Monday, July 13, 2020

Carleton Selects Brightspace as its New Learning Management System

Following extensive consultations and evaluations with its teaching and learning community, Carleton University has selected Brightspace by Desire2Learn as its new Learning Management System (LMS) to replace cuLearn in the spring 2021 term. D2L is headquartered in Waterloo, Ont. and its Brightspace platform is widely adopted across the province... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Blog: Their cheatin’ hearts: Assessment online and off

By Bruce H. Tsuji, Instructor, Department of Psychology Although cheating is one of the “zombie ideas” that emerges repeatedly in conversations about online teaching (Lalonde, 2020) it is important to keep in mind that academic integrity violations happen in both online and offline environments. Yes of course, cheating happens in proctored... More

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Deadline for summer Students as Partners Program this Friday

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has a limited number of opportunities available for the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) this summer to help instructors prepare their online courses for the Fall term. Administered by the Discovery Centre and fully funded by TLS, the Students as Partners Program offers instructors and learning support... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Call for Applications: Shared Online Projects Initiative

Carleton has partnered with the University of Ottawa to establish the new Shared Online Projects Initiative (SOPI), which will allow online module and course development to be shared between the institutions for the Fall 2020 term. The initiative is being launched in response to the necessary shift to online teaching due to the current... More

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Carleton Launches Shared Online Projects Initiative with uOttawa

Carleton University and University of Ottawa are joining efforts to develop online modules and courses that can be shared and adapted between the institutions for the Fall 2020 term. In light of the shift to online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, the two universities have established the Shared Online Projects Initiative (SOPI). This... More

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Contract Instructor Orientation Summer 2020

If you’re a contract instructor who will be teaching an online or distance course this July/August, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is here to help you! Whether you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you undoubtedly have questions about policies and procedures, teaching... More

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Blog: An Effective Low-Tech Check for Learning: In Praise of Worksheets

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve created a series of screen-capture lecture videos and linked students to other relevant resources (videos by third-parties, readings, etc.). Your content is wonderful, rich, informative, and easy for your students to access. Excellent! But, suddenly a voice in the back of your... More

Monday, June 8, 2020

New Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles available

The Carleton University Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles are an online teaching resource that enable instructors to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into the classroom. Created and delivered by Indigenous experts, the Bundles provide a factual and theoretical basis to help instructors bridge the gap between their course content and... More

Friday, June 5, 2020

Tips for teaching with video recordings

The transition to online teaching has given instructors the opportunity to rethink when and how they deliver lectures and presentations. Video recordings are a great option for any class structure and expand the reach and impact of traditional, web-enhanced, hybrid, flipped, and fully online courses. We've pulled together a couple of blogs from... More

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Additional summer SaPP spots available to prep for fall courses

Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has a limited number of opportunities available for the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) this summer to help instructors prepare their online courses for the Fall term. Administered by the Discovery Centre and fully funded by TLS, the Students as Partners Program offers instructors and learning support... More

Friday, May 29, 2020

Announcing the 2019-2020 Outstanding TA Award Winners

Teaching and Learning Services is pleased to announce the five outstanding Teaching Assistants (TAs) who have been named recipients of the 2019-2020 Outstanding TA Awards. The awards celebrate the support TAs give to the undergraduate programs in their disciplines, their roles in establishing a positive learning environment, and their work in... More

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Blog: Fragility and agility in teaching

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Since I started using digital technology in my teaching, I have always had a bit of anxiety for what could go wrong and when. After all, Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Still fresh in my mind are... More

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Course Planning and Design Support for Fall Term

Over the last eight weeks, our community has collectively adapted to successfully complete the winter term and begin a strong summer term with grace, resourcefulness and empathy. With the summer term now underway, we look ahead to the fall term as our next major milestone. As we look to September, we are conscious that... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Provost Scholar Award Recipients Announced

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin and Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) David Hornsby presented eight undergraduate Carleton students with Provost Scholar Awards on Friday, May 1. Although it was not possible to hold an in-person event due to the current public health crisis, Carleton hosted an online event via... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Blog: Is there anybody out there? Online courses and the need for connecting to students

By Ali Arya, Associate Dean (Planning and Awards), Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Information Technology Working from home and taking online courses are not new phenomena, but the COVID-19 global crisis made them household topics for all of us. Online courses saved our winter term (thanks to the... More

Monday, April 20, 2020

Deadline Extended for the Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation and Teaching Awards

The deadline to apply for the Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation and the Carleton University Teaching Awards has been extended until May 30. Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation The Chair in Teaching Innovation is awarded annually to an educator who demonstrates teaching excellence across their academic career and who... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Resources for your students learning online

As we move towards online courses for the summer term, we’ve put together some resources to help your students transition to your new classrooms. Online Student Success Module Encourage your students to participate in the Online Student Success Module, a short cuLearn module that goes through the nuts and bolts of learning online. The module... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Blog: Creating an online course in a hurry? Here are five things I learned during my own moment of crisis

By Ian Wereley, Contract Instructor, Department of History With the recent COVID-19 virus outbreak and the closure of universities across Canada, many of Carleton’s professors and instructors will be transferring their course material to an online environment. This unprecedented shift will create a host of new challenges and points of... More

Monday, April 13, 2020

Help to get your courses online: Educational technology and pedagogical workshops

We're hosting a number of online workshops this month to help instructors with the transition to an online environment. The workshops cover a variety of different educational technology tools that you can incorporate into your online courses, including Zoom, BigBlueButton and Kaltura Capture, as well as pedagogical workshops that can help you with... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Contract Instructor Orientation Spring 2020

If you’re a contract instructor who will be teaching an online or distance course this summer, TLS is here to help you! Whether you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you undoubtedly have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips, and educational technology, especially... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Blog: Reflections on online teaching

By Andrea Chandler, Professor, Department of Political Science As a professor in the Department of Political Science here at Carleton, I made a sudden shift from in-class teaching to online teaching in mid-March 2020. Like my colleagues at Carleton, and at institutions elsewhere in Canada and the world, I had not expected to have... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Course Design Express: Helping you get your courses online for Summer

As instructors are shifting to online teaching for the Summer 2020 term, we strongly encourage you to take a pragmatic approach. Keeping your approach simple will be easier and allow flexibility for both you and your students. Given the large number of courses going online this summer at Carleton, we have created three alternatives... More

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Blog: Considerations for teaching online this summer: The value of asynchronous delivery

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC As you gear up to teach online this term, you will need to consider what format your online teaching will take. Your first assumption might be to just move your classes online - teach synchronously, live streaming your lectures from Zoom or BigBlueButton. While at first... More

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Blog: Teaching Online for Dummies, by a Fellow Dummy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve built your course with face-to-face in mind and suddenly have to move everything online. Feel free to curse loudly and bang a few desks: I know I have. Once that’s out of the way, we can get down to the task at hand. Few things... More

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Top 10 tips for students studying online

As we move to online and alternative modes of course delivery for the remainder of the Winter term, we've prepared some tips to help your students transition to an online... More

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

2019-2020 TA Teaching Awards are Accepting Nominations

The EDC’s Outstanding TA Award is a university-wide award, open to all TAs in all faculties, designed to recognize teaching excellence among Carleton’s TAs. Please note that some academic units also offer departmental TA Awards. The awards celebrate Carleton TAs’ dedication to undergraduate learning. TAs occupy a challenging position at the... More

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

OCUFA teaching awards call for application

The Carleton University Teaching Awards Committee (CUTAC) is looking to nominate Carleton faculty for the 2020 OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards, presented in recognition of outstanding teachers in Ontario universities. The OCUFA awards recognize exceptional contributions to the higher education community and student learning at all... More

Monday, December 16, 2019

Reminder: TechSmith Relay discontinued in a few weeks

As of December 31, 2019, TechSmith Relay will no longer be available to faculty or students at Carleton University. TechSmith Corporation is discontinuing all of its self-hosted Relay products, including its Relay Recorder (screen recording tool) and its mobile app Fuse. As a result, Carleton will no longer be providing support for TechSmith Relay... More

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

STLHE’s annual teaching and learning conference is accepting proposals

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) has put out a call for proposals for its upcoming annual conference, which will be held at the Shaw Centre in the heart of downtown Ottawa from June 9 – 12, 2020. This year’s conference is cohosted with Carleton University, Algonquin College, La Cité... More

Friday, November 22, 2019

Carleton Establishes Prestigious Chair in Teaching Innovation

Carleton has launched a new program that will highlight teaching excellence and act as a springboard to foster student success and social change. The three-year Chair in Teaching Innovation appointment will be awarded to educators who have demonstrated teaching excellence and innovation across their academic careers. For more information, please... More

Friday, November 15, 2019

Important message about Scantron Processing in December

Exam season has arrived at Carleton, which means there will be a large volume of Scantrons that require processing at the EDC. Instructors using Scantrons are asked to drop off their answer sheets to the EDC main office (410 Dunton Tower) as soon as possible after their exam is done. This is to ensure... More

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Nominate a student for a 3M National Student Fellowship

Every year, 3M Canada invites post-secondary institutions to nominate their students for the prestigious 3M National Student Fellowship. This award honours full-time undergraduate students at Canadian post-secondary institutions who have demonstrated outstanding leadership at their institution and who embrace a vision of education that enhances... More

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Registration now open for the Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) 

Registration for the winter cohort of our Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program is now open! Facilitated by 3M teaching fellow, Dr. Anthony Marini, CUT provides a safe and supportive environment to explore new approaches to instruction. Over 10 sessions, you'll develop your teaching skills and connect with colleagues from across... More

Monday, November 4, 2019

Call for applications: D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning

Do you take an innovative approach to your teaching, whether it’s through your course design, assessment methods or use of technologies? Then apply for a 2020 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning! The award, sponsored by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and Desire2Learn, recognizes innovative approaches... More

Friday, November 1, 2019

Warning: TechSmith Relay discontinued at end of 2019

As of December 31, 2019, TechSmith Relay will no longer be available to faculty or students at Carleton University. TechSmith Corporation is discontinuing all of its self-hosted Relay products, including its Relay Recorder (screen recording tool) and its mobile app Fuse. As a result, Carleton will no longer be providing support for TechSmith Relay... More

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