Monday, October 24, 2016

Mixing passion and pedagogy: Spotlight on Erik Stephenson

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS Staff Writer Erik Stephenson, a professor teaching for the Bachelor of Humanities program, knows what it’s like to be a young student at Carleton thrown into the complex and often confusing world of philosophy courses; he completed his undergraduate degree here. As someone who can put himself in his students’... More

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Electric vehicle charging station launch event

Parking Services and Sustainability are excited to announce the availability of an electric vehicle charging station on campus. The charging station is available in Parking Lot 9 (located beside Robertson Hall) and is available to all pass and day ticket holders for duration of charging your car. To officially launch this program we are... More

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

To see or not to see – The instructor’s face in online lecture videos

As we include more technology in creating different multimedia learning options, the questions always remain about the effectiveness of each on promoting learning: Does it improve the learning outcomes and student satisfaction? Does it impact motivation and perseverance of learners? On Nov. 7, join us for a session that will recall the basic... More

Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Call for presentation proposals: STLHE annual conference

The Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) has put out a call for proposals for its upcoming annual conference that will be held in Halifax, NS through a partnership of Saint Mary's University, Dalhousie University, Mount Saint Vincent University, the Nova Scotia Community College, NSCAD University, l'Universite Sainte-Anne,... More

Monday, October 17, 2016

Making it safe for students to fail: Spotlight on Shawn Graham

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS Staff Writer Often, failure is something that fills students with dread. In a university course, failing is often synonymous with negativity. But in history professor Shawn Graham’s courses, failure is not only acceptable, but positive. “I try to make it safe for them to fail,” Graham says. “I don’t necessarily... More

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Apply for a 2017 Carleton achievement award or grant

Get your application ready for the 2017 Carleton University Achievement Awards. There are four award categories and one grant currently open for applications, including the Teaching Achievement Awards (TAA), the Professional Achievement Awards (PAA) and the Contract Instructor Teaching Awards (CITA). These awards recognize and enhance excellence... More

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Blog: Teaching a blended course: Trial and error

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science With the university’s push towards incorporating more online teaching, “blended” courses (courses in which some classroom time is replaced by online material) have appeared. In my faculty (Public Affairs), the blended model was rolled out as a half-and-half model (with... More

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Call for applications for Educational Development Associates (EDAs) at Carleton

The Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) invites applications from the teaching and learning community at Carleton to serve in the role of Educational Development Associate (EDA). EDAs will work collaboratively with members of Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) to disseminate among their colleagues new knowledge and... More

Monday, October 10, 2016

Bringing culture into the classroom: Spotlight on Rodney Nelson

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS Staff Writer There are few higher education courses that equally blend the academic side of learning with a strong foundation in a culture’s traditions, but Carleton’s Rodney Nelson is fortunate enough to oversee one of them. Nelson, who works with the university’s Centre for Initiatives in Education, is one of... More

Friday, October 7, 2016

Take advantage of midterm feedback evaluations

The EDC encourages faculty and instructors to take advantage of midterm feedback evaluations - a confidential and voluntary opportunity to get student feedback. Getting midterm feedback allows you to make meaningful changes to a course while it is still in progress. You can use the evaluations as a way to begin dialogue with students... More

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Educational research and innovation grants call for proposals

Recently, eCampusOntario announced the availability of $1.5 million dollars over two years to support research and innovation related to online and technology-enabled learning within six theme areas: Pedagogical Approaches Quality and Evaluation Business Models, Resources, Costs, Faculty Support Openness Connecting Sector Priorities Accessibility... More

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Welcome to the Matrix: Creating Rubrics and Providing Feedback in cuLearn

One of the toughest jobs professors have is clearly communicating assignment expectations to students. If miscommunication happens here, students can be left frustrated and angry when their mark and the professor’s feedback do not add up to their own expectations, which can be very different than that of the professor. Rubrics are useful tools... More

Monday, October 3, 2016

Blog: Residential curriculum

By Natalie Allan, Assistant Director, Residence Life Services In our residence community, we are focused on the learning that takes place outside of the classroom. We wonder what should students learn as result of living in residence? What strategies should we use to promote this learning? And how will we know if they learned... More

Monday, October 3, 2016

Blog: Residential curriculum

By Natalie Allan, Assistant Director, Residence Life Services In our residence community, we are focused on the learning that takes place outside of the classroom. We wonder what should students learn as result of living in residence? What strategies should we use to promote this learning? And how will we know if they learned... More

Monday, October 3, 2016

EDC wraps up its most successful TA Training Day yet

The EDC’s Fall 2016 TA Training Day on Sept. 17 saw more than 600 TAs take part in 11 unique training sessions aimed at their personal and professional development, which represents the largest number of participants for this event in its history. We were especially privileged to hear keynote addresses from award-winning faculty members... More

Monday, October 3, 2016

A foray into flipped classrooms: Spotlight on new faculty member Shannon Butler

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer For Shannon Butler, a professor with Carleton’s Sprott School of Business, teaching at a new university meant a big change. And it truly was a change: Butler went from teaching upper-year classes of 45 students to first-year courses with more than 100 students each. “There are definitely challenges... More

Friday, September 30, 2016

Blog: Labyrinths and their benefits

By Maristela Petrovic-Dzerdz, Instructional Design Coordinator, EDC Have you noticed the walking labyrinth in the quad recently? We live in a very busy world where we are overwhelmed with distractions every minute. Technology enables us to be connected all the time, inducing anxiety caused by the fear that we might miss out on some... More

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Discover how to foster active engagement in Carleton’s new “high-tech” Active Learning Classrooms

Join us on Oct. 14 in room 213 Tory Building (Carleton’s new “high-tech” Active Learning Classroom) for a workshop that will let you experience this new learning environment from a student perspective and get fresh ideas about activities you can now organize in a live class. Ideal for encouraging workgroups to research, collaborate and... More

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Blog: Learning, attention, silence and rest

By: Rebecca Bromwich, Instructor, Department of Law and Legal Studies On preparing for a new teaching term as the summer of 2016 turns into fall, I have a new challenge. Perhaps it’s a good problem to have: I’m teaching things I have taught before. This gives me some breathing space to reflect on, and... More

Monday, September 26, 2016

Fixed! Update on the cuLearn upgrade

We are pleased to share that the three significant issues that were identified in the cuLearn upgrade from Moodle version 2.8.7 to version 3.1.1 have been fixed. On September 21, we indicated that these three issues were: Grading assignments - slow page loads: When an instructor attempted to open a student assignment from the gradebook,... More

Monday, September 26, 2016

Trigger warnings in class: Helpful or harmful?

By Emma Brown, TLS staff writer “I’m going to play a 911 call for you,” he said. The police officer stood at the front of the class, delivering his guest lecture for a criminal psychology class. “Someone’s breaking in,” a young woman’s frantic voice echoed through the class. “They’re coming…they’re coming.” The professor,... More

Friday, September 23, 2016

Carleton at STLHE and back

Earlier this year, several members of the Carleton community presented at the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) Annual Conference. If you didn’t get the chance to attend, you’re in luck! In an effort to bring some of the STLHE experience back home, a few presenters from Carleton will be offering... More

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Blog: From choosing a math textbook to writing one

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Some people regard math as a black-and-white subject. Such a sentiment has a certain degree of truth. Calculus two centuries ago is still calculus today. Theorems that have been rigorously established will not become untrue in the future unless our logical foundations... More

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Update on the cuLearn upgrade

On September 3, the EDC and CCS updated cuLearn from Moodle version 2.8.7 to version 3.1.1. cuLearn is powered by Moodle, the most popular and powerful open source Learning Management System in the world. These annual upgrades help keep our cuLearn system current so that we are able to obtain support from the Moodle... More

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Blog: From choosing a math textbook to writing one

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics Some people regard math as a black-and-white subject. Such a sentiment has a certain degree of truth. Calculus two centuries ago is still calculus today. Theorems that have been rigorously established will not become untrue in the future unless our logical foundations... More

Monday, September 19, 2016

Bringing history off the page: Spotlight on David Dean

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer As David Dean watches, a student leaps across his classroom, dancing a story with a flourish. Another student sets up their documentary film to play, while another prepares for their one-person play. If you guessed that Dean is a performing arts professor, you wouldn’t be far off the... More

Friday, September 16, 2016

Welcome to My Classroom: Teaching Writing by Teaching Reading

Students in FASS and FPA are evaluated on their writing, but very few of them arrive at Carleton knowing how to write a basic essay. At best they turn in five-paragraph essays and at worst their efforts are incoherent. To remedy this situation, Prof. Gregory MacIsaac has designed HUMS 1200 – Humanities and Classical... More

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

The Undergraduate Research Experience Course and Student Engagement

Increasingly, universities are seeking new ways to engage undergraduate students in the general research enterprise. One vehicle that can help accomplish this is the undergraduate research experience (URE) course. URE courses have proven to be very popular in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) disciplines. More recently,... More

Friday, September 9, 2016

Unpaid work placement requirements

A message from Suzanne Blanchard, Vice-President (Students and Enrolment) As part of their university experience, students can participate in external experiential learning opportunities. These may include – but are not limited to – internships, work terms, practicums, mentored entrepreneurial opportunities and service learning in volunteer... More

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Discover how to foster active engagement in Carleton’s new Active Learning Classrooms

Discover how to create educational experiences that not only promote, but foster active engagement in our new Active Learning Classrooms. Join us on September 16 in room 431 Tory Building (Carleton’s new “low-tech” Active Learning Classroom) for a workshop that will let you experience this new learning environment from a student perspective... More

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

TA and grad student programming this fall

Let your TAs and graduate students know about all of the opportunities for pedagogical development that the EDC has to offer. This fall, there are a host of options for TA training, including live workshops and teaching talks, online and blended workshops, and more. Don’t forget about TA Training Day on Saturday, Sept. 17,... More

Monday, September 5, 2016

cuLearn has been upgraded

Over the weekend cuLearn received its annual upgrade, going from Moodle version 2.8.7 to version 3.1.1. The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel is very similar to the previous version, however there are significant improvements to the gradebook and the overall system performance, including:... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Fall 2016 TA Training Day

The full programme for the EDC's Fall 2016 TA Training Day is now available here, and registration for all sessions is now open on Carleton Central. TA Training Day is on Saturday, September 17th, 10am-4pm, and it consists of two sets of concurrent workshops (eight in total), two keynote addresses from award-winning faculty members,... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Try Our New Online Workshop, “An Introduction to cuLearn”!

Just in time for the Fall 2016 term, the EDC has launched a new, fully online workshop entitled "An Introduction to cuLearn."  While every TA assignment is unique, most TAs at Carleton University are required to have some interaction with cuLearn, whether in the form of emailing students, sending out announcements, overseeing student discussions,... More

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Fall 2016 TA Workshop Schedule Now Available!

The EDC's Fall 2016 schedule for TA Training workshops is now available, and registration for all sessions is also open on Carleton Central. The final programme for the EDC's Fall TA Training Day (Saturday, September 17th, 10am-4pm, 2nd floor Tory Building) will be available shortly, and registration via Carleton Central for all TA Training... More

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