January 15, 2021 Bring Your Best: Advice from Faculty on Online Synchronous Teaching Reading Time: 3 minutes Tips suggested by faculty in a workshop, “Bring Your Best to Remote Teaching” Categories Faculty Stories/Hybrid/Online Synchronous/Reflective Practice/Zoom or Teams
November 25, 2020 Random Selectors for Group Breakout Activities Reading Time: 3 minutes A teaching tip for selecting groups with a fun random selector during remote classes Categories In-person/Online Synchronous
November 16, 2020 Course Completion Assessment Process for Students with Documented Disabilities Reading Time: 4 minutes An FAQ on the Course Completion Assessment process and form, used by Accessible Learning and the program team to provide an opportunity for the meaningful consideration of retroactive requests by students with a documented disability. Categories Accessible Learning/Student Success Services
November 12, 2020 Creating a CARD Lesson Plan Reading Time: 4 minutes Lesson plans provide structure, flow, and focus to a class meeting. This teaching tip provides information on the CARD lesson plan. The CARD lesson plan can be... Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
November 2, 2020 Optional and Occasional Student Webcam Use Reading Time: 3 minutes This tip shares some information about why students may be turning off their web video cameras (webcams) during synchronous classes, how to monitor learner presence... Categories Hybrid/Online Synchronous
October 8, 2020 Honour Pledges for Assessments Reading Time: 3 minutes Information about using honour pledges, and alternatives, to reduce academic violations Categories Academic Integrity
October 7, 2020 Competitive and Gamified Quizzes Reading Time: 5 minutes Educators across the globe use game-based quizzes to add a bit of competition and engagement to review, quizzes and retrieval practice activities. But what does the research say about these types of activities for learning? How can we best leverage them to improve student outcomes? Categories Gamification/Tech For Teaching
September 21, 2020 Evaluating Professionalism in College Courses Reading Time: 2 minutes This post was collaboratively written by Nancy Nelson and Joel Beaupré, Teaching and Learning Consultants Background Many college educators aspire to teach, reinforce, and assess professionalism in their courses, though they... Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching
September 10, 2020 Use Visuals Inclusively Reading Time: 3 minutes This teaching tip provides three ideas for to provide inclusive remote course lesson content where visuals are used. Categories Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
September 8, 2020 Creating Class Guidelines with Students Reading Time: 4 minutes You and your students are engaged in a collaborative journey toward the goal of successful learning. This teaching tip suggests ways to create guidelines together with your students in order to create an inviting atmosphere that supports learning for everyone in the class. Categories Build Community/Hybrid/In-person/Online Synchronous/Teaching
