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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

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Blog: Part III: The importance of communication in effective online learning

By Dr. Kathleen Lucas, Contract 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. Creating a connection with students is one of the key components that makes teaching a joy for... More

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