August 18, 2020 I’m an Empowered Educator! Reading Time: 2 minutes This Faculty Story is a guest post written by Diana Degan, BAA, ABC, CAAP, Professor, Public Relations & Marketing and an Ontario Extend Empowered Educator. View... Categories Faculty Stories Comments: 0
August 18, 2020 Teaching Remote Synchronous Classes in Zoom Reading Time: 2 minutes An overview of a video series on using Zoom for remote synchronous teaching Categories Teaching Remotely/Video Workshops/Zoom or Teams Comments: 0
August 17, 2020 Concept and Mind Mapping Reading Time: 5 minutes Concept and mind mapping are graphical ways to represent knowledge, concepts and ideas. The maps are hierarchical in nature that expands on a core concept... Categories Active Learning/Concept Mapping/Teaching Tips Comments: 0
August 17, 2020 The Value of Polling Apps Reading Time: 4 minutes Real time feedback tools, like polling apps or clickers, let faculty efficiently assess comprehension and get real time feedback from learners. Over 50 years ago, this... Categories Polling/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
August 17, 2020 Tech-Friendly Learning Spaces Reading Time: 4 minutes Review tips compiled from Conestoga faculty help set a tone of positive accountability and responsible device use in your BYOD classroom. Categories Device Friendly Classrooms/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams Comments: 0
August 7, 2020 Competitive and Gamified Quizzes Reading Time: 6 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 Polling/Quizzing/Tech For Teaching Comments: 2
August 7, 2020 Touch Interaction and Learning Reading Time: 5 minutes Think back to 2006. What were you doing at that point in your life? What was a typical day like? What technology did you have... Categories Digital Whiteboards/Tech For Teaching Comments: 0
August 7, 2020 Finding Videos Reading Time: 3 minutes Video is an engaging and relevant way to draw learners in, diversify instruction and model skills. Finding and curating accessible, captioned videos is becoming easier... Categories Teaching Remotely/Tech For Teaching/Videos Comment: 1
August 7, 2020 Boost your YouTube Use Reading Time: 2 minutes YouTube is an excellent source of varied video materials, and much of it can be used for educational purposes. But sometimes, it can be a... Categories Tech For Teaching/Videos Comment: 1
August 7, 2020 Polls in Zoom Reading Time: < 1 minute One way to improve students’ participation in synchronous learning activities in a remote classroom can be to use the polling feature in Zoom. Using single... Categories Polling/Tech For Teaching/Zoom or Teams Comments: 0
