Teaching 101

This section includes specific Teaching Resources that can help faculty get started with their courses. These resources will explore specific areas of teaching and learning that impact contemporary education. Larger teaching/learning topics will also be explored in subsequent sections (e.g., Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Being, Open Educational Resources, Universal Design for Learning, etc.).

We invite you to review the list of curated resources as you reflect on your teaching practice.

Lesson Planning

Planning a lesson can be challenging when the learning outcomes seem broad and you feel pressured to prioritize certain learning experiences. We recommend reviewing the following guide and associated sample templates to review a few lessons. These resources will help you focus on specific areas within each lesson of a particular module.

Classroom Engagement 

During your professional learning travels, you might see many resources that speak to "classroom management". These tend to focus on management strategies that assume studies are disengaged and are being disruptive. With that said, we would like everyone to reframe the discussion by focusing on "classroom engagement" instead of management. Students come to your course with varying challenges so a good way to "manage" the classroom is to keep them engaged in the learning process.

This section highlights a few strategies that can help bolster engagement and enable you to move forward with a positive learning space.

Hyflex Teaching 

The HyFlex (hybrid + flexible) model is a student-driven approach to teaching and learning (Beatty, 2019), where students have the choice/flexibility to either attend class onsite or participate synchronously online. The model offers a combination of:

• hybrid learning: learning is offered in both face-to-face and online modalities; and 

• flexible learning: on an ongoing basis, students can choose to attend class onsite or online 

The Information Technology Services (ITS) team has been renovating specific classrooms across the college - see "Hyflex Classroom List at SLC" file for an updated list.

NOTE: this section is currently being revised for Academic 2024-25

Active Learning

The college recently built two Active Learning Spaces (one in Cornwall and another in Brockville). These classrooms include wall to wall whiteboards and movable furniture in an effort to promote more active learning strategies within our classrooms. While the physical classroom enables some elements of active learning, all faculty can engage in these types of activities within their regular courses by using simple strategies throughout their lessons. 

Project-Based Learning / Case Study / Experiential Learning

Consider using project-based-learning in your course by using case studies or tapping into some experiential learning opportunities. 

Language of the Discipline

These resource explore key concepts in teaching and the process of learning.