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Monday, April 28, 2014
By: Ann Clarke-Okah, Learning Outcomes Consultant & Andy Thompson, Program Assessment Coordinator, Office of Quality Assurance (Academic Programs) Many of you are already familiar with the concept of course-level learning outcomes. Perhaps you already include these statements of expected skills and competencies students will demonstrate by the... More
Monday, March 31, 2014
By: Nestor B. Querido, Supervisor, CUOL It’s Carleton University—EMCP style! Our Enrichment Mini-Courses Program, which began in 1981, is all about teaching high school students on campus. The one-week mini courses offer future undergraduates a valuable first glimpse into Carleton’s academic programs. Although it requires a lot of... More
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
By: Samah Sabra, Teaching Development Coordinator, EDC As my tour of the new Discover Centre on the fourth floor of Carleton’s MacOdrum Library ended, my head was spinning – in the best way possible. If you don’t already know this about me, part of my interdisciplinary social science graduate education was in cultural geography.... More
Monday, December 23, 2013
By: Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning In what has been a particularly chilly and snowy December, it’s the end of the term at Carleton and that means its crunch time for students, instructors, teaching assistants and staff at the university. Students are studying, preparing and writing exams, papers and submitting projects.... More
Monday, December 2, 2013
By: Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning The deadline for the Desire2Learn Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning has been announced as Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. This international award celebrates and recognizes innovation in post-secondary teaching and learning. About to enter into its third year, Carleton is proud to count professor... More
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
By: Patrick Lyons, Director, Teaching and Learning As I look out my office window on what is a beautiful day, I notice the leaves changing colour and formation after formation of Canada geese flying by, hustling off to fields of the Experimental Farm or the Ottawa River to rest and feed. It’s then I... More
Monday, September 9, 2013
By: Samah Sabra In September of my third year as an undergraduate student, I stood outside my department chatting with other returning students and a professor we all greatly respected and admired. As we spoke, he said: “You know, people often speak of autumn as a time of death – it’s when the leaves... More
Monday, August 19, 2013
By: Merridee Bujaki, Associate Professor, Accounting, Sprott School of Business T is for Technology – I have been teaching university accounting courses for almost 20 years now and every summer I rethink my classroom relationship with technology. Technology certainly makes it easier to communicate with the class and circulate materials – but... More
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
By: Morgan Rooney I’ll never forget the sense of excitement I experienced when I learned I was going to teach my first course. I had been advised by a number of parties to avoid teaching for the first few years of my doctorate so I could concentrate on the work at hand, but when... More
Monday, July 22, 2013
By: Morgan Rooney Whether you are pursuing your Master’s or PhD, actively searching for an academic job, or just settling into your shiny new faculty position, the early career of the aspiring teacher-scholar can be a bewildering experience. What are my professors’ expectations? How does one survive comprehensive exams or write 300 pages on... More
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
By: Anthony Marini As someone who has spent much of their academic career working with university instructors in promoting teaching excellence, new faculty hires are of a particular interest to me. Part of that interest stems from the fact that new faculty members face significant challenges as they take on their first academic appointments.... More
Monday, July 8, 2013
By: Kirk Davies Nowadays, instead of being the wise old sage on the stage, instructors must become a guide on the side and learn to facilitate learning in new and exciting ways. What this means is that instructors must relinquish some of the control in the classroom and work with students instead of simply... More
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