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Engaging Teaching
Faculty can increase student motivation and engagement by providing feedback early and often. Giving students evidence of their progress in the course allows them to stay on track, and/or make informed decisions about accessing additional help (such as Tutoring; see below!), if it’s required. Helpful feedback is:
- Goal-referenced: How am I progressing toward the outcomes?
- Tangible and transparent: How will I know when I’m doing it right?
- Actionable: What can I do to improve?
- User-friendly: Specific and personalized
- Timely: The sooner the better!;
- Ongoing: Starting now, and frequently; and
- Consistent: based on pre-determined standards, such as those found on a rubric.
You can remember these feedback tips by using the mnemonic GTAUTOC: Greg Talks About Underwear To Our Customers. See Seven Keys to Effective Feedback for more information. Speaking of feedback, hook us up with some comments below!
Learning Technology
We’ve heard your feedback, and are proud to announce Faculty D2L Level Two is NOW available…
In this mastery-level course you will:
- Spend time thinking and learning about new ways to create and present content in your course pages;
- Learn and try out the new Virtual Classroom tool and other communication tools; and
- Learn about rubrics, and badges, and awards… oh my!
You can self-register for Level TWO on D2L, in the Help and Information Widget (yellow-header, right-hand side, scroll ⇓).
Policies & Procedures
This image has absolutely no Academic Integrity (except for citing the source of the image below). That’s not a picture of Joe Strummer! And those aren’t Joe Strummer lyrics! This is an abomination. Let’s avoid having something like this exist in our world.
Here are some thoughts:
Academic Integrity – What do you do if you find evidence of cheating or plagiarism in your classroom?
Academic integrity in teaching, learning, and research is fundamental to a learning organization. There is an expectation that all faculty, staff, and students adhere to a high standard and that violations (such as cheating and plagiarism) should have serious consequences, but how do we evaluate academic integrity?
Currently, breaches of Academic Integrity at Fleming College are based on a four-strikes-and-you’re-out policy. Breaches of academic integrity are reported by faculty, in writing, to the Registrar. The details are contained in the Academic Regulations Policy 2-201. A new policy is currently in the works and we will update you when that policy is implemented.
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College Departments
The Tutoring & Academic Skills Centre: An Origin Story
Many years ago (2 or 3 to be exact), there was a Fleming College department known as Learning Support Services, and then it became The Learning Centre. Eventually we all realized that we use the word ‘learning’ too much around here. So much so that it got watere