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

Monday, January 11, 2016

Teaching technology demo with Sprott

Join the Sprott School of Business on Thursday, Jan. 21 for a classroom technology demo. Shannon Butler, an instructor with Sprott, will demonstrate how she uses her iPad Pro and Pencil in class. She will show us how to connect the iPad to the classroom console remotely and how to annotate PDFs/blank documents while... More

Monday, January 11, 2016

The best kind of school is old school: Spotlight on Stacy Douglas

By Emily Cook, TLS staff writer Being a good teacher doesn’t have to be complicated. For Stacy Douglas, it’s as simple as listening to students, and telling a story in return. Douglas is an Assistant Professor with Carleton’s Department of Law and Legal Studies. She started teaching at the school in September 2012 and... More

Monday, January 11, 2016

Winter 2016 TA Training Day Update

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, January 23rd, 10am-4pm, on the 3rd floor of the River Building. Featuring light refreshments, 8 diverse workshops, and 2 talks by award-winning faculty... More

Friday, January 8, 2016

Profile: Biochemistry and Biotechnology I-CUREUS Participant

The I-CUREUS Research Internship is an opportunity to take learning out of the textbook and gain hands on experience in a research environment. I had the opportunity to work under the supervision of Dr. William Willmore from the Biochemistry department. In Dr. Willmore's lab I have worked with DNA, protein, bacterial cells, and mammalian... More

Friday, January 8, 2016

Teaching Roundtable: Community Engagement in Teaching

Have you ever wondered how you might partner with community groups as part of the courses you teach? Join us on January 22 to learn how two Carleton faculty members have been able to bring their classrooms into the Ottawa community. Jesse Stewart, from the Department of Music, will discuss several examples of community-engaged... More

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Start of term announcement for classroom users

Happy New Year and welcome back to everyone! With the new term now underway, IMS would like to remind faculty and instructors about the electronic equipment lockout in general pool classrooms on weekends and evenings.  Starting at 7 p.m. on Fridays and continuing all weekend, teaching consoles will be locked and unavailable for use... More

Thursday, January 7, 2016

TLS photo shoot: Call for instructors

Teaching and Learning Services has scheduled a professional photo shoot over the winter break in February 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... More

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Blog: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: The Use (and Black Out) of Technology by Students for Students in the Classroom

By: Alejandro Hernández Every single time I attend an undergraduate course as a TA, particularly those massive first year courses with 300+ enrolments, I see students watching movies, browsing their Facebook wall, listening to music, and ‘whatsapping’ while in class. Although not all students engage in these practices, it is undeniable that... More

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Blog: A look at joint ventures in higher education

By R. L. Kirby PhD Dr. Roy L. Kirby divides his work between teaching at the Eric Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, where he has taught management subjects and interpersonal communications since 1997, and Jilin University/Lambton College in Changchun, China, where he has focused on teaching management subjects since 2005-06. The... More

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Experimentation in the classroom: The importance of undergraduate research

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer In one classroom, a group of undergraduate engineering students design a sustainable architecture plan for an aging heritage building in Gatineau, preparing a report to present to the building’s owner next week. In another room, a third-year student creates a computerized model to improve the way doctors see... More

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Create effective multiple-choice assessments

Which of the following is a sign that you’re NOT young anymore? You choose your cereal for the fiber, 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, January 4, 2016

Fostering Learning through Culturally Responsive Practice

By: Esther Briner North American universities and colleges have seen an increase in cultural diversity within the student population in the past few decades (Cummins, 1996; Flores, Gee, & Kastner, 2000; Richards, Brown, & Forde, 2007; Weinstein, Curran, & Tomlinson-Clarke, 2003). At Carleton University, the number of international... More

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