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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Innovative Teaching with VR: Reflections from the Experiential Learning Hub

The winter term marked the Experiential Learning Hub’s (ELH) first full semester operating since its launch in October of 2023. We asked four instructors who innovatively incorporated virtual reality (VR) into their courses this past term to share their reflections on their experience working with the ELH. Peggy Hartwick Assistant Professor,... More

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Blog: Language Matters: Revolutionizing Education by Re-thinking LLMs as an Approach to UDL

By Lindsay Richardson, Educational Technology Supervisor (TLS), Adjunct Professor of Psychology I was listening to Lex Fridman’s (2024) podcast when psycholinguist Edward Gibson said, “we don’t think in language.” That’s when it hit me: language is simply the vehicle we use to express our thoughts. Now—on the precipice of a... More

Monday, April 29, 2024

Blog: Accessibility Showcase: Lessons Learned on Making Teaching Programming and Accessible Multi-User Virtual Reality More Inclusive

By Anthony Scavarelli, scavara@algonquincollege.com Dr. Anthony Scavarelli holds a Ph.D. In Information Technology and a MASc in Human-Computer Interaction from Carleton University, exploring the development of an inclusive virtual reality framework for learning and social, collaborative human-computer interactions using reality-based interfaces.... More

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Blog: Connecting the Dots, Part II: AI and Cursive Writing

By Maristela Laforest Petrovic-Dzerdz, Educational Development Facilitator, TLS Current events affecting the present and future of education are causing seismic shifts of a magnitude we have never experienced in the span of our educational careers. In the past twelve years, which is the time I have been working in higher education, we faced... More

Monday, April 3, 2023

Blog: Fooled – A Story from TLS’ Past

By Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning, TLS As indicated in the November 2022 TLS newsletter, TLS is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To help recognize this milestone, we thought we'd share stories of teaching and learning from our past. This is our fourth story in the series. Catch up on our previous story, A... More

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Blog: A lesson learned – A Story from TLS’ Past

By Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning, TLS As indicated in the November 2022 TLS newsletter, TLS is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To help recognize this milestone, we thought we'd share stories of teaching and learning from our past. This story is the third in the series. Catch up on the previous one, Student... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Blog: Channeling the Appetite For Success with LMS Tools

by Troy Joseph, Instructor, Department of Economics, Carleton University As instructors, we often feel challenged to teach high-enrolment classes, resigned to accept that the helpful things we do for students in small settings — like giving customized feedback and guidance — can’t be scaled up for our larger classes. But with targeted... More

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Blog: Student Technology Assistants – A Story from TLS’ Past

As indicated in the November 2022 TLS newsletter, TLS is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To help recognize this milestone, we thought we'd share stories of teaching and learning from our past. This is our second story in the series. Catch up on the previous story, Early Innovation, here. The opening of the Future Learning... More

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Blog: Early Innovation – A TLS Story from the Past

By Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning, TLS Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is celebrating its 30th anniversary. To help recognize this milestone, we’re sharing stories of teaching and learning from our past. This is the first story in our series. One of the earliest collaborators with Carleton’s first teaching and learning... More

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Blog: Celebrating Teaching and Learning Services’ 30th Anniversary

By Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning, TLS Carleton University is celebrating 80 years of research, teaching, learning and community partnerships this year, and Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is also celebrating a big milestone – it’s our 30th anniversary! Back in July 1992, the university established its first teaching... More

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Blog: A Profile Picture is Worth a Thousand Words (to our students!)

By Tracy Hodgson-Drysdale, MEd, PhD, Educational Technology Development Coordinator at Teaching and Learning Services, and Instructor at Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Boston College and Lesley University If a picture really is worth a thousand words to our students (and maybe also to our colleagues), then it’s high time we update... More

Monday, October 3, 2022

Blog: How Can I Be Present in an Asynchronous Classroom?

By Tracy Hodgson-Drysdale, MEd, PhD, Educational Technology Development Coordinator at Teaching and Learning Services, and Instructor at Carleton University, University of Ottawa, Boston College and Lesley University If you have ever wondered whether it’s an oxymoron to ask if we can be present in our online classrooms, or whether the terms... More

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Blog: Experiential Learning at the Book Arts Lab

By Jody Mason, Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature I wrote this blog following my participation in the Book Arts Lab’s recent virtual event, Learning with Our Hands: Tour the Book Arts Lab. The event was organized by Patti Harper, Head of Research Support Services at MacOdrum Library, and was co-sponsored by... More

Friday, May 27, 2022

Blog: Three Tips for Integrating ASL Interpreters into Your Zoom Meetings

By Katie Hartwick, Educational Technology Assistant, Teaching and Learning Services With Zoom becoming a common tool for courses, webinars and meetings, you might be asking how to make meetings more accessible. Specifically, how can you successfully host a Zoom meeting that will include an ASL interpreter? Here we share our top three tips to... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Blog: Extrapolating Neuropharmacological Ideas to BIPOC Communities with the Students as Partners Program (Faculty Perspective)

Instructor Zachary Patterson (Department of Neuroscience) partnered with third-year student, Nathalie Mensah, through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) last fall to design learning materials that would contextualize neuropharmacological ideas and challenge students’ biases regarding substance use and addiction in BIPOC communities. The... More

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Blog: Extrapolating Neuropharmacological Ideas to BIPOC Communities with the Students as Partners Program (Student Perspective)

Instructor Zachary Patterson (Department of Neuroscience), partnered with third-year student, Nathalie Mensah, through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) last fall to design learning materials that would contextualize neuropharmacological ideas and challenge students’ biases regarding substance use and addiction in BIPOC communities. The... More

Monday, March 28, 2022

Blog: Adapting a Course for the Summer Term with the Students as Partners Program

This winter, Stefania Maggi, an instructor in the Department of Psychology, joined forces with fourth-year student Jessica Gagliano through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) with the goal of adapting a 12-week Childhood and Youth Studies course to fit the format of a six-week summer term. The following interview shares Jessica’s... More

Thursday, March 10, 2022

TA Blog: Pandemic Persistence, Online Learning and Social Isolation: The Importance of Connecting Students to Extracurricular Activities

By Andrew Crosby, Teaching Assistant for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology The COVID-19 pandemic is painstakingly persistent and has created cycles of disruption for in-person learning on Ontario’s university campuses (and beyond). Now in the fourth wave with a prolific omicron variant, the prior confidence levels of university... More

Friday, January 7, 2022

Blog: The Diary of an Overzealous Instructor

By Lindsay Richardson, Instructor, Department of Psychology & e-Learning Designer, TLS Dear future self, That feeling you’re experiencing – it’s extremely dangerous. You’re sitting there thinking of all the wonderful ways you could measure learning outcomes in your upcoming course: in-class activities, authentic evaluations,... More

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Blog: Behind a Classroom Door – Trust, Compassion and Playfulness

By Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning Services What takes place in many of our classrooms happens behind closed doors – we don’t often get a chance to see the relationships and connections that instructors make with students. Yet, on occasion we can prop open the door and peek inside… Up until March 2020,... More

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Blog: Students as Partners Program Helps Bridge the Gap in Communication and Media Studies

This summer, Emily Hiltz, an instructor in the School of Journalism and Communication, teamed up with third-year student Roop Bajwa through the Students as Partners Program (SaPP) with the goal of bridging the gap between two core courses in Communication and Media Studies. Recognizing the need for more hands-on training using the software SPSS,... More

Friday, June 18, 2021

Blog: Do you know SAMR?

Written by Sarah Langridge, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Services Have you been asking yourself what technologies you could or should use to deliver your online courses? Maybe you’re looking for some guidance  on what to use, and when. Teaching online challenges us to try a lot of new things, but we... More

Friday, June 11, 2021

Blog: Imposter Syndrome? Locating Academic (In)security

Written by Maria Dabboussy (doctoral student, DGES) and Sophie Tamas (Associate Professor, DGES & SICS) Research conducted by Maria, Sophie, and Brittany Amell (doctoral student, SLALS) In the fall of 2019, we began studying imposter syndrome as a public feeling that circulates in and structures experiences of academic spaces and practices at... More

Monday, May 31, 2021

Blog: Reflections on co-teaching a field course online in Brightspace

By Stephan Gruber and Derek Smith, co-instructors, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies ENST3900/GEOG3000 is a third-year field course that normally includes several days off campus, in person, with exciting fieldwork outside and campfires in the evening. In the Winter 2021 term, we co-taught the course for students in our Geography,... More

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Blog: Creating Organization from Chaos

By Lindsay Richardson, Instructor, Department of Psychology & e-Learning Designer, EDC As instructors, one of the best pieces of advice we offer our students is to stay organized. Many of us have begun to include a Lecture 0 type module at the beginning of our courses that is meant to help students prepare for... More

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Blog: Reducing Emails from Students with a Brightspace Course Overview

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, TLS “When is the assignment due?” “I missed class because I couldn’t find the Zoom link – where is it?” “What is my grade for the last assessment? I can’t find the gradebook” “Why can’t I see the lectures for next week yet?” Any of these questions... More

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Blog: Reducing Emails from Students with a Brightspace Course Overview

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, TLS “When is the assignment due?” “I missed class because I couldn’t find the Zoom link – where is it?” “What is my grade for the last assessment? I can’t find the gradebook” “Why can’t I see the lectures for next week yet?” Any of these questions... More

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Blog: Five takeaways to ease your anxiety while transitioning to Brightspace

By: Christine Streeter, Contract Instructor, PhD Candidate, School of Social Work, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs One year has passed since the declaration of a global pandemic and how we live, and work, has changed. With the disruption in our lives, we have had to learn many new technologies on how to engage... More

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Blog: Five takeaways to ease your anxiety while transitioning to Brightspace

By: Christine Streeter, Contract Instructor, PhD Candidate, School of Social Work, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs One year has passed since the declaration of a global pandemic and how we live, and work, has changed. With the disruption in our lives, we have had to learn many new technologies on how to engage... More

Friday, February 26, 2021

Blog: The importance of curriculum alignment in online courses from a student’s perspective

By Mei Anne Hills, Undergraduate Student, Cognitive Science The rapid transition from in-class to online learning has provided both challenges and opportunities for those involved, but continuing to ensure proper curriculum alignment can increase success for both students and instructors during these unprecedented times. Curriculum alignment... More

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Blog: Lessons Learned from Online Classes

By: Ali Arya, Associate Professor, School of Information Technology and Associate Dean (Planning and Awards), Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs The Fall 2020 academic term is approaching the end. While many of us transitioned to online teaching and learning at the start of COVID-19 pandemic, or went through a full online course in... More

Friday, November 13, 2020

Blog: Student Workload in Online Education v1.1

By Bruce H. Tsuji, Senior Teaching Advisor (and Online Teaching Ninja), Teaching and Learning Services Have you ever tried to binge watch more than one Netflix or Amazon Prime series at the same time? Think Sons of Anarchy plus Broadchurch plus Marcella plus Criminal UK plus Unorthodox plus Giri/Haji. This is what we have... More

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Blog: Adapting an inclusive, engaging learning environment from the classroom to the cloud

By Tiva Rait, Second-Year Undergraduate Student in Cognitive Science “Carleton University has always been student-centered," according to the Teaching and Learning Framework for Carleton University 2013-2018 (p. 2). Setting students up for success should be every instructor’s priority, but instructors may have less experience with how to do... More

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Blog: Another Virtual Hug from TLS

Hi Carleton instructors, It’s us again, your Teaching and Learning Services team. We’re still here—here to talk, here to listen, here to help you sort out issues, here to help you bring your teaching to the next level. Maybe you love teaching online (or you're at least cautiously optimistic about it), or maybe you... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Part IV: Protecting intellectual property in an online classroom

By Dr. Zachary Patterson, Instructor, Department of Neuroscience This is the first of a four-part series by Neuroscience instructors on their experiences with the sudden and rapid transition to online learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The transition to online learning has introduced some new challenges for protecting intellectual property... More

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