Tuesday, May 7, 2019

BigBlueButton – Online Classes and Virtual Office Hours

BigBlueButton is a web conferencing tool that makes synchronous teaching and learning at a distance possible. It provides a great opportunity to try out a whole new style of hybrid teaching, whether or not you have experience teaching online or would just like to hold online office hours, have an exam review or host... More

Monday, May 6, 2019

Blog: Personalized education

By Ali Arya, Associate Dean (Planning and Awards), Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and Associate Professor, School of Information Technology While the number of university students has increased in the last few decades, the rising cost of university education, the introduction of online methods of acquiring knowledge, and more recent... More

Monday, May 6, 2019

Blog: Personalized education

By Ali Arya, Associate Dean (Planning and Awards), Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs and Associate Professor, School of Information Technology While the number of university students has increased in the last few decades, the rising cost of university education, the introduction of online methods of acquiring knowledge, and more recent... More

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Anne Trépanier receives 2019 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE), in partnership with D2L, have awarded Anne Trépanier, a professor in Carleton University’s School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, with a 2019 D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning. The award recognizes educators who are redefining the learning experience through... More

Friday, April 26, 2019

Introducing the New cuLearn (Moodle 3.6): A Guided Tour

Exciting new changes are coming to cuLearn in May 2019! Let the EDC be your tour guide as we explore the upgraded system together. We'll be offering four short sessions in early May to take you on a visual tour of the newly upgraded cuLearn interface, its additional features, and enhanced functionality.    The... More

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Exciting changes coming to cuLearn with an upgrade in May

In early May, Carleton will be upgrading our learning management system, cuLearn, from version 3.1.12 to 3.6.3. The upgrade will provide a clean, modern interface with many useful improvements to the existing functionality. While we complete this upgrade, cuLearn will be unavailable starting at noon on Friday, May 3 until 7 a.m. on Monday,... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Our Latest Production – Service Excellence Awards Video

See our annual Service Excellence Awards tribute video to Carleton nominees. For this year’s version, we asked each nominee to describe what service excellence means to them, with a little help from our light... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

In Our Studio – Sarah Todd

Watch this highlight video showcasing Carleton Professor Sarah Todd – recipient of the 3M National Teaching... More

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

The nomination deadline for Carleton University Teaching Awards and the Discovery Centre Fellowship is next week

The nomination deadline for the 2019 Carleton University Teaching Awards and the Discovery Centre Fellowship is only a week away. If you are interested in pursuing an award or the fellowship, then be sure to get your application in before the deadline on April 30. Carleton University Teaching Awards There are four awards currently... More

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Discover how to engage your students with Poll Everywhere

Looking for ways to assess students’ understanding, survey opinions on controversial topics, or engage students during a lecture? Student response systems (SRS) can help you do just that! With SRS you can create planned or spontaneous surveys and immediately visualize student responses. SRS can also be used to enhance or guide discussions, track... More

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Carleton Undergraduate Students Present at Inquiry@Queens 2019

On March 7 and 8, 2019, the 13th annual Inquiry@Queens conference was held at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. Five Carleton undergraduate students were selected to present their research. Normally considered the domain of postgraduate students, more and more undergraduate students are participating in research during their studies. To that... More

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Contract Instructor Orientation Spring 2019

Get ready for the spring/summer term with a last minute course tune-up! If you’re getting ready to teach your first course at Carleton, or if you’re returning after a break, you may have questions about policies and procedures, teaching tips and educational technology. Join Teaching and Learning Services on Thursday, May 2 from 4:30-9... More

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

The nomination deadline for Carleton University Teaching Awards and the Discovery Centre Fellowship is almost here

The nomination deadline for the 2019 Carleton University Teaching Awards and the Discovery Centre Fellowship is only a few weeks away. If you are interested in pursuing an award or the fellowship, then be sure to get your application in before the deadline on April 30. Carleton University Teaching Awards There are four awards... More

Monday, April 8, 2019

Provost Scholar Award Recipients Announced

Discovery Centre Director Alan Steele and Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin presented nine undergraduate Carleton students with Provost Scholar Awards on Monday, April 8. Funded by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and administered by the Discovery Centre for Undergraduate Research and Engagement, the... More

Monday, April 8, 2019

A cuLearn upgrade is coming May 05

Exciting new changes are coming to cuLearn on May 05, 2019! This spring, Carleton will be upgrading the Learning Management System, cuLearn (Moodle), from version 3.1.12 to 3.6.3. The upgrade will create a clean, modern interface with many useful improvements to the existing functionality. Some changes you can look forward to are: Automatic... More

Friday, April 5, 2019

Carleton’s Discovery Centre Home to Canada’s First E-Volunteering Course

Third-year Carleton University Global and International Studies student Sidney Anthony has been looking forward to Tuesday mornings every week all semester. Every Tuesday, her class meets in Carleton’s Discovery Centre for Undergraduate Research and Engagement for a lively discussion that breaks from the traditional lectures and seminars that... More

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

You’re invited to a Learning Management System Listening Session

Carleton University is in the process of reviewing its learning management system (cuLearn) to determine how to best meet the needs of our institution moving forward. As part of our review process, we would like to invite you to an LMS Listening Session. These sessions will provide an opportunity for Carleton’s teaching and learning... More

Monday, April 1, 2019

IMS Office Renovation Complete

Instructional Media Services is happy to announce that the renovation to our Classroom Technology Support service centre in D283 Loeb is now complete and we are back to operating in our normal workspace.  We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their patience while we underwent temporary relocations for staff and services. ... More

Monday, April 1, 2019

LMS Review Update April 2019

As you may know, Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) is conducting a review of cuLearn to ensure that the tool that powers Carleton’s Learning Management System (LMS) meets the current and anticipated needs of our students, faculty, instructors, teaching assistants and staff members. We are currently in the listening phase of our review process... More

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

First round of projects awarded funding through CUELF

Launched by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) in October 2018, the $50,000 Carleton University Experiential Learning Fund provides faculty, instructors and learning support staff with financial support to integrate experiential learning components into academic courses or programs at Carleton. The following faculty members... More

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

cuLearn course design drop-in sessions in April

With the winter term coming to an end, the EDC will be hosting a number of cuLearn course design drop-in sessions this April to help you with your gradebook and to get you set up for a new term: April 4, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., 422 Dunton Tower April 12, 10 a.m. -... More

Monday, March 25, 2019

Blog: Emerging trends in educational technology

By Sabina Hajizada, Educational Technology Specialist, EDC A number of education-related experts and research think-tanks have made their annual predictions of the trends that will most likely dominate in the educational technology landscape this year: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Internet of Things (IoT)... More

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Screen time and face time: The triumphs and trials of teaching online

By Matthew Curtis, Fourth-Year Journalism, Carleton University From a teaching perspective, comparing face-to-face with online courses is somewhat like comparing movies with theatre. Movies take a lot of time to produce up front, but once they’re done they can be replayed, or parts of them can be used for different purposes. Theatre is live,... More

Friday, March 15, 2019

Registration open for 5th Annual Carleton U Community Connections event!

Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Carleton U Community Connections event - a morning of networking and discussions on community-campus engagement.  Purpose: Making connections between Carleton (students, faculty, academic units and professional staff) and community-based organizations in the non-profit, public and private sector.... More

Thursday, March 14, 2019

Reminder: LMS listening session tomorrow

Carleton University is in the process of reviewing its learning management system (cuLearn) to determine how to best meet the needs of our institution moving forward. As part of our review process, we would like to invite you to an LMS Listening Session. These sessions will provide an opportunity for Carleton’s teaching and learning... More

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Top 10 tips for designing online assessments

By Nathan White, First-Year Masters of Journalism, Carleton University At first glance, online assessments might seem more daunting than traditional papers, tests and final exams. But they don’t have to be. Whether you’re looking at using formative assessments to assess progress throughout the course, or summative assessments to evaluate... More

Monday, March 11, 2019

Get your introduction to cuPortfolio

Join us at the EDC on March 28 from 1-3 p.m. for your introduction to Carleton’s electronic portfolio technology, cuPortfolio. This session will provide an overview of ePortfolios, review how they can be used to deepen and enrich learning and assessment, and provide a hands-on introduction to cuPortfolio. During the hands-on portion of the... More

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Dynamic Duos – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, Part III

Among the many resources instructors have on hand to design and deliver their courses are support staff from the library, Teaching and Learning Services or even from their own departments. Join us on Mar. 22 from 10 a.m. - noon for a session that will explore the relationships instructors have with their support staff... More

Monday, March 4, 2019

You’re invited to a campus-wide Learning Management System Listening Session

Carleton University is in the process of reviewing its learning management system (cuLearn) to determine how to best meet the needs of our institution moving forward. As part of our review process, we would like to invite you to an LMS Listening Session. These sessions will provide an opportunity for Carleton’s teaching and learning... More

Friday, March 1, 2019

Apply for the new Discovery Centre Fellowship

Carleton University’s Discovery Centre supports innovation in undergraduate studies and has become known as a place where different avenues to education can be explored. The Discovery Centre has established a new fellowship to provide an opportunity for Carleton faculty members to further develop or innovate their teaching and make an impact to... More

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Apply for the new Discovery Centre Fellowship

Carleton University’s Discovery Centre supports innovation in undergraduate studies and has become known as a place where different avenues to education can be explored. The Discovery Centre has established a new fellowship to provide an opportunity for Carleton faculty members to further develop or innovate their teaching and make an impact to... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Creating a transformative teaching and learning environment at Carleton

By Matthew Curtis, Fourth-Year Journalism, Carleton University As the saying goes, you are a product of your environment. “I want a student to walk away from Carleton feeling empowered and able to engage in society. And that can be from getting a particular sort of job, to living in a particular community in a... More

Tuesday, February 26, 2019

How to teach op-ed writing

Are you looking for an alternative to the standard essay or just to mix up or add to your repertoire of course assessments? Then join Mira Sucharov, associate professor with the Department of Political Science and author of Public Influence: A Guide to Op-Ed Writing and Social Media Engagement (2019), on March 20 from 10-11:15 a.m.... More

Thursday, February 21, 2019

Illuminate Lightboard Basics

Illuminate “Lightboard” is a new student engagement tool that allows instructors using Carleton’s studio to notate and write on a transparent lightboard. The technology is particularly effective in courses that demonstrate processes, equations and sequences. See how the Illuminate Lightboard works. Join us on March 6 from 9:30 a.m. - noon... More

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Blog: Embedding change as a principle in our pedagogy

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Coordinator, EDC Change is hard. It can be hard to see when it’s necessary, or to envision concretely what it might look like, or to actually implement it. When it comes to teaching, there are a lot of factors working against change: our workload, our perceptions of ourselves and... More

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