and other resources.

Faculty Stories/Teaching

June 1, 2023

Faculty Ideas for Talking with Students About Grammarly

Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for talking about Grammarly with students and using Grammarly with written assignments

AI and Assessment/AI and Learning/AI and Teaching/Assessing Learning/Reflective Practice/Teaching

June 1, 2023

Citing Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)

Reading Time: 2 minutes It is important to provide students with clear directions on how to cite any permitted use of generative AI (genAI) in assessments. These directions can...

Academic Integrity/AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning

May 19, 2023

The Value of Active Listening and Discussing Industry Practices

Reading Time: 3 minutes Jan Vilaca has taught part-time in Conestoga’s School of Business since 2018. She worked as an executive assistant in post-secondary education, yet retired from her...

Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Teaching

May 8, 2023

Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Support at Conestoga

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are one aspect of Open Educational Practices (OEP) underpinned by pedagogies like constructivism, critical digital pedagogy, and social...

Teaching