Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Making Connections: Carleton’s Fourth Annual Community Engagement Event

Would you like to contribute your research skills to helping local organizations solve local problems? If so, come to Carleton’s Fourth Annual Community Engagement Event on February 24 to meet and collaborate with community organizations tackling an array of real-world issues in Ottawa and beyond. This event will connect you with... More

Monday, February 8, 2016

Sexual Assault Awareness Week at Carleton

From Feb. 8-12, Equity Services will be hosting a variety of events across campus as part of Carleton’s Sexual Assault Awareness Week 2016. We encourage instructors to attend and bring your students or encourage them to attend on their own. February 8 #BriefMessage - Write a message on underwear about sexual violence/supporting people who... More

Monday, February 8, 2016

TLS photo shoot: Call for instructors

Teaching and Learning Services has scheduled a professional photo shoot over the winter break this month and we’re looking for instructors to pose in staged teaching and learning scenarios. The photo shoot will take place from 1-3 p.m. over three days (February 16, 17 and 18). If you're free for 30 minutes or an hour... More

Friday, February 5, 2016

EDC wraps up another successful TA Training Day!

The EDC’s Winter 2016 TA Training Day event on January 23 saw more than 300 TAs take part in 10 unique training sessions aimed at their personal and professional development. We were especially privileged to hear keynote addresses from award-winning faculty members Peggy Hartwick (School Linguistics and Language Studies) and Maria DeRosa... More

Friday, February 5, 2016

Blog: Innovative Practices in the Classroom

By: Keltie Pratt As teaching assistants (TAs), we often have to adapt to new styles and methods of teaching. As we are not the primary instructor of the course, we often have little say in the development and methodology of the course(s) we are assigned. We are, however, an integral part of the education... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Blog: “Flip it, Flip it Good”: Benefits of Approaching the Classroom from a New Perspective

By: Mary Ritchie Since first being introduced in the early 2000s (e.g., Lage, Platt, & Treglia, 2000), the concept of the flipped classroom has taken on a variety of forms. While there has yet to be a single established definition or model (Tucker, 2012), the flipped classroom can be understood as a method of... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Profile: Engineering, Biomedical and Mechanical I-CUREUS Participant

What is your project about and what is your role as a researcher? I joined a group of graduate students who are aiming at enhancing aerosol drug delivery systems, mainly for pressurized metered-dose inhalers (pMDI), commonly known as asthma inhalers. My role was to investigate deposition of salbutamol sulphate inside a cylindrical asthma spacer... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Blog: Focused Distraction: Utilising Smartphones to Promote Active Learning in the Classroom

By: Stephanie Biro While distractions within the classroom are not a new problem, the forms of distractions have significantly changed over recent years, shifting from doodling or daydreaming to text messaging or browsing the Internet. The use of smartphones has significantly increased over the last few years, with 86% of undergraduate students in... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

2016 Carleton University Teaching Awards call for nominations

Are you interested in pursuing a 2016 Carleton University Teaching Award? Or do you know an outstanding educator who deserves recognition? Get your nomination or application in before the deadline on April 17. There are four awards currently open for nominations: Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award This award recognizes faculty and contract... More

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Blog: The Innovation of Technology in the Classroom: Friend or Foe?

By: Lindsay Morgan Over the past few years, with the explosion of technology and social media, teaching has become somewhat of an arms race for students’ attention. Teaching style and information presented must now be more compelling than ever; that is, the person at the front of the room needs to be more captivating... More

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Let’s talk: Mental health in the classroom

By Emma Brown, TLS staff writer Her students watch attentively as Prof. Collett Tracey sits on the desk at the front of the class and opens a book to the poem they’re studying. Thinking With the Heart by Bronwen Wallace. One student begins reading. Tracey leans in to listen with care. “…I wish I... More

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Gone in a flash, flood

On Friday, Jan. 8 as everyone was getting settled into their first week of winter term classes, a water main burst in the corridor between the KM Theatre’s (KMT) ground level entrance and the main tunnels, submerging floors of the KMT, Theatre B and two Loeb computer labs with several inches of water, as well as leaking into Loeb C164 and... More

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Profile: Biology Major I-CUREUS Participant

I love the I-CUREUS program! It has allowed me to conduct research on the field that I love the most: Genetics. With the help of Dr. Owen Rowland, I am researching how plants behave when certain genes are missing. The understanding of how these genes affect the development of plants can offer new possibilities... More

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Profile: Playing with Purpose with Sarah McVie

Walking by the Multimedia Lab that is often used for its large screen or for assemblies of mid-sized groups. Today instead I saw a few students in small group clusters, some at a table, some gathered informally around on a couch, and some sitting and even laying on the floor. Welcome to the Theatre... More

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

How BigBlueButton is helping one Carleton student achieve academic success

By: Maha Ansari, TLS staff writer BigBlueButton is a dynamic learning tool that makes it possible for instructors and TAs to host live online classes and virtual office hours. The system boasts a wide variety of features, including a live chat window and an interactive whiteboard. Erika Caceres is among the many students enrolled... More

Monday, February 1, 2016

Blog: Flipped Learning: Utilising Flipped Assessment as a Teaching Assistant

By: Becky Grace The inverted classroom model has become one of the most commonly discussed teaching methods in higher education. The inverted, or flipped, classroom can be defined as a pedagogical model that reverses the internal and the external structure of the classroom (Bart, 2014). More specifically, the flipped classroom reverses the... More

Monday, February 1, 2016

Active learning classrooms coming soon!

Construction is well underway in Tory 213 and Tory 431 to create Carleton’s first two active learning classrooms (ALCs). ALCs are spaces that have been purposely designed to support teaching and learning in an environment that engages students to participate actively in their learning. These two classrooms rooms will be completed by mid-April... More

Friday, January 29, 2016

Blog: Students Helping Students: The Writing Process and Identity Negotiation

By: Matthew Sanscartier As teaching assistants (TAs), we may think of ourselves as at the halfway point between student and instructor, often embodying both roles interchangeably. Simultaneously, we act as gatekeepers to knowledge and academic discourses, disciplining the way that our students read and write through the provision of grades and... More

Friday, January 29, 2016

Blog: Instructional Strategies to Build a Community in the Classroom

By: Julie Dobbin Creating a sense of community and building relationships in the classroom is essential to fostering learning (Karakas, 2011: 205). For optimal learning to occur, instructors and/or TAs should get to know their students on a personal level as well as provide them the chance to get to know fellow classmates. Community... More

Friday, January 29, 2016

Summer Job Opportunity – NSERC USRA Competition Opens

Science and Engineering Students : There are 23 Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) available for summer positions here at Carleton. Every successful applicant will be awarded a total amount of $4,500 from the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) when his/her supervisor contributes at least a supplemental amount... More

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Blog: The Paperless Movement: Less Is More?

By: Trong Nguyen New technologies that are integrated effectively can dramatically improve our current ways of teaching. As technological advances evolve, so must the way we go about teaching. Embracing new changes with an open mind allows us to optimize these adjustments to suit the teaching and learning process. From obtaining marks online to... More

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

“Engineering TAs & Writing” Workshop — Scheduling Update

PLEASE NOTE: The start time for the 1.5-hour TA Training session entitled "Engineering TAs and Writing: Strategies for Helping Your Students with Their Writing-Related Issues" is actually 1pm on Thursday, Jan. 28th, in 422 DT, and not, as it was advertised earlier on Carleton Central, 10am. Another 1.5-hour TA Training session ("Art of... More

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Blog: “Why” vs. “WTF” questions

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science As the old adage goes, a famous physicist (I’ve seen the story attributed to both Richard Feynman and Isidor I. Rabi) became so successful not because he knew all the answers. Instead, it was because, when he’d return home from school each afternoon, his mother... More

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Making Connections!

Please join us for Carleton's 4th Annual Community Engagement Event - Making Connections! We look forward to seeing you on February 24th from 9am - noon in MacOrdum Library's Discovery Centre.... More

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Future is Open: Enhancing Pedagogy via Open Educational Practices

Please note: This session has been cancelled. “Open educational practices” is a broad term that encompasses the creation and adoption of open textbooks and other open educational resources, open course development, and “non-disposable” assignments. On Feb. 11, join Teaching and Learning Services and ODFASS for a presentation by Rajiv... More

Monday, January 25, 2016

Profile: Neuroscience Major I-CUREUS Participant

As an I-CUREUS participant I worked in Dr. Matt Holahan's lab under the supervision of one of his graduate students, Niko. My role was to assist Niko with animal training and processing of nervous system tissue in the interest of completing his master's thesis. My I-CUREUS project, from Fall 2014 to Winter 2015, was a... More

Monday, January 25, 2016

Profile: Food Science and Nutrition Student

Stephanie Defillipe is an I-CUREUS participant in the Food Science and Nutrition program, assisting in Dr. Avis’ research in the field of food microbiology. She says: I-CUREUS has allowed me to learn and experience new things at school outside of the typical classroom setting! My project was based on extracting and identifying certain... More

Monday, January 25, 2016

Nominate an outstanding Carleton educator for a Capital Educators’ Awards

Do you know an outstanding educator at Carleton who deserves recognition? Offer your support by nominating them for a 2016 Capital Educators’ Award. Visit www.edugala.ca for more information and to complete the nomination form. The nomination deadline is Monday, Feb. 29 at 4 p.m. The award is open to all educators who have classroom... More

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Online classes and virtual office hours

BigBlueButton is a web conferencing system available in cuLearn that allows you to host a synchronous (real-time) video and/or audio conference, and features a live chat window and interactive whiteboard. If you have ever thought of adding a live online component to your class, having online office hours, or if you’re interested in participating... More

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Discover Carleton’s award-winning crowdfunding platform: FutureFunder

The FutureFunder is Carleton’s award-winning crowdfunding platform. Carleton was the first university in Canada to adopt crowdfunding into its traditional fundraising outreach. Only Carleton students, faculty, staff, alumni and retirees are permitted to submit a project or initiative in need of funding. All submissions should support the... More

Monday, January 18, 2016

Profile: Sociology and Women & Gender Studies I-CUREUS Participant

As a research assistant with the I-CUREUS program I conducted research on several topics including sex workers organizing politically in Latin America, medical tourism, and global care chains. I gathered journal articles from various databases and completed annotated bibliographies. In addition, I summarized the ideas and main arguments of the... More

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Winter 2016 TA Training Day

The full programme for the EDC's Winter 2016 TA Training Day is now available, and registration for all sessions is now open on Carleton Central. TA Training Day takes place on Saturday, Jan. 23 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. on the third floor of the River Building. Featuring light refreshments, eight diverse workshops and... More

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Profile: Engineering Physics I-CUREUS Participant

My role as an I-CUREUS participant was to develop a custom built Raman microscope. Our application to biological samples with thicknesses of a few microns causes major problems for expensive commercial systems. The system we constructed has achieved a better application specific performance, at a fraction of the cost. The task of building a... More

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

An introduction to creating course videos

Whether you want to record a PowerPoint presentation, show your students how to use an application, use a document camera or tablet to solve problems, flip your classroom or explore a more blended approach to your course, Capture has you covered. Capture is a screen recording solution that helps facilitate the growing need for... More

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Blog: Saving critical inquiry

By Mira Sucharov, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science I’m no stranger to advocacy and opinion. As a columnist in various news outlets, I regularly bring my voice to bear on normative and policy issues. And I encourage my students to find their “opinion” voice, usually through teaching and assigning an “op-ed” writing... More

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