Tech For Teaching Days Brought to you by Teaching and Learning, the Tech For Teaching Days aim to support your tech-enabled teaching practice through conversation, exploration, and experimentation.
April 21, 2022 Modes of Delivery Reading Time: 4 minutes Learn about what are the modes of course delivery at Conestoga. Categories Lesson and Course Planning/New Faculty
April 6, 2022 Delivering Indigenous Land Acknowledgements Reading Time: 6 minutes Author’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/Diversity
November 24, 2021 Supporting Marked Group Writing Assignments Reading Time: 6 minutes Prepared by the Teaching & Learning team, this tip provides advice to faculty supporting collaborative group writing assignments, including reports and papers, as well as... Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Group Work/Improving Assessments/Teaching
September 23, 2021 Grading Bias: Making Marking More Equitable for All Learners Reading Time: 5 minutes “As a profession, teaching is full of well-intentioned individuals deeply committed to seeing all [students] succeed.” Staats, C. (2016) Student learning, growth, development, and ultimate... Categories Assessing Learning/Assessment Challenges/Assessment Quick Guides/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
September 3, 2021 Tips for Getting Started with an Asynchronous Course Reading Time: 7 minutes Michele Feeser shares tips for preparing for asynchronous teaching. Categories Faculty Stories/Online Asynchronous
September 2, 2021 Creating a Rubric Reading Time: 6 minutes If you are seeking a clear, efficient framework for marking assessments, follow these guidelines to create an assessment rubric. Categories Assessing Learning/Rubrics and Marking/Teaching
August 31, 2021 Trauma Informed Teaching Reading Time: 6 minutes As we begin our teaching each semester, we welcome strangers into our class whose past experiences are unknown to us. Over time, it sometimes becomes clear that a student is struggling with the impact of life experiences on the student’s ability to learn. This teaching tip will provide a research perspective and practical suggestions to help make your class a welcoming environment for students with trauma in their past (or present). Categories Accessible Learning/Teaching
August 26, 2021 Accommodating and Supporting Students with Disabilities: Conestoga Faculty Stories Reading Time: 7 minutes Stories curated by Elan Paulson and Sara Kafashan Increasing numbers of students with disabilities are attending colleges in Ontario (Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, n.d.). In... Categories Accessible Learning/Diversity/Faculty Stories
August 13, 2021 Open At Conestoga: Library Q&A Reading Time: 4 minutes Holly Ashbourne, eLearning Liaison, answers questions about the Library’s OER Toolkit and open at Conestoga College. Select the link to read an introduction to Open Educational Resources at Conestoga. ... Categories Faculty Services/Library Services/OERs and eTexts
