Faculty Learning Hub

July 16, 2021

Review and Reflection and How to Assess Them: Part 2

Reading Time: 3 minutes Part 2 of a two-part teaching tip on assessing review and reflection as skills includes suggestions to help students build their ability to reflect both as learners and as practitioners in their field.

Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

July 16, 2021

Review and Reflection and how to Assess Them: Part 1

Reading Time: 6 minutes In part 1 of a two-part teaching tip on assessing the professional skills of reflection/review, reflection is defined and explained in a historical context.

Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

July 12, 2021

Empower Your Teaching with Ontario Extend

Reading Time: 2 minutes Offered by eCampusOntario, Ontario Extend is a free micro-credentialed learning program exploring emerging technologies and pedagogical practices. It includes six modules that equip educators with...

Educational Development Opportunities/Online Synchronous/Teaching/Tech For Teaching

June 23, 2021

Best Practices for Faculty to Support Students in Distress or in Crisis

Reading Time: 4 minutes In this post, you will learn about best practices to support students in distress or in crisis. Some of the information here is based on...

Accessible Learning/Diverse Identities/Diversity

June 23, 2021

Tips for Teaching Out-of-Country International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes Due to the current situation, many students are attending classes from their home country. Students attending the courses from outside of Canada require some unique...

Diversity/Modes of Delivery/Online Synchronous/Teaching International Students

June 23, 2021

Creating an Extra Loop in Assignments to Scaffold Students and Their Learning

Reading Time: 2 minutes This teaching tip explores the value of having students submit an assignment to further their achievement of the learning outcomes and to scaffold their ability...

Assessing Learning/Giving Feedback/Rubrics and Marking/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching

June 22, 2021

“Involve me and I learn”- The Connection Between Active Learning and How Brain Learns

Reading Time: 3 minutes Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin Conestoga College endorses active learning to promote an...

Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching

June 18, 2021

Students from India: Effective Communication Strategies

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Kathryn Brillinger, Laura Stoutenburg, & Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning, Conestoga College A wide range of communication styles exist all around the world. We...

Diversity/Teaching International Students

June 18, 2021

The Decisions I Make While Teaching Both Asynchronously And Synchronously: Stories From the Classroom

Reading Time: 3 minutes Faculty had to switch to remote teaching in March 2020. I was one of those teachers In this teaching story. While not teaching in person,...

Faculty Stories/Reflective Practice/Teaching

June 14, 2021

Headed Towards Hybrid

Reading Time: 2 minutes Post by Rachel Schultz, OLC, and Elan Paulson, Teaching & Learning Explore the benefits of hybrid learning, and reflect on how a hybrid model could apply to your...

Hybrid/Teaching/Zoom or Teams