July 3, 2023 Developmental Observations of Teaching Reading Time: 2 minutes Information and materials overview for developmental observations of teaching Categories Educational Development Opportunities/Educator Development/observations/Reflective Practice
June 26, 2023 Messaging Your Students Reading Time: 5 minutes Tips for writing engaging email and announcement messages that will encourage students to take action. Categories Communicating With Students/Teaching
June 26, 2023 Active Learning on Zoom: Mentimeter Word Clouds Reading Time: 2 minutes The power of connecting ideas, feelings, and words in class is beneficial for the learning process, it can help clarify understanding and allow students to... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/New Faculty/Online Synchronous/Teaching
June 26, 2023 Active Learning on Zoom: Whiteboards Reading Time: 2 minutes Most of us are familiar with using whiteboards in classrooms to explain a topic, highlight key ideas, or to allow students to contribute collaboratively; much... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Online Synchronous/Teaching/Zoom or Teams
June 20, 2023 The First Two Weeks: Basic Classroom Expectations Reading Time: 9 minutes At its best a classroom is a dynamic setting where teacher and learners support each other on the journey toward a common learning goal in... Categories Build Community/Lesson and Course Planning
June 19, 2023 Using Turnitin’s Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Detection Tool and the Process Guide for Navigating Potential Academic Offences Reading Time: 4 minutes Generative AI (genAI) has brought new challenges, opportunities, and questions in terms of the assessment of student work. Large Language Models (LLMs), the technology that... Categories AI and Assessment/Assessing Learning/Assessment Quick Guides/Teaching
June 1, 2023 Faculty Ideas for Talking with Students About Grammarly Reading Time: 6 minutes Ideas for talking about Grammarly with students and using Grammarly with written assignments Categories AI and Assessment/AI and Learning/AI and Teaching/Assessing Learning/Reflective Practice/Teaching
May 8, 2023 Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Support at Conestoga Reading Time: 3 minutes What is OER? Open Educational Resources (OER) are one aspect of Open Educational Practices (OEP) underpinned by pedagogies like constructivism, critical digital pedagogy, and social... Categories Teaching
April 25, 2023 TPACK for Teaching Reading Time: 2 minutes Learn about the TPACK model of teacher knowledge. Categories Teaching/Theory and Practice
April 20, 2023 Generative AI Applications and Tools Reading Time: 5 minutes The list of generative Artificial Intelligence (genAI) applications, tools and methods grows daily. This is a small selection of those more commonly accessed within each... Categories Artificial Intelligence/Tech For Teaching