Wednesday, May 31, 2017

cuLearn drop-in sessions in June

Join us at the EDC for cuLearn drop-in sessions in June. You'll be able to work on your cuLearn course with an educational technology consultant nearby who can answer questions and help with course preparation. There are three upcoming sessions you can take advantage of in June: June 14, 10 a.m. - noon June... More

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Discover how to improve student learning by asking effective questions

Questions serve a variety of functions: checking levels of understanding (or misunderstanding); keeping students alert; engaging students in active participation in a lesson; and allowing students to express their thoughts and ideas. The way we ask questions impacts student learning. Join us at the EDC on June 6 from 9-11 a.m. for a workshop... More

Monday, May 29, 2017

Experiential learning: Engineers learning by doing

By Lauren Sproule, TLS Freelance Writer As far as Prof. Lisa Meyer is concerned, students don’t benefit from their courses unless they are given the opportunity to synthesize their learning with real-world experience. Meyer, an instructor in Carleton’s School of Linguistics and Language Studies, teaches a number of communications courses for... More

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Discover how to prevent plagiarism through course design

Are plagiarized student papers driving you to your wits’ end? Join us at the EDC on June 1 from 1-2:30 p.m. for an interactive workshop that will consider how we can use course design to reduce opportunities for plagiarized writing assignments. As Hamlet (never) said, “The design’s the thing / From which student plagiarism... More

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

High-Impact Practices at Carleton: Join the Conversation May 25

Don’t miss your chance to join the conversation about some of the “wicked issues” facing our campus community with the Teaching and Learning Council (TLC). Join the TLC’s Action Teams on May 25 from 8:30 a.m. - noon for interactive presentations on: Experiential Learning Student Engagement and Satisfaction Careers and Skills Pedagogy,... More

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Get your introduction to cuPortfolio

Join us on May 30 from 12-1:30 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 session,... More

Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Blog: The power of images in the classroom

By Kim Loenhart, Educational Technology Support, EDC Well-chosen images offer powerful teaching potential. Perhaps nothing gets people talking more than a compelling image or a visual mystery. Consider the viral online discussion surrounding the white and gold dress (or blue and black dress, if you’re one of those people).  This simple image of... More

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Basic image editing workshop

Did you know that when you use images and content together in your teaching, student comprehension increases? Images add interest and appeal to your courses and lectures, but they can also add another layer of meaning and understanding to your content. If you are interested in integrating images into your courses and lectures, join... More

Thursday, May 11, 2017

A special invitation to the Carleton community

High-Impact Practices at Carleton: Conversations with the Teaching and Learning Council Thursday, May 25, 2017 8:30 a.m. – noon 270 Residence Commons Are you passionate about creating an engaging university experience for students? Or helping them understand how the skills they’ve learned at Carleton will apply to their future careers? Maybe... More

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Blog: Learn at your own pace as long as you pay

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics When Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) began to take traction in 2011, there was much fanfare about how higher education could be democratized. The possibility of opening up courses offered at top universities for the masses led some to believe that the gap between the... More

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Capture – An Introduction to Creating Course Videos

Whether you want to record a PowerPoint presentation, show your students how to use an application, or use a document camera to solve problems, Capture has you covered. Capture is a screen recording solution that is free to the Carleton community. Join us at the EDC on May 17 from 1-2:30 p.m. for a... More

Monday, May 8, 2017

Creating effective multiple-choice assessments

Which of the following is a sign that you’re NOT young anymore? You choose your cereal for the fibre, not the toy. You play connect the dots on your liver spots. Getting the mail is one of the highlights of your day. You sprinkle tenderizer on your applesauce. You look both ways before crossing... More

Monday, May 8, 2017

Simulating industry within the classroom: Engineering capstone projects

By Emily Cook, TLS Staff Writer There are only so many things professors can teach students before they need real-life experiences. That’s where capstone projects come in, bringing industry to the classroom. A capstone project is an experiential type of assignment that students complete over the course of their final year. While some capstone... More

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Teaching with PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is an essential pedagogical tool that encourages student learning. Join us on May 10 for an introductory session that will provide a hands-on experience for instructors to create more effective PowerPoint slides for classroom and online use. Considering both pedagogical and technological aspects, we will focus on creating more... More

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Carleton’s Outstanding TA Award recipients honoured at luncheon

On April 20, 2017, the recipients of the Outstanding TA Awards for 2016-17 were honoured at an awards luncheon at Baker's. In attendance were the award recipients: Justin Berquist (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), Matthew Conte (Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies), Melissa Conte (Department of Sociology... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Blog: 10 things you can do to rev up your course

By: Elspeth McCulloch, EDC Educational Technology Development Coordinator Why not spend a few minutes getting your course ready for the summer or fall term with an EDC course tune up? Sign up to work with an educational technologist to tweak, edit and rethink how you use cuLearn so that you and your students get... More

Monday, May 1, 2017

High-Impact Practices at Carleton: Conversations with the Teaching and Learning Council

Thursday, May 25, 2017 8:30 a.m. – noon 270 Residence Commons Carleton’s Teaching and Learning Council (TLC) has been hard at work grappling with some of the “wicked issues” facing our teaching and learning community. Now, after three years of deliberation and research, the TLC’s Action Teams invite you to join their conversations. The... More

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Electronic Classroom reminders for the start of the term

Electronic classroom code Carleton has over 150 classrooms equipped with at least a computer and projection (either a data projector or a large LCD panel). In order to use these rooms, you'll need to obtain a key from Classroom Technology Support (CTS) in room D283 Loeb to unlock the teaching console. We can also... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: Supporting Students with ADHD and Performance Anxiety

By: Lucas Jerusalimiec As teaching assistants (TAs), many of us have experience in assisting students with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). These students are often highly engaged in tutorials and demonstrate intelligence during class discussions. Those who are in the upper years of their undergraduate degrees are most likely aware... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: ePortfolio – The nail in the coffin of ‘the dog ate my homework’ (and other merits)

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, April 26, 2017

Blog: Data-driven course improvement

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics As I start to become more familiar with cuLearn, I realize that there is a lot of course data that can be useful for improving the learning environment for my students. Without a doubt, the ability to perform complex queries in cuLearn is limited.... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: Teaching: Who has the power?

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science I’m getting ready to start a new term teaching a particularly controversial topic — the politics of Israel-Palestine. When I share with colleagues my trepidation, they sometimes like to remind me that, however difficult the task may be, it is the instructor, after all, who... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: How can we get students to do the readings?

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science We often like to think that students value the readings we assign out of a sheer love of learning. But, like us, students have many competing demands on their time, and course requirements inevitably get prioritized according to incentives. For any given student, studying for... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: What’s an A+?

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics About 10 years ago during a lunch conversation that drifted into a discussion on student grades, a colleague asked, “What is an A+?” The question was of course rhetorical. My colleague simply used it to point out the deficiency of the letter-grade system when... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: Dealing with sudden, significant events and sensitive topics in class

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, April 26, 2017

Blog: Does a narratives approach mean presenting two “equal” sides?

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science One thing I’ve struggled with over the years while teaching Israeli-Palestinian relations, particularly as the hope of Oslo leading to an actual peace agreement came and went, is the practice of teaching a “narratives” approach. Stories that groups tell about themselves... More

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: The 2017 Horizon Report – Higher Education

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

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Blog: How do we avoid saying the wrong thing?

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, April 26, 2017

Blog: The cost of free


By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Recently, UC Berkeley started removing roughly 20,000 free videos from public access. One reason given for the action was the prohibitive cost of retroactively making the videos comply with accessibility laws in the U.S. The action by Berkeley ignited a firestorm of... More

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Take a look back at the academic year with Reflections

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 some of the best TLS stories, tips and blogs of the year. Inside, you’ll find stories on everything from using trigger warnings in academia to incorporating research in... More

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Optimizing the instructor-instructional designer relationship for online courses

The design and development of an online course places instructors and instructional designers in a relationship that we rarely talk about. It’s a complicated relationship that can significantly influence the nature of our courses. Join us on May 4 for a session where presenters will share their experiences, from both the instructional design and... More

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Blog: The 2017 Horizon Report – Higher Education

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

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Fostering Creativity in Ourselves and in Our Classrooms (The Creative Press)

What role does the environment play in supporting or inhibiting creativity? Join us on April 26 and find out! This workshop will explore how to create a climate that supports and fosters creativity. Get ready to get in touch with your own creativity and leave with strategies to use in your classroom. The session... More

Friday, April 7, 2017

Registration is now open for the inaugural Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East

DHSITE – Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East – is a University of Ottawa and Carleton University joint initiative. DHSITE 2017 is a four-day bilingual event that runs from May 17-20 and introduces new computing technologies and their uses in education and research. It addresses topics such as digitizing, disseminating and... More

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Blog: How do we avoid saying the wrong thing?

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

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