April 20, 2020 Podcasts Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 Reflective Practice/Teaching
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
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 Student Success Services
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 Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching
March 27, 2020 Creating a Positive Learning Environment in Zoom Reading Time: 3 minutes Tips for creating a positive learning environment in Zoom through understanding privacy and confidentiality, enabling live captions, and more. Categories Teaching
March 1, 2020 Copyright Considerations for the Online Learning Environment Reading Time: 3 minutes Use this Q&A guide to find answers to some of your copyright questions related to virtual teaching. Categories Faculty Services/Library Services/Online Synchronous
February 19, 2020 Quizizz Reading Time: < 1 minute For self-paced learning resources or friendly peer-to-peer quizzes, try out Quizizz. Educators and students can make true or false and multiple choice quizzes and flashcards,... Categories Gamification/Tech For Teaching
February 14, 2020 Necesito OER Reading Time: 3 minutes This post was written by Dr. Rita Palacios, faculty at Conestoga College about experiences in writing and creating Open Education Resources (OER) for courses. In... Categories Faculty Stories/OERs and eTexts/Teaching/Tech For Teaching
February 10, 2020 Preparing for Assessment Reading Time: 4 minutes Assessment properly understood represents a continuation and culmination of the teaching and learning process. With the course learning outcomes firmly in view, we teach, we... Categories Assessing Learning/Creating Assessments/Teaching