Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Discover how to engage your students with Poll Everywhere

Looking for ways to assess students’ understanding, survey opinions on controversial topics, or engage students during a lecture? Student response systems (SRS) can help you do just that! With SRS you can create planned or spontaneous surveys and immediately visualize student responses. SRS can also be used to enhance or guide discussions, track... More

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Contract Instructor Orientation Spring 2019

Get ready for the spring/summer term with a last minute course tune-up! If you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you may have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips and educational technology. Join Teaching and Learning Services on Thursday, May 2 from 4:30-9... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The nomination deadline for Carleton University Teaching Awards and the Discovery Centre Fellowship is almost here

The nomination deadline for the 2019 Carleton University Teaching Awards and the Discovery Centre Fellowship is only a few weeks away. If you are interested in pursuing an award or the fellowship, then be sure to get your application in before the deadline on April 30. Carleton University Teaching Awards There are four awards... More

Monday, April 8, 2019

A cuLearn upgrade is coming May 05

Exciting new changes are coming to cuLearn on May 05, 2019! This spring, Carleton will be upgrading the Learning Management System, cuLearn (Moodle), from version 3.1.12 to 3.6.3. The upgrade will create a clean, modern interface with many useful improvements to the existing functionality. Some changes you can look forward to are: Automatic... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

You’re invited to a 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

Monday, April 1, 2019

LMS Review Update April 2019

As you may know, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is conducting a review of cuLearn to ensure that the tool that powers Carleton’s Learning Management System (LMS) meets the current and anticipated needs of our students, faculty, instructors, teaching assistants and staff members. We are currently in the listening phase of our review process... More

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

First round of projects awarded funding through CUELF

Launched by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) in October 2018, the $50,000 Carleton University Experiential Learning Fund provides faculty, instructors and learning support staff with financial support to integrate experiential learning components into academic courses or programs at Carleton. The following faculty members... More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

cuLearn course design drop-in sessions in April

With the winter term coming to an end, the EDC will be hosting a number of cuLearn course design drop-in sessions this April to help you with your gradebook and to get you set up for a new term: April 4, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., 422 Dunton Tower April 12, 10 a.m. -... More

Monday, March 25, 2019

Blog: Emerging trends in educational technology

By Sabina Hajizada, Educational Technology Specialist, EDC A number of education-related experts and research think-tanks have made their annual predictions of the trends that will most likely dominate in the educational technology landscape this year: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Internet of Things (IoT)... More

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

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Blog: Embedding change as a principle in our pedagogy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC Change is hard. It can be hard to see when it’s necessary, or to envision concretely what it might look like, or to actually implement it. When it comes to teaching, there are a lot of factors working against change: our workload, our perceptions of ourselves and... More

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

2019 Carleton University Teaching Awards call for applications

Are you interested in pursuing a 2019 Carleton University Teaching Award? Or do you know an outstanding educator who deserves recognition? Teaching and Learning Services is currently accepting applications for four awards: Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award: recognizes faculty and contract instructors dedicated to sustained excellence in... More

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles Information Session

The Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles are an online resource that enable instructors to incorporate Indigenous voices in their classroom to help students better understand Indigenous perspectives, history, and politics in Canada. The bundles are one aspect of Carleton’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s... More

Friday, February 15, 2019

Capture – An Introduction to Creating Course Videos

Whether you want to record a PowerPoint presentation, show your students how to use an application, use a document camera or tablet to solve problems, flip your classroom or explore a more blended approach to your course, Capture has you covered. Capture is a screen recording solution that helps facilitate the growing need for... More

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Top 10 tips for becoming an organized professor

By Matthew Curtis, Fourth-Year Journalism, Carleton University From course outlines to lecture slides and all sorts of assessments in between, instructors have a lot to keep track of. Rachelle Thibodeau (Centre for Initiatives in Education) recently facilitated a Welcome to My Classroom session on The Organized Professor and she’s helped us... More

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Illuminate your teaching with Lightboard

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 Feb. 20 from 1:30-4 p.m. for a... More

Monday, February 11, 2019

Sarah Todd awarded 3M National Teaching Fellowship

Sarah Todd, a faculty member in Carleton University’s School of Social Work, has been named a 2019 3M National Teaching Fellow. The 3M National Teaching Fellowship is the most prestigious recognition of excellence in post-secondary teaching in Canada. The community of 3M National Teaching Fellows embodies the highest ideals of teaching... More

Friday, February 8, 2019

Learning Effectively with Multimedia

How we learn is shaped by how the human mind works. As a consequence, we need to carefully utilize a variety of teaching and learning media – words, pictures, sounds – to promote effective learning. Join us on Feb. 19 from 1-4 p.m. for a workshop that will introduce the basics of the cognitive... More

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Congratulations to this year’s Achievement Award winners

Congratulations to the faculty members, contract instructors and librarians who have been honoured with 2019 Carleton Achievement Awards. Together, the recipients have shown passion for their work and dedication to making a significant impact on Carleton students, as well as contributing to the community. Read the full story... More

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Community-Engaged Teaching: Sharing Successes and Challenges

On Feb. 12, join members of Carleton's Committee for Community-Engaged Pedagogy (CCEP) for a brown bag lunch-and-learn session on community-engaged teaching. Come ready to informally share what you consider to be your greatest success in this regard (or, sit back and hear from others!). And bring any challenges you are facing, so that we can... More

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Teaching with Your Mouth Shut: Incorporating Activities into (Smaller) Lecture Classes

If you teach smaller classes (under ~60 students) and are looking for ways to engage your students in the learning process that go beyond the standard lecture, then this is the workshop for you! Join us at the Educational Development Centre on Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. - noon for a session that will... More

Monday, February 4, 2019

Welcome to My Classroom: Learning from High School Teachers

If you teach first year (and beyond) and are ever curious about what goes on in high school, then join Tonya Davidson (Sociology and Anthropology) at the EDC on Feb. 15 from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. for a lively discussion! Two local high school teachers (one in the social sciences, one in the... More

Friday, February 1, 2019

Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles Information Session

The Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles are an online resource that enable instructors to incorporate Indigenous voices in their classroom to help students better understand Indigenous perspectives, history, and politics in Canada. The bundles are one aspect of Carleton’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s... More

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Top 10 things to consider if you’re using cuPortfolio in your course

By Nathan White, First-Year Masters of Journalism, Carleton University Instructors say the dynamic online multimedia space is a great way to make connections between assignments. Students say it helps them see their accomplishments and growth across the semester. It’s no wonder cuPortfolio use has doubled since 2014, with nearly 4,000 total... More

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