January 17, 2024 Want to Improve Learning? It’s Easy as Repeat, Repeat, Repeat. Reading Time: 6 minutes We all want our students to remember what we teach them. This is a reasonable expectation considering all that time you spent preparing lessons, activities... Categories Teaching/Theory and Practice
December 13, 2023 Using Exemplars to Support Student Success with Assessments Reading Time: 3 minutes Exemplars are “carefully chosen samples of student work which are used to illustrate dimensions of quality and to clarify assessment expectations” (Carless & Chan, 2017,... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Assessing Learning/Assessment/Assessment Quick Guides/Communicating With Students/Creating Assessments/Giving Feedback/Improving Assessments/Student Focused Assessment/Teaching
November 30, 2023 Connecting Active Learning Activities and Assessments to Sustainability Reading Time: 3 minutes Laura Matheson, an educator since 2008, joined Conestoga College in 2013 to develop and teach in the Sustainable Business Management post-graduate program. Passionate about education,... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Build Community/Educational Development Opportunities/Faculty Stories/Group Work/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
September 26, 2023 Gamification and Student Choice in Brick and Stone Mason Programs Reading Time: 4 minutes Lori Martin first taught at Conestoga in 2014. Since 2019 she has been teaching in Conestoga’s Trades and Apprenticeship, specifically in the Masonry Apprenticeship and... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Gamification/Teaching
September 6, 2023 The Success of International Students at Conestoga College Reading Time: 4 minutes By Dr. Sara Kafashan and Dr. Nasreen Sultana Note: This post contains initial thoughts from Sara and Nasreen, Teaching & Learning Consultants who originally came... Categories Teaching/Teaching International Students
June 21, 2023 Observing Behaviours and Developing Solutions in a Collaborative Environment Reading Time: 5 minutes Amy Huskins has been a full-time professor in the Early Childhood Education program since 2015, and is currently the program coordinator for first-year students. She... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Teaching
May 19, 2023 The Value of Active Listening and Discussing Industry Practices Reading Time: 3 minutes Jan Vilaca has taught part-time in Conestoga’s School of Business since 2018. She worked as an executive assistant in post-secondary education, yet retired from her... Categories Active Learning and Engagement/Faculty Stories/Teaching
March 28, 2023 Strengthen Your Teaching Through Instructional Skills Workshops (ISWs) Reading Time: 2 minutes Conestoga faculty can register for an Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) to enhance their lesson planning techniques and teaching practices. As of January 2023, the ISW... Categories Build Community/Events/Reflective Practice/Teaching
November 22, 2022 Creating a Harmonized Assessment Tool for Capstone Projects Reading Time: 4 minutes Capstone projects showcase students’ comprehensive learning. Conestoga’s Computer Science programs host a capstone project at the end of each semester – an opportunity for students... Categories Faculty Stories/Lesson and Course Planning/Teaching
July 15, 2022 Pathway – Helping Students to Understand Assignments in Your Course Reading Time: < 1 minute This learning pathway video introduces new faculty to some important ideas and considerations for ensuring that their students understand the assignments in their course. Helpful... Categories Assessing Learning/New Faculty/Teaching