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Monday, May 9, 2016

Archives in action

By Emma Brown, TLS Staff Writer Which is the flesh side and which is the hair side? This was one of the questions students were asked to answer in professor Marc Saurette’s Medieval and Early Modern Studies class last semester. They were examining manuscripts from Carleton’s Archives and Research Collections (ARC). The medieval documents... More

Friday, May 6, 2016

cuPortfolio pages from INDG 4000

The following cuPortfolio Projects completed by the students of  INDG 4000 Advanced Research Seminar in Indigenous Studies (Winter 2016) illustrate how the cuPortfolio platform and the internet can become a powerful teaching tool. It also illustrates another way of facilitating active student engagement with course materials in a way that is... More

Monday, May 2, 2016

2015-2016 Provost Scholar Awards

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), through the Discovery Centre for Undergraduate Research and Engagement honours exemplary undergraduate students with the Provost Scholars Award each spring.  The students are nominated by their faculties for excellence in one of the four pillars of the Discovery Centre: undergraduate... More

Monday, May 2, 2016

Putting ease back into the equation: cuPortfolio in engineering and physics courses

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer For numbers and equation-based courses such as engineering, physics or math, handing in printed sheets of paper with page after page of computer-drawn graphs or equations is not always the best use of time and resources. For the ease of both student and instructors, many have turned towards... More

Friday, April 29, 2016

Discover how to foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium

Date: Tuesday, May 10 Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: River Building atrium and conference rooms Register here Discover how to create educational experiences that not only promote, but foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium. Carleton instructors, students and staff will share their teaching and learning... More

Friday, April 29, 2016

Discover how to foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium

Date: Tuesday, May 10 Time: 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: River Building atrium and conference rooms Register here Discover how to create educational experiences that not only promote, but foster active engagement at our upcoming teaching and learning symposium. Carleton instructors, students and staff will share their teaching and learning... More

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Active Learning Classrooms coming to Carleton

By Emma Brown, TLS staff writer It was 8:35 a.m. Anne Bowker’s first-year psychology seminar had just begun. The first several minutes were spent reorganizing students into groups for discussion. Chairs were awkwardly formed around unmoveable desks until something like “groups” emerged. It was not ideal. That’s one of the reasons why... More

Monday, April 25, 2016

PASS workshops helping students succeed

By Alison Sandstrom, TLS staff writer Students struggle more with some courses than others. First year classes in particular can be difficult as students adjust to the academic expectations of university. Professor Bob Burke teaches General Chemistry, a challenging course for many first-year students. “Some high school chemistry is roughly... More

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

An introduction to CTS’ new acting supervisor

By Nina Karhu, acting supervisor, Classroom Technology Support Starting in January 2016 I moved into an office (with windows!) in Loeb D283 as acting supervisor of Classroom Technology Support, filling in for Troy Bernard who is taking paternity leave. Coincidentally, my previous office (located underneath the Kailash Mital Theatre – no windows)... More

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Take a look back at the academic year with TLS

It’s time to take a look back at the academic year with Teaching and Learning Services. Check out the latest issue of Reflections, an annual magazine that features TLS’ best stories, tips and blogs of the year. Inside, you’ll find stories on everything from chalkboard teaching to dealing with controversial topics in the classroom, as... More

Monday, April 18, 2016

Carleton prof tracking music on the American campaign trail

By Alison Sandstrom, TLS staff writer For years James Deaville has studied how music is used in advertising. Now the Carleton music professor is applying his analysis to whole new kind of marketing: political campaigning. “Music can be manipulative and you might not even notice it’s there. It’s the ultimate hidden persuader,” he says.... More

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Celebrating Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate research is alive and well at Carleton and growing steadily each year! The Discovery Centre was pleased to host an undergraduate conference on March 30th to celebrate the work completed by participants of the Centre's I-CUREUS and Badar Travel Award programs. The students concise presentations were well received, by an audience of... More

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