Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Blog: The jagged profile

By Rosella Ingriselli, Educational Development Support, EDC As I sat at my desk planning for the upcoming EDC Summer Institute (yes, I just name dropped), which focuses on creating an inclusive classroom, I started doing some research on appropriate materials to include as part of the participants' “homework.” My quest led me to a... More

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Discover how to create inclusivity in the classroom

Inclusivity is one of the core values adopted by many post-secondary institutions, including Carleton. Our challenge as educators is to relate these values to everyday teaching practices. Join us from August 2-4 for our summer institute - A Classroom for All Students - and discover how to create an inclusive environment in your classes. By the... More

Monday, June 27, 2016

Finding real world applications of classroom learning

It can often be difficult for students to see how the skills they are learning in class can be applied to the real world. But for one student in Prof. Nandini Sarma’s second-year French course - FINS 2105: Written Comprehension - it quickly became obvious how the skills she gained could help with her... More

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Tech Corner: Directional Glass Speakers

Although you wouldn’t think it was possible, an American-based audio technology company has found a way to transmit directional audio from a transparent pane of glass. Turtle Beach recently unveiled this new technology that could potentially integrate audio into things like desktop monitors, digital signage displays or anywhere glass is used.... More

Monday, June 20, 2016

Collaborative engineering: A look inside one of Carleton’s unique capstone projects

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS Staff Writer Engineering is based on knowing your speciality, and knowing it well. But what happens when you’ve reached the limits of your expertise? A collaborative class featuring six professors and seven degree programs at Carleton may have the answer. When engineering students reach their final year of university,... More

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Blog: In praise of online teaching – Thoughts as the first millennials turn 40

By Rebecca Bromwich, Instructor, Department of Law and Legal Studies We are riding a generational and technological wave into a new mobile age, and teaching and learning in higher education are along for the ride. I didn’t start off as a tech enthusiast, but recent experiences, and the example of a wonderful friend, have... More

Monday, June 13, 2016

Making magic in the Media Commons

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer Paul Jasen, an instructor in Carleton’s communications and music departments, often hears that students in arts-based courses want to graduate with hands-on, tangible skills. Employers are searching for potential hires that are able to code a website, use Photoshop, or create professional-quality videos.... More

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Blog: ThingLink: Student generated, interactive, multimodal images

By Allie Davidson, Educational Technology Development Coordinator I recently went to the CALICO conference at Michigan State University and attended a panel presentation with several instructors who are using the tool ThingLink to increase student engagement and foster critical thinking in the classroom. I think it can be used as a powerful tool... More

Monday, June 6, 2016

Elevating learning in an online format: Using cuPortfolio for reflection

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS Staff Writer In Janne Cleveland’s first-year English course on how to write an essay, she says she’s seen some students who have been challenged by the course content improve over the semester. One of the reasons behind the improvement? cuPortfolio, Carleton’s new learning tool for students. Cleveland uses the online... More

Thursday, June 2, 2016

Announcing the 2016 Carleton University Teaching Award winners

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) are pleased to announce the seven outstanding educators who have been named 2016 Carleton University Teaching Award winners. David Dean and Shawn Graham, both from the Department of History, have received the Provost’s... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Blog: Should you ask students whether they liked the book?

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science In my course on graphic novels and political identity, I often like to open a class session by asking students whether they “liked” the book on offer that week. As an opener, it’s a softball question that can help put at ease students who might... More

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Blog: Should you ask students whether they liked the book?

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science In my course on graphic novels and political identity, I often like to open a class session by asking students whether they “liked” the book on offer that week. As an opener, it’s a softball question that can help put at ease students who might... More

Monday, May 30, 2016

Bringing classroom concepts to the virtual lab: Spotlight on Michael Donkers

By Alison Sandstrom, TLS staff writer Physics Prof. Michael Donkers believes the best way to learn is to do. “There’s nothing that beats getting down and dirty with what’s going on in the lab,” says the Carleton University contract instructor. However, students often don’t have an opportunity to explore all the theories and phenomena... More

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Limited spots available in our fast track Certificate in University Teaching program

If you've thought about joining the fast track version of our Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program this summer, now is the time to act. There are only a few spots remaining, so register today! Facilitated by 3M teaching fellow, Dr. Anthony Marini, CUT provides a safe and supportive environment to explore new approaches to... More

Monday, May 23, 2016

Helping students see the value of a flipped classroom: Spotlight on Jeffrey Erochko

By Emily Cook, TLS staff writer When most students enter a classroom, they expect to hear a professor talking at them for three hours straight. But Professor Jeffrey Erochko is hoping to change that expectation by flipping the classroom and showing students the value of class time. Erochko has been teaching structural engineering at... More

Friday, May 20, 2016

Three Carleton profs honoured with 2016 Capital Educators’ Awards

Carleton University is proud to announce that Christopher Dieni from the Institute of Biochemistry, Martin Geiger from the Department of Political Science and Nduka Otiono from the Institute of African Studies have been honoured with 2016 Capital Educators’ Awards. The three Carleton educators were among 18 winners who were celebrated during... More

Monday, May 16, 2016

Pros and cons: Debating accounting in the classroom

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer If you walked into Hilary Becker’s classroom at Carleton on any given day, you might be serenaded by salsa music or become a witness to a passionate debate between students. His course? Why, that would be accounting. Becker, an associate professor of accounting with the Sprott School of... More

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Blog: Metacognition in the Classroom: Engaging the Mind, Engaging the Student

By: Naba Ahsan It’s common to see instructors at the front of the lecture hall, repeatedly asking students to limit laptop usage to note taking (instead of Facebook) or disallowing cell phone usage—I’ve even come across a syllabus or two explicitly asking students to reserve sleeping for outside the classroom. Apparently, the word... More

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Blog: Should professors reveal their views

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Should students know a professor’s views? I read with interest a recent article in Carleton’s Teaching and Learning newsletter about those of my colleagues, who, like me, teach courses on “controversial issues.” One colleague, who teaches about animal rights, asks the... More

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

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Blog: Captur[ing] Carleton: Engaging learners through screencasting

By Michele Hall, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC The educational psychologist, John Dewey, once said, “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” In my last blog post, I wrote about my own failures at teaching today when using yesterday’s model, the lecture, and noted a few strategies... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Blog: Captur[ing] Carleton: Engaging learners through screencasting

By Michele Hall, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC The educational psychologist, John Dewey, once said, “If we teach today as we taught yesterday, we rob our children of tomorrow.” In my last blog post, I wrote about my own failures at teaching today when using yesterday’s model, the lecture, and noted a few strategies... 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

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Blog: Beginning exams

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics About midway through the first time I taught MATH 3801, Linear Programming, I found out that many of my students did not remember what the rank of a matrix was. The rank of a matrix is a basic concept covered in first-year linear algebra.... More

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Blog: Beginning exams

By Kevin Cheung, Associate Professor, School of Mathematics and Statistics About midway through the first time I taught MATH 3801, Linear Programming, I found out that many of my students did not remember what the rank of a matrix was. The rank of a matrix is a basic concept covered in first-year linear algebra.... 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

Blog: Beyond PowerPoint: EdTech and the active learning experience

By Michele Hall, Educational Technology Development Coordinator, EDC The EDC’s Teaching and Learning Symposium is fast upon us, and this year’s theme—Active Engagement: Success in the Classroom and Beyond—has me reflecting on how my own teaching practice has evolved over the years, from passive to interactive, and how it continues to... 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

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Carleton’s Outstanding TA Award recipients honoured at luncheon

Dr. Roseann O’Reilly Runte (President and Vice-Chancellor), Dr. Peter Ricketts (Provost and Vice-President [Academic]), Dr. Joy Mighty (Associate Vice-President [Teaching and Learning]), and other members of Teaching and Learning Services celebrated the 2015-16 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award recipients at a private luncheon at Baker’s... More

Share: Twitter, Facebook
Short URL: https://carleton.ca/tls/?p=128