Pronouns are how we refer to each other in the 3rd person and are the words that serve as a placeholder for someone’s name. Gender pronouns specifically associate gender with the individual who is being referenced or discussed, but there is also a range of gender-neutral pronouns. WHY SHOULD I ASK MY STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR PRONOUNS? It is impossible to know someone’s pronouns just by looking at them or by reading your students’ names on...
The CAE wants to connect you with some of the best external resources that are emerging to support online instruction. Here are four excellent ones that our Educational Developers have come across over the past week: ACUE Online Teaching Toolkit – Includes short, user-friendly videos and downloadable information sheets on a variety of topics including welcoming students to the online environment, managing your online presence, organizing your online course, planning and facilitating quality discussions, recording...
The Learning Portal team is pleased to announce a new resource called Learning Online Hub which has joined our suite of academic support hubs on The Learning Portal. The Online Learning Hub is designed to support students with staying motivated, navigating technology and studying smart. In order to give college students a place to start, this hub features a tool where students can assess themselves to see where they need the most support and to...
The Student Rights and Responsibilities Office (SRRO) has created a document outlining proper online etiquette (Netiquette) for students to help encourage a respectful online educational environment. Check out the document here and consider posting it for your students on your Blackboard course site. Netiquette Tips for Online Classrooms
Make a test available to students for a minimum of 24 hours and possibly several days or even a week. Because students are having issues with internet connectivity, access to devices, may be writing their test from any time zone in the world, and likely have additional family obligations during this period, it’s important that any test be available for a significant period so students can access it at a time when they are able...
From: Dr. Mary Wilson, Director – Centre for Academic Excellence On Thursday, November 7th, Dr. Kevin Orr, Professor of Work and Learning and Associate Dean in the School of Education at the University of Huddersfield in England visited Niagara College’s NOTL campus and provided a talk for Program Coordinators about the benefits of subject-specialist approaches in college teaching. He drew on findings and resources from a three-year project, Improving Technical Education (https://www.improvingtechnicaleducation.org.uk/) that researched subject-specialist...