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Monday, April 23, 2018
By Tonya Davidson, Instructor II, Department of Sociology and Anthropology My first year teaching a third-year qualitative methods course at Carleton went all right. It was a small class and I assigned some challenging readings, attempting to pair theoretical and methodological how-to readings with demonstrations of those same qualitative methods... More
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
By: Elspeth McCulloch, EDC Educational Technology Development Coordinator Discover how experts rank educational technology trends, challenges and developments for the next year…or three years…or more. When it comes to describing trends and discussing common strengths, opportunities and threats, the New Media Consortium (NMC) team of experts... More
By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science I generally find teaching stimulating, invigorating and frequently fun, on one hand, and often emotionally draining, on the other. Part of this is my tendency to obsess and self-doubt, which sit atop my general confidence and assertiveness. Thinking about the skill set required... More
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
By Maristela Petrovic-Dzerdz, Instructional Design Coordinator, EDC Research tells us that one of the most important factors influencing motivation for learning and succeeding in an academic environment is relevance. If students cannot see a connection between what they are learning in class and the outside world, their own lives or their future... More
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
By Julie Lepine, Contract Instructor, School of Linguistics and Language Studies Okay, so maybe the excuses of your university students are not as juvenile as ‘the dog ate my homework’ (or maybe they are!), but I’m sure you’ve all witnessed the slightly panicked, slightly defiant face of a student who has ‘forgotten’ to bring... More
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
By Rebecca Bromwich, Instructor, Department of Law and Legal Studies No, I’m not “Canada’s Smartest Person,” as measured by the tests offered on reality TV, and the demonstration of that on national network television offers a wonderful teachable moment. This fall, I was nominated to go on CBC’s reality TV gameshow Canada’s Smartest... More
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
By Elspeth McCulloch, EDC Educational Technology Development Coordinator Have you thought about incorporating BigBlueButton (BBB) into your course? BigBlueButton is a synchronous web conferencing tool that allows instructors and TAs to host live online presentations, seminars, office hours and meetings from cuLearn. The technology is feature... More
Monday, October 3, 2016
By Natalie Allan, Assistant Director, Residence Life Services In our residence community, we are focused on the learning that takes place outside of the classroom. We wonder what should students learn as result of living in residence? What strategies should we use to promote this learning? And how will we know if they learned... More
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Some people regard math as a black-and-white subject. Such a sentiment has a certain degree of truth. Calculus two centuries ago is still calculus today. Theorems that have been rigorously established will not become untrue in the future unless our logical foundations... More
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
By Claudia Buttera, Lab Coordinator, Department of Biology If you haven’t already heard of the absolute craze that is PokémonGo, here’s a brief overview from a non-gamer. The first Pokémon games launched in 1996 and were designed for Nintendo handhelds. The game is based on capturing, training, battling and trading virtual fictional... More
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science In my course on graphic novels and political identity, I often like to open a class session by asking students whether they “liked” the book on offer that week. As an opener, it’s a softball question that can help put at ease students who might... More
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
By Michele Hall, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC The educational psychologist, John Dewey, once said, “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” In my last blog post, I wrote about my own failures at teaching today when using yesterday’s model, the lecture, and noted a few strategies... More
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