December 3, 2021

Managing Unexpected and/or Emotional Incidents in Post-Secondary Teaching

Reading Time: 7 minutesDuring our careers as faculty, we may come across a few unexpected and/or emotional incidents in post-secondary teaching. How do we, for example, navigate a class discussion when students are visibly distraught after just hearing upsetting local or global news, such as the murder of a Muslim family in London, Ontario? Or, what do we say when a student discloses...

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Student Engagement & Communication

August 31, 2021

Trauma-Informed Teaching

Reading Time: 6 minutesAs we begin our teaching each semester, we welcome strangers into our class whose past experiences are unknown to us.  Over time, it sometimes becomes clear that a student is struggling with the impact of life experiences on the student’s ability to learn. This teaching tip will provide a research perspective and practical suggestions to help make your class a welcoming environment for students with trauma in their past (or present).

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

May 18, 2021

Students from India: Help Them to be Successful

Reading Time: 5 minutesHow can you best prepare for cohorts of students from India? This Teaching Tip aims to help you find out. 

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

May 5, 2021

Read & Write Gold

Reading Time: 2 minutesRead&Write is a literacy toolbar that helps students enhance their reading, writing, studying, and research skills. Commonly presumed as a type of assistive tech, Read & Write is unique in that it is available to all students at Conestoga. This app can support a variety of learning, studying, and research habits. By using Read&Write, students can proactively develop their literacy...

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive EdTech Use/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

December 1, 2020

Supporting Privacy Rights of People with Disabilities

Reading Time: 2 minutesInformation and links on protecting the rights of people to disclose or withhold information about theirdisability

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching

November 24, 2020

Test Preparation: Providing Guidance for Students Taking Tests

Reading Time: 4 minutesExams can be stressful, especially now. Here are some suggestions for setting clear yet welcoming guidelines for for your students to follow.

Categories Assessment Design & Development/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Quality Assessment

November 16, 2020

Course Completion Assessment Process for Students with Documented Disabilities

Reading Time: 4 minutesAn FAQ on the Course Completion Assessment process and form, used by Accessible Learning and the program team to provide an opportunity for the meaningful consideration of retroactive requests by students with a documented disability.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Grading & Grading Tools/Quality Assessment

October 2, 2020

Student Expectations for Online Engagement

Reading Time: 2 minutesAn overview of the Student Expectations for Online Engagement Policy

Categories Inclusive EdTech Use/Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

September 17, 2020

About Teach Me Tech Services

Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking for information to support students with technology? Complete and up-to-date tech support and services for students can be found on the Library’s Teach Me Tech website. Services Available At the Teach Me Tech site, students can: access live chat tech support, book one-on-one virtual tech consults with tech reps, find tips and instructions for using Zoom or Teams, or LinkedIn Learning,...

Categories Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

September 17, 2020

Easy Ways to Promote Student Success Services

Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents who access our services earlier in the semester tend to be more successful. Helping to make sure students are aware of services early in the semester, and with friendly reminders throughout the term, can help to provide early intervention and avoid problems at crunch time. To try to make this as simple as possible, Student Success Services has created a...

Categories Effective Teaching/Teaching for Learning

August 26, 2020

Teach Me Tech Services for Students

Reading Time: 2 minutesTeach Me Tech offers assistance and workshops for faculty and students.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Library Services/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

May 6, 2020

Online Course and Research Materials

Reading Time: 2 minutesTip that provides information on library supports for faculty.

Categories Online Asynchronous/Online Synchronous/Teaching with EdTech/Tech-Enhanced Teaching

April 24, 2020

Supporting Student Well-Being

Reading Time: 2 minutesResources to support students’ mental health and well being as they learn remotely.

Categories Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching/Teaching for Learning

April 16, 2020

Universal Design for Learning for Teaching

Reading Time: 2 minutesRecommendations to maximize the ability for students with disabilities to fully and meaningfully participate in all aspects of the virtual learning environment and may also benefit other student populations.

Categories Accessible Teaching/Effective Teaching/Inclusive Teaching