Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Help IMS improve Carleton’s electronic classrooms

IMS is looking for feedback from faculty members and contract instructors on your experiences teaching in electronic classrooms this past term. Your suggestions are a useful guide on our service level and help us better understand your needs. Our online questionnaire should take no longer than five minutes to complete and will automatically loop... More

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Carleton’s new Contract Instructor Teaching Innovation Grant

On behalf of Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Peter Ricketts, we are pleased to announce Carleton University’s new Contract Instructor Teaching Innovation Grant. Contract Instructor Teaching Innovation Grant Award In accordance with the new CUPE 4600, Unit 2 Collective Agreement, the purpose of the Teaching Innovation Grant award is to... More

Monday, April 13, 2015

Bringing music to life and expanding the boundaries of the classroom: Spotlight on Alexis Luko

By Emily Cook, TLS staff writer It’s not enough to just hear the music, you have to experience it. At least, that’s a lesson students learn in Alexis Luko’s classes. “When I enter the classroom, I’m really energetic," says Luko. "I know that I have to bring a lot of enthusiasm to all the... More

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Electronic Classroom Survey

IMS is once again conducting our classroom survey to solicit feedback from anyone that has taught in one of our Electronic Classrooms this past term.  It should not take more than 5 minutes to complete and those that submit by April 30 will be entered to win a $150 Campus Card.  Please click here... More

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Join us for our Spring 2015 Contract Instructor Orientation

The Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) (OAVPTL) invites all contract instructors to an orientation to the university on Thursday, April 23 from 5:30-9 p.m. in room 422 Dunton Tower. Whether you are a new contract instructor looking for a first-time orientation or a returning contract instructor looking for a refresher... More

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Increase instructor visibility with a screen recording tool

By Haidee Thanda, EDC Instructional Design Intern Most online students (especially those who are successful) will tell you it takes focus and motivation to stay on top of their assignments in comparison to traditional classroom offerings. In fact, the ubiquity and flexibility of online learning in some situations can make it easier for students... More

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Enhancements coming to cuLearn this spring

On Saturday, May 2, cuLearn will be getting its annual upgrade, going from Moodle version 2.6.2 to version 2.8.3. The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the... More

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Announcing the EDC’s 2014-2015 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Recipients and Honourable Mentions

The EDC is pleased to announce the five outstanding Teaching Assistants (TAs) who have been named recipients of the 2014-2015 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award. The awards celebrate the support TAs give to the undergraduate programs in their disciplines, their roles in establishing a positive learning environment, and their work in... More

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Teaching and Learning in Community: Experiential Learning, ePortfolios and Collaborative Projects

Join Teaching and Learning Services on April 29 and discover how to engage students through experiential learning, ePortfolios and collaborative projects at our Teaching and Learning in Community event. Carleton instructors, students, and alumni will share their teaching and learning experiences and showcase their inspiring projects. The event... More

Monday, March 30, 2015

Connecting through technology: Spotlight on Paloma Raggo

By Araina Bond, TLS freelance writer In the short time that Paloma Raggo has been teaching at Carleton, she has certainly been on an adventure. An Assistant Professor of Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Raggo came to Carleton in July 2013 with a newly broken ankle and a mandate to develop courses for her program,... More

Thursday, March 26, 2015

TLS presents: The Great Dunton Relay Race in support of the Campus Community Campaign!

Do you think your team can conquer the Dunton Tower stairs the fastest? Enter Teaching and Learning Services’ “Great Dunton Relay Race” and see if you have what it takes, all while raising funds for Carleton’s Campus Community Campaign! Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 Time: 4 – 5 p.m. Location: Stairwell B of Dunton... More

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Blog: “I had no idea this existed…”

By Lisa Runge-Faubert, CUOL video editor/multimedia specialist “I had no idea this existed.” This is a common phrase heard by the techie types over here on the sixth floor of Southam Hall. Instructors, students giving testimonials for various in-house videos, and the odd person off the street (hasn’t happened yet but it’s just a... More

Monday, March 23, 2015

Collaborative projects, experiential learning and ePortfolios: Join us on April 29

On April 29, discover how to engage students through experiential learning, collaborative projects and ePortfolios at TLS’ Teaching and Learning in Community event. In addition to two keynote addresses from Dr. Alan Davis, president and vice-chancellor of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Jesse Stewart, Carleton music professor and... More

Monday, March 23, 2015

Online polling, smartphone app development and responsible teamwork: Spotlight on Audrey Girouard

By Jordanna Tennebaum, TLS freelance writer It’s rare for faculty members to apply their core subject matter as a method of instruction. This however is exactly what Assistant Professor Audrey Girouard has been doing since joining Carleton University’s School of Information Technology in 2011. Through courses such as Human Computer Interaction... More

Friday, March 20, 2015

Teaching Roundtable: Tales from an Active Learning Classroom

On Friday, March 27, join faculty from Wilfrid Laurier University for an in-depth discussion about their experiences using active learning classrooms. Via teleconference, Mercedes Rowinsky (Languages & Literature), Gavin Brockett (History), Edmund Pries (Global Studies) and Ken Maly (Chemistry) will explore what worked for them, what didn’t... More

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Celebrating Carleton’s outstanding TAs

Congratulations to the 202 teaching assistants who were nominated for the EDC’s Outstanding TA Award and many departmental TA awards. We received a record number of nominations this year, highlighting the amazing accomplishments of Carleton’s TAs. The awards celebrate the teaching assistants’ dedication to undergraduate learning. TAs occupy... More

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Blog: Quality Teaching Time in Higher Education

By Andrew Robinson, Contract Instructor, Carleton University Department of Physics  By “Quality Teaching Time”, I mean the time in the class when the learning process is effective for the student. Any experienced teacher can tell when the class is restless and wants to be out of the room. Epidemics of dropped pencils, fidgeting, squeaking... More

Monday, March 16, 2015

Teaching Roundtable: Tales from an Active Learning Classroom

On Friday, March 27, join faculty from Wilfrid Laurier University for an in-depth discussion about their experiences using active learning classrooms. Via teleconference, Mercedes Rowinsky (Languages & Literature), Gavin Brockett (History), Edmund Pries (Global Studies) and Ken Maly (Chemistry) will explore what worked for them, what didn’t... More

Monday, March 16, 2015

Bringing fun and interaction into the classroom: Spotlight on Vincent Kazmierski

By Emily Cook, EDC staff writer Explaining assault by throwing a book at a TA (consented to in advance, of course), or doing hands-on computer exercises, may not seem standard for teaching law, but for professor Vincent Kazmierski, that’s just another day in the classroom. In his 10 years of teaching legal studies at... More

Friday, March 13, 2015

Tech Corner: Interactive Ad Campaign for Domestic Abuse Victims

British advertising companies have teamed up with Women’s Aid in London and Brimingham in the UK to create an interactive ad campaign highlighting domestic abuse. Visit InAVate On The Net and read more about how facial recognition technology from a billboard is being used to alter the image of a battered woman. The more... More

Friday, March 13, 2015

Board of Governors Award: Nominations Due March 19

If you know a student who has done outstanding volunteer work in the not-for-profit sector, the Carleton University Board of Governors has just the award to honour those efforts. Carleton University is now accepting submissions for the 2015 Board of Governors Award for Outstanding Community Achievement to recognize the spirit of student... More

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

See how Europe’s higher education system is embracing the digital revolution

On Friday, March 27, Carleton will welcome the Director-General for Education and Culture of the European Commission, Xavier Prats Monné, for a special session entitled Embracing the Digital Revolution. The second decade of the new millennium has heralded a seismic shift in higher education, driven by globalization, the digital revolution, and... More

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

FPA Research Showcase

On Tuesday March 3rd the Discovery Centre played host to the Faculty of Public Affairs Undergraduate Research Showcase. With 15 posters, several Multi-Media presentations and a constant flow of visitors, the event grew on last years’ success and allowed current students to share their work. Each year the faculty selects a winning poster to... More

Monday, March 9, 2015

Tech Corner: Augmented Power Cables

Could there be a time when a tangled mess of power cables is actually a welcomed and useful sight? A group from MIT are looking at ways to incorporate sensors and microcontrollers into power cables that could potentially allow you to pinch, stretch and bend them to adjust their power flow. Still in a... More

Monday, March 9, 2015

Carleton professors find the performance in mathematics teaching

By Lesley LeRoux, TLS freelance writer While some might call a lesson in mathematics boring, others see it as a performance, capable of engaging an audience of undergraduates as if they were watching an engrossing film. Such is one of the discoveries from Carleton linguistics professors Natasha Artemeva and Janna Fox’s research on how... More

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Enhance your multiple-choice item writing skills before final exams

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Blog: Inactive Learning

By John Strickland, Assistant Director, IMS The modern classroom is a place where, even today, many of us sit still, sit quiet and learn. Ostensibly. For the past thousand years (or more), learning has happened in rooms with rows of tables and chairs all facing the front to listen to someone who will profess... More

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

2015 Carleton University Teaching Awards call for nominations

Are you interested in pursuing a 2015 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 14. There are three awards currently open for nominations: Provost’s Fellowship in Teaching Award This award recognizes faculty and... More

Monday, March 2, 2015

Blog: Connecting the dots

  By Maristela Petrovic-Dzerdz, EDC Instructional Designer On Feb. 19, a couple hundred of us attended Digital Learning Reimagined, the inaugural Chang School Talks conference at Ryerson University. It was advertised as an event geared towards exchanging “ideas and strategies to address the transformational changes occurring in academia and... More

Monday, March 2, 2015

Gregory MacIsaac talks ‘holistic’ reading and the joy of thinking

By Dario Balca, TLS staff writer Front to back, page by page, line by line—this is how Carleton humanities professor Gregory MacIsaac teaches his students some of the most challenging texts history has to offer. It’s all part of the award-winning professor’s unique approach to teaching what he calls “holistic” reading. This means... More

Friday, February 27, 2015

Blog: Re-imagining digital learning….with re-cycled ideas

By Isa G, EDC Instructional Designer With the promising title of “Digital Learning Reimagined”, Ryerson University’s Chang Centre for Continuing Education held a small conference on Feb. 19 . Five speakers presented in 15-minute, TED-Talk style bursts, complete with red circular carpet and headset mic sans podium. The first official speaker,... More

Thursday, February 26, 2015

Nominate a teaching assistant for an Outstanding TA Award!

If you've been taught by or worked with a great TA this year (Fall 2014 – Winter 2015), why not take a moment to acknowledge their hard work by nominating them for a TA Award? On top of the various awards that many departments offer, the EDC also offers up to give university-wide award... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Blog: The state of e-Learning in Ontario

By Dragana Polovina-Vukovic, EDC Assistant Director (Acting) Last week, a few members of the EDC team travelled to Toronto for the 2015 Chang School Talks on e-Learning, a mini-conference organized by Ryerson’s G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, and the Ontario Universities’ Council on e-Learning’s (OUCEL) annual meeting. While... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Blog: Beyond the Empty Avatar: Teaching Assistants as Dynamic Facilitators in Online Learning

By Stuart MacKay, Department of History Over the past few years, online courses have exploded in popularity amongst universities all over North America. Ranging from Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to smaller online courses, online learning presents both problems and opportunities for teaching assistants. Teaching assistants, accustomed to... More

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Discover how two Carleton courses are engaging the community at our upcoming roundtable

On Friday, March 6, join the EDC and professors Ben Gianni and Adje van de Sande for a teaching roundtable as they highlight how they have been integrating Community Engaged Pedagogy (CEP) into their architecture and social work courses. CEP aims to develop students’ skills through a combination of community work and classroom learning,... More

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