Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Blog: Fragility and agility in teaching

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Since I started using digital technology in my teaching, I have always had a bit of anxiety for what could go wrong and when. After all, Murphy’s Law states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Still fresh in my mind are... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Blog: Teaching Online for Dummies, by a Fellow Dummy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve built your course with face-to-face in mind and suddenly have to move everything online. Feel free to curse loudly and bang a few desks: I know I have. Once that’s out of the way, we can get down to the task at hand. Few things... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Tech Talks: “I’m thinking of instituting a ‘no laptop policy.’ What’s your opinion on that?”

By Kim Loenhart, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC Have you heard the term “phubbing?” It’s a combination of the word “phone” and “snubbing.” The distraction of technology is so preeminent in our minds as a society that we’re creating a whole new vocabulary set to describe it. So, not surprising then that... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Top 10 teaching tips for new instructors

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC 1. Clarify for your students, and for yourself, exactly what you want your students to do with the content that you expose them to. Be more precise than “they need to know and understand everything we read and discuss.” Think carefully, for instance, about the things that... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Blog: Creating accessible Microsoft Word documents

By Janel MacIntyre, Educational Technology Development Specialist, EDC Carleton has a reputation for being the most accessible university in Canada. Instructors have an important role to play in making course content more accessible for their students and in removing barriers to education. One way to remove those barriers is by creating... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Blog: Reflection in STEM

By Alan Steele, Associate Professor, Department of Electronics Is reflection relevant to STEM? This was a question raised to me not too long ago and I was surprised to hear it. As an engineer in both industry and academia I’ve reflected on my work, sometimes during a challenging part of a project or perhaps... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Blog: Is there anybody out there? Online courses and the need for connecting to students

By Ali Arya, Associate Dean (Planning and Awards), Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Information Technology Working from home and taking online courses are not new phenomena, but the COVID-19 global crisis made them household topics for all of us. Online courses saved our winter term (thanks to the... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Blog: Reflections on online teaching

By Andrea Chandler, Professor, Department of Political Science As a professor in the Department of Political Science here at Carleton, I made a sudden shift from in-class teaching to online teaching in mid-March 2020. Like my colleagues at Carleton, and at institutions elsewhere in Canada and the world, I had not expected to have... More

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Blog: Considerations for teaching online this summer: The value of asynchronous delivery

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC As you gear up to teach online this term, you will need to consider what format your online teaching will take. Your first assumption might be to just move your classes online – teach synchronously, live streaming your lectures from Zoom or BigBlueButton. While at... More

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Course Planning and Design Support for Fall Term

Over the last eight weeks, our community has collectively adapted to successfully complete the winter term and begin a strong summer term with grace, resourcefulness and empathy. With the summer term now underway, we look ahead to the fall term as our next major milestone. As we look to September, we are conscious that... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Provost Scholar Award Recipients Announced

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin and Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) David Hornsby presented eight undergraduate Carleton students with Provost Scholar Awards on Friday, May 1. Although it was not possible to hold an in-person event due to the current public health crisis, Carleton hosted an online event via... More

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Provost Scholar Award Recipients Announced

Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin and Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) David Hornsby presented eight undergraduate Carleton students with Provost Scholar Awards on Friday, May 1. Although it was not possible to hold an in-person event due to the current public health crisis, Carleton hosted an online event via... More

Monday, April 20, 2020

Deadline Extended for the Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation and Teaching Awards

The deadline to apply for the Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation and the Carleton University Teaching Awards has been extended until May 30. Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation The Chair in Teaching Innovation is awarded annually to an educator who demonstrates teaching excellence across their academic career and who... More

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Resources for your students learning online

As we move towards online courses for the summer term, we’ve put together some resources to help your students transition to your new classrooms. Online Student Success Module Encourage your students to participate in the Online Student Success Module, a short cuLearn module that goes through the nuts and bolts of learning online. The module... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Blog: Creating an online course in a hurry? Here are five things I learned during my own moment of crisis

By Ian Wereley, Contract Instructor, Department of History With the recent COVID-19 virus outbreak and the closure of universities across Canada, many of Carleton’s professors and instructors will be transferring their course material to an online environment. This unprecedented shift will create a host of new challenges and points of... More

Monday, April 13, 2020

Help to get your courses online: Educational technology and pedagogical workshops

We're hosting a number of online workshops this month to help instructors with the transition to an online environment. The workshops cover a variety of different educational technology tools that you can incorporate into your online courses, including Zoom, BigBlueButton and Kaltura Capture, as well as pedagogical workshops that can help you with... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Contract Instructor Orientation Spring 2020

If you’re a contract instructor who will be teaching an online or distance course this summer, TLS is here to help you! Whether you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you undoubtedly have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips, and educational technology, especially... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

On Student Success: Making Opportunities to Teach into Opportunities to Dismantle Your Biases

By: Lindsay Dorder, Master's student (Health Sciences) Introduction: “Knowing thyself” Students are all uniquely receiving and interpreting information (1,2). A word or phrase could ultimately have different meaning and emotional attachments for a student (1,2). Therefore, it is of utmost importance that those delivering some form of a lesson... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Blog: Reflections on online teaching

By Andrea Chandler, Professor, Department of Political Science As a professor in the Department of Political Science here at Carleton, I made a sudden shift from in-class teaching to online teaching in mid-March 2020. Like my colleagues at Carleton, and at institutions elsewhere in Canada and the world, I had not expected to have... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Creating Accessible Laboratory Spaces for Students with Physical Disabilities

By: Eliza Ali, PhD Student (Neuroscience) Science education is becoming more inclusive, however there is still much work that needs to be done when considering students with physical disabilities. The under representation of students with physical disabilities is a systemic issue that starts before enrolling in college or university. In secondary... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Course Design Express: Helping you get your courses online for Summer

As instructors are shifting to online teaching for the Summer 2020 term, we strongly encourage you to take a pragmatic approach. Keeping your approach simple will be easier and allow flexibility for both you and your students. Given the large number of courses going online this summer at Carleton, we have created three alternatives... More

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Blog: Considerations for teaching online this summer: The value of asynchronous delivery

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC As you gear up to teach online this term, you will need to consider what format your online teaching will take. Your first assumption might be to just move your classes online - teach synchronously, live streaming your lectures from Zoom or BigBlueButton. While at first... More

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Summer SAPP and I-CUREUS opportunities available

For the first time, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is offering fully funded I-CUREUS and Students As Partners (SaPP) opportunities during the summer term. The I-CUREUS program, provides undergraduate students an opportunity to work with a faculty member on a paid research project. There are five spaces available (subject to funding... More

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Blog: Teaching Online for Dummies, by a Fellow Dummy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve built your course with face-to-face in mind and suddenly have to move everything online. Feel free to curse loudly and bang a few desks: I know I have. Once that’s out of the way, we can get down to the task at hand. Few things... More

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Blog: Teaching Online for Dummies, by a Fellow Dummy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC So, you’ve built your course with face-to-face in mind and suddenly have to move everything online. Feel free to curse loudly and bang a few desks: I know I have. Once that’s out of the way, we can get down to the task at hand. Few things... More

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Top 10 tips for students studying online

As we move to online and alternative modes of course delivery for the remainder of the Winter term, we've prepared some tips to help your students transition to an online... More

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Operations Update

The MacOdrum Library and the Discovery Centre will remain closed for the time being. During the closure, 3-D printing services will not be available. However, you can still reach us by e-mail: discovery.support@carleton.ca If you have any questions with regards to our undergraduate opportunities, including I-CUREUS and Students as Partners Program... More

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Check Out the New Animation

Check out the new animation we’ve created in collaboration with Professor Kim Hellemans, her students, and community partners CAPSA and CCSA, focusing on reducing stigma around addiction. In English and French.... More

Friday, February 28, 2020

MacOdrum Library Showcasing I-CUREUS Projects

The MacOdrum Library has installed a showcase on the second floor highlighting last year’s Internship-Carleton University Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (I-CUREUS) projects. The showcase features research posters that last year’s I-CUREUS student cohort presented at the inaugural I-CUREUS conference. The 2020 I-CUREUS... More

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

2019-2020 TA Teaching Awards are Accepting Nominations

The EDC’s Outstanding TA Award is a university-wide award, open to all TAs in all faculties, designed to recognize teaching excellence among Carleton’s TAs. Please note that some academic units also offer departmental TA Awards. The awards celebrate Carleton TAs’ dedication to undergraduate learning. TAs occupy a challenging position at the... More

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

OCUFA teaching awards call for application

The Carleton University Teaching Awards Committee (CUTAC) is looking to nominate Carleton faculty for the 2020 OCUFA Teaching and Academic Librarianship Awards, presented in recognition of outstanding teachers in Ontario universities. The OCUFA awards recognize exceptional contributions to the higher education community and student learning at all... More

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Utilizing Technologies to Improve Accessibility in the Classroom

By Abdihakim Mao, Masters student (Information Technology) Nowadays, it goes without saying that technology plays an integral part in the everyday lives of students, teaching assistants, and instructors. According to a recent statistic published by EduCause, at least 91% of students own a laptop and a smartphone [1]. Technologies such as... More

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Addressing Traumatic Brain Injury in the Classroom: A Teaching Assistant’s Perspective

By Adam Stone, Phd Student (SLaLS) While Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can be a source of significant impairment toward learning in the classroom, there are several measures put in place at Carleton University that help accommodate those who face obstacles to their academic success. In practice however, there are several challenges to effectively... More

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Improving Educational Accessibility Using the Universal Design for Learning

By: Nathan Murtha, Phd Student (Physics) Although it is my job to teach as a teaching assistant in the physics department at Carleton University, I have learned a great deal from the time that I’ve spent in front of a classroom and with students. I have had students who excel by working through the... More

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Call for Nominations: Provost Scholar Award

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), through the Discovery Centre for Undergraduate Research and Student Engagement, invites faculty and instructors to submit nominations for the annual Provost Scholar Award. This award (up to two $1,000 awards per Faculty) recognizes outstanding undergraduate students who exemplify student... More

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