Faculty Learning Hub

May 22, 2024

Collaborative Online Intercultural Learning (COIL): Public Relations

Reading Time: 3 minutes Conestoga College has embarked on its pilot launch Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) as an international virtual exchange program for students. In this kind of virtual exchange,...

COIL/Faculty Stories/Intercultural Awareness/Teaching

May 22, 2024

What Does it Mean to be an Intercultural Educator?

Reading Time: 3 minutes Diversity is a fact of life in any Canadian postsecondary setting. In addition to diversity in such areas as age, gender, and educational background, Conestoga...

Intercultural Awareness/Reflective Practice/Teaching/Teaching International Students

May 22, 2024

Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL): Intercultural Prototypical Attributes for Effective Leadership

Reading Time: 3 minutes Conestoga College has embarked on its pilot launch Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) as an international virtual exchange program for students. In this kind of...

COIL/Faculty Stories/Teaching

May 16, 2024

Unpacking the Rainbow: Celebrating Pride Month

Reading Time: 2 minutes Many people associate Pride month with celebrating openly and with family as society in Canada has generally become more inclusive. For many newer immigrants Pride...

Teaching

May 16, 2024

Embedding AI in Activities and Assessments: A “5 for 1” Deal

Reading Time: 4 minutes A faculty story about integrating AI into in-class activities and assessments

AI/AI and Assessment/AI and Learning

May 8, 2024

Exploring SoTL: Enhancing Learning and Teaching through Research

Reading Time: 2 minutes This post was authored by Dr. Launa Gauthier, Teaching and Learning’s new SoTL Consultant. Have you ever found yourself frustrated over classroom challenges, pondering student...

Teaching

May 8, 2024

Reach Them All with Universal Design for Learning

Reading Time: 4 minutes Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is about making course instruction, materials, and content accessible to everyone right from the start. By doing this you will...

Accessible Learning/Teaching/Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

May 7, 2024

Online Asynchronous Teaching Toolkit

Reading Time: 2 minutes This toolkit provides resources to support your new teaching role in an online course or your continued growth as an online educator.

Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

May 6, 2024

Accessible Teaching with Copilot

Reading Time: 5 minutes An overview of accessible learning at the College and provides ideas for supporting accessible learning using generative AI and AI-supported classroom tools.

Accessible Learning/AI and Teaching/Teaching

May 2, 2024

What Did I Do Wrong? What Academic Integrity Means to the International Students

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Teaching & Learning Consultant While no study indicates that international students plagiarize more frequently, there are worries that these students might...

Academic Integrity/Teaching/Teaching International Students