Faculty Learning Hub

February 23, 2024

The Evolving Field of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots

Reading Time: 13 minutes In this post, we’ll explore what generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are and try to understand how we’ve gotten to this point in AI technology...

AI and Teaching/Artificial Intelligence/Getting Started with AI/Teaching

February 21, 2024

Encouraging International Students to Take Notes in the Classroom

Reading Time: 3 minutes Dr. Nasreen Sultana, Consultant, Teaching & Learning Notetaking has been one of the traditional and effective ways for post-secondary students to learn. However, as technology...

Active Learning and Engagement/Teaching/Teaching International Students/Theory and Practice

February 16, 2024

Managing Classroom PPE and Safety Protocols

Reading Time: 3 minutes This post addresses managing the classroom with respect to the use of personal protective equipment use, discussing safety protocols with students, and responding to safety situations and incidents.

Class Management/In-person/Teaching

February 15, 2024

Dealing with Too Many Slides

Reading Time: 3 minutes As a faculty member, you may receive or inherit “legacy” slide decks filled with more content than can be covered in a single class. This...

Lesson and Course Planning

February 13, 2024

Leveraging your slide deck, Part 1: Scaffolding assessments for student success

Reading Time: 5 minutes A slide deck can be the focus point of a lesson, presenting key information related to the week’s learning outcomes. A slide deck, however, is...

Active Learning and Engagement/Lesson and Course Planning/Student Focused Assessment

February 12, 2024

Mentimeter

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is Mentimeter? An interactive presentation, polling and quizzing tool, with Mentimeter you can build engaging presentations right in your browser. Add questions, polls, quizzes,...

Gamification/Licensed Apps and Pilots/Teaching Materials/Tech For Teaching

February 6, 2024

Peer Feedback: Grading Tool versus Assessment Tool

Reading Time: 3 minutes Peer feedback is a powerful classroom assessment tool that you can leverage to support students’ learning (Patchan et al, 2015; Yu & Schunn, 2023). Particularly...

Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Collaboration/Creating Assessments/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment

February 5, 2024

Student Engagement Through Industry Software Demonstrations and Peer Feedback

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ryanne Spies has taught at Conestoga full-time since 2013, and for a number of years as a part-time/sessional professor. Prior to teaching, she worked as...

Faculty Stories/Teaching

January 31, 2024

Make your Lessons “Bloom!”: Leveraging Bloom’s Taxonomy for Lesson Planning Alignment

Reading Time: 4 minutes Are you ready to plan your lessons with clear objectives and see exactly what students learn by the end? Do you have your BOPPPS template...

Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching

January 31, 2024

Effective Whiteboard Use

Reading Time: < 1 minute When teaching in-person, the whiteboard can be an effective teaching tool in the classroom. It helps students visualize content and recall important terms, concepts, and...

Accessible Learning/Collaboration/In-person