Professional Development for Faculty

COVID-19 - Remote Delivery Related Resources

• Teaching Online
  • Academica Article - Teaching Online for the First Time(opens in new window)
  • Article - 9 Resources for Moving your Courses Online(opens in new window)
  • Academic Impressions Webcast - Principles for Effective Online Teaching(opens in new window)
  • Academic Impressions Tools - Online Teaching Effectiveness(opens in new window)
  • Intro to E-Learning(opens in new window)
  • MAGNA - Taking your Teaching Online Collection(opens in new window)
    • This collection is for teachers faced with taking their classes online due to campus closures and social distancing. The collection is free when you use the coupon code COLLECTION at checkout
  • MAGNA - Faculty Focus(opens in new window)
  • NISOD
    • Online Teaching Toolkit(opens in new window)
    • From Face to Face to Online Delivery(opens in new window)
    • Webinar(opens in new window) - Boosting Performance in Online Discussions
• Library
  • For Faculty
  • Program Guides(opens in new window)

Events

• College PD Eventbrite(opens in new window)

Indigenous

• Indigenous Learning Outcomes (ILO)
• 4 Seasons of Reconciliation(opens in new window)
  • E-mail: Use your @confederationcollege.ca e-mail
  • Password: TRC94

Training

• Classroom Management
• International Students
• Faculty Orientation
• Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) Certificate
• Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) - a comprehensive program that transforms the curriculum, encouraging writing to learn and learning to write in all disciplines
• Blackboard
  • Essentials
  • Ally
  • Creating an announcement(opens in new window)
  • Posting your Course Outline and content(opens in new window)
  • Adding information to the My Instructor section(opens in new window)
  • Creating a Grade column(opens in new window)
  • Creating a Calculated Grade column(opens in new window)
  • Making your course available(opens in new window)
  • Installing Blackboard and launching Collaborate(opens in new window)
  • Creating a Blackboard Collaborate session(opens in new window)
• Cognos
  • Printing student roster and images(opens in new window)
• Brightspace
• Classroom Technology(opens in new window)
• Adobe Connect
• LinkedIn Learning(opens in new window)

Education

• PHD program(opens in new window)
  • Flyer(opens in new window) | Program Highlights(opens in new window)

Awards

• Innovation in Teaching

Resources

• Policies and Resources
  • Academic Policies
• Ombudsperson
  • Tips for Dealing with Student Concerns(opens in new window)
  • Fairness Checklist for Decision-Makers(opens in new window)
  • Tips for Communicating with a Student(opens in new window)
• Academic Integrity
  • Policy(opens in new window)
  • Strategies to Deter Cheating During Tests & Exams(opens in new window)
  • Article: Tips for Preventing Plagiarism Among College Students(opens in new window)
  • The University of Ontario Institute of Technology(opens in new window) - maintains a robust collection of resources on Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Education. Check out the Student and Faculty areas!
• Course Outlines
  • Official "Signed" Course Outlines
    • NEW METHOD! - Use Windows Explorer file browser from inside the college only and navigate to \\cc-admin\users\Public\course outlines\Course-Outlines-Final-PDF
  • Course Outline MS Word Template(opens in new window) (June 2010 version - MS Word file)
• General
  • Student Accommodation
  • Bloom's Taxonomy(opens in new window)
  • Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire(opens in new window)
  • Teaching Tips(opens in new window)
  • Group Work: Using Cooperative Learning Groups Effectively(opens in new window)
  • Video: Rethinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner | MacArthur Foundation(opens in new window)