September 3, 2024 Student Reference Requests Reading Time: 8 minutes Have you ever been approached by a student requesting that you serve as a professional or academic reference for them? If so, you may... Categories Teaching
August 29, 2024 Giving Student Feedback Using an Inquiry Approach Reading Time: 4 minutes Students rely on feedback – whether qualitative, quantitative, or both; from peers, from you, or both – to understand how they performed on an assessment... Categories Assessing Learning/Giving Feedback/Student Focused Assessment
August 27, 2024 Introduction to Planning Courses Reading Time: 3 minutes The Teaching and Learning 5-part learning series on planning and developing courses, developed in collaboration with Curriculum Planning & Operations and the Online Learning Centre, will be offered again in Fall 2024. Categories Lesson and Course Planning
August 20, 2024 Where is the Wonder? Reading Time: 6 minutes Think back to your educational experience when you attended elementary and high school, especially around the questions you were given for your learning. Likely, these... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
August 14, 2024 Heterogeneity – the Reality of Diversity in our Classrooms Reading Time: 3 minutes By Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching and Learning Classroom heterogeneity refers to how students differ in age, gender, cultural and social backgrounds, and learning environments and... Categories Diverse Identities/Diversity/Teaching
August 14, 2024 Indigenizing Education – A Land Acknowledgement for ECE Reading Time: < 1 minute Tricia Dumais, Professor of Early Childhood Education at Conestoga College, tells the story of a land acknowledgement in the form of a children’s book that she created together with friend Doe O’Brien-Teengs. Categories Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education/Faculty Stories/Teaching
August 9, 2024 Getting Creative with Assessment Design Reading Time: 3 minutes Where you find yourself Are you building an assignment from the ground up while creating or revising a course outline? Or perhaps you’re looking to... Categories Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment
July 31, 2024 Why using Generative Artificial Intelligence models for grading high-stakes assessments is problematic Reading Time: 5 minutes Generative artificial intelligence has undoubtedly proven to be a useful tool in education, especially in supporting teachers and students in the teaching and learning process... Categories Teaching
July 29, 2024 Teachers as SoTL Researchers Reading Time: 3 minutes Navigating Dual Roles to Put Student Learning First The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) involves a systematic inquiry into teaching and student learning in... Categories Teaching
July 23, 2024 Implementing BOPPPS Framework in the Hybrid Classroom Reading Time: 3 minutes In this teaching tip we will explore the implementation of BOPPPS in a weekly hybrid class. Categories Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
