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Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Screen time and face time: The triumphs and trials of teaching online

By Matthew Curtis, Fourth-Year Journalism, Carleton University From a teaching perspective, comparing face-to-face with online courses is somewhat like comparing movies with theatre. Movies take a lot of time to produce up front, but once they’re done they can be replayed, or parts of them can be used for different purposes. Theatre is live,... More

Monday, March 18, 2019

Welcome to My Classroom – Using Peer-to-Peer Approaches to Solve Common Assessment Challenges

There are some challenges in assessment that, it seems, just about every professor has to face again and again. Group projects, for instance, raise the perennial question of how to fairly evaluate the work of the group versus that of the individual student. Communicating expectations for high-stakes, end-of-term summative assessments in a way that... More

Friday, March 15, 2019

Registration open for 5th Annual Carleton U Community Connections event!

Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Carleton U Community Connections event - a morning of networking and discussions on community-campus engagement.  Purpose: Making connections between Carleton (students, faculty, academic units and professional staff) and community-based organizations in the non-profit, public and private sector.... More

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Reminder: LMS listening session tomorrow

Carleton University is in the process of reviewing its learning management system (cuLearn) to determine how to best meet the needs of our institution moving forward. As part of our review process, we would like to invite you to an LMS Listening Session. These sessions will provide an opportunity for Carleton’s teaching and learning... More

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Top 10 tips for designing online assessments

By Nathan White, First-Year Masters of Journalism, Carleton University At first glance, online assessments might seem more daunting than traditional papers, tests and final exams. But they don’t have to be. Whether you’re looking at using formative assessments to assess progress throughout the course, or summative assessments to evaluate... More

Monday, March 11, 2019

Get your introduction to cuPortfolio

Join us at the EDC on March 28 from 1-3 p.m. for your introduction to Carleton’s electronic portfolio technology, cuPortfolio. This session will provide an overview of ePortfolios, review how they can be used to deepen and enrich learning and assessment, and provide a hands-on introduction to cuPortfolio. During the hands-on portion of the... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Dynamic Duos – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Part III

Among the many resources instructors have on hand to design and deliver their courses are support staff from the library, Teaching and Learning Services or even from their own departments. Join us on Mar. 22 from 10 a.m. - noon for a session that will explore the relationships instructors have with their support staff... More

Monday, March 4, 2019

You’re invited to a campus-wide Learning Management System Listening Session

Carleton University is in the process of reviewing its learning management system (cuLearn) to determine how to best meet the needs of our institution moving forward. As part of our review process, we would like to invite you to an LMS Listening Session. These sessions will provide an opportunity for Carleton’s teaching and learning... More

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Apply for the new Discovery Centre Fellowship

Carleton University’s Discovery Centre supports innovation in undergraduate studies and has become known as a place where different avenues to education can be explored. The Discovery Centre has established a new fellowship to provide an opportunity for Carleton faculty members to further develop or innovate their teaching and make an impact to... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Creating a transformative teaching and learning environment at Carleton

By Matthew Curtis, Fourth-Year Journalism, Carleton University As the saying goes, you are a product of your environment. “I want a student to walk away from Carleton feeling empowered and able to engage in society. And that can be from getting a particular sort of job, to living in a particular community in a... More

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

How to teach op-ed writing

Are you looking for an alternative to the standard essay or just to mix up or add to your repertoire of course assessments? Then join Mira Sucharov, associate professor with the Department of Political Science and author of Public Influence: A Guide to Op-Ed Writing and Social Media Engagement (2019), on March 20 from 10-11:15 a.m.... More

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Illuminate Lightboard Basics

Illuminate “Lightboard” is a new student engagement tool that allows instructors using Carleton’s studio to notate and write on a transparent lightboard. The technology is particularly effective in courses that demonstrate processes, equations and sequences. See how the Illuminate Lightboard works. Join us on March 6 from 9:30 a.m. - noon... More

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