May 4, 2020 Creating a Sense of Belonging for International Students Reading Time: 3 minutes Reflections on how early experiences as an international student shapes teaching practices for intercultural and academic success. Categories Building Community/Faculty Stories/Teaching Tips
May 1, 2020 The Benefits of Engaging the Senses in Lessons Reading Time: 2 minutes This teaching tip provides some insight into brain functioning to understand why certain teaching strategies—such as activities that appeal to the human senses–are good for learning. Categories Teaching Tips
May 1, 2020 Northern Lessons on Collaboration and Feedback Reading Time: 5 minutes Joel Beaupré shares experience and lessons learned about collaboration and feedback in his first years of teaching in Northern Ontario. Categories Building Community/Faculty Stories/Teaching Tips
April 24, 2020 Supporting Student Well-Being Reading Time: 2 minutes Resources to support students’ mental health and well being as they learn remotely. Categories Student Success Services
April 20, 2020 Podcasts Reading Time: < 1 minutes Join Teaching & Learning Consultant Joel Beaupré as he hosts guests from Conestoga and beyond who share their recommendations, reflections, stories, and questions related to... Categories Teaching Tips
April 17, 2020 Key Apps for Teaching and Learning Reading Time: 4 minutes What other apps are widely available to support the transition to remote teaching? Which are most appropriate for my teaching at Conestoga? Many faculty are... Categories Online Synchronous/Tech For Teaching
April 17, 2020 Group Work in Fully Online Learning Reading Time: 4 minutes This Teaching Tip provides a summary of selected research literature that offers suggestions for supporting learners and reducing conflict in group-based learning within remote courses. Categories Group Work/Online Asynchronous/Teaching Tips
April 16, 2020 Universal Design for Learning for Teaching Reading Time: 2 minutes Recommendations to maximize the ability for students with disabilities to fully and meaningfully participate in all aspects of the virtual learning environment and may also benefit other student populations. Categories Online Synchronous/Teaching Tips/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)/Zoom or Teams
March 28, 2020 Teaching With Zoom: Zoom for Professors Reading Time: 4 minutes A quick “how-to” use Zoom for professors to facilitate remote synchronous classes. Categories Online Synchronous
March 28, 2020 Managing Communication in Online Synchronous Classes Reading Time: 4 minutes Teaching tips that respond to common scenarios that can arise in the remote synchronous classroom, including chat talk, interruptions, oversharing, silence, and unwelcome participants. Categories Online Synchronous/Teaching Tips/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams
