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

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

Monday, February 23, 2015

Teaching from the coast to the capital: Spotlight on Kate Dupré

By Cassandra Hendry, TLS staff writer As a new professor at Carleton of just over a year, Kate Dupré has had to adapt to a whole different university and way of life—especially now that she’s no longer living on an island. “I taught at Memorial University in Newfoundland for 10 years,” she says. “The... More

Friday, February 20, 2015

Blog: Enhancing Student Learning through Increased TA Involvement

By Sarah McQuaid, Department of Psychology Teaching Assistants (TAs) have the fortunate role of being intermediators between students and professors. This affords them unique opportunities to help foster student learning in numerous ways. It is often the case, however, that TAs have limited requirements or responsibilities for their courses. TAs... More

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Make way for Melanie Adrian

The assignment: Multiculturalism and republicanism – draw and contrast. It’s a puzzle Melanie Adrian’s students at Carleton University are mulling over in small groups shortly after 5 p.m. on an already dark, mid-fall afternoon. It could be classic snooze-button time for any student grinding through the final hour of a three-hour lecture at... More

Monday, February 16, 2015

Triumphs and challenges of a first year at Carleton: Spotlight on Emily Heath

By Emily Cook, EDC staff writer Getting a new job and being in a new environment can be unsettling. But professor Emily Heath is taking it in stride, making new developments in her cancer research and challenging herself in teaching, all during her first year at Carleton. Heath joined the Physics department in winter... More

Monday, February 9, 2015

Smartphones in the classroom: Journalism course incorporates handheld devices

By Jordanna Tennebaum, TLS freelance writer  While smartphones are typically tucked away during lectures, Carleton journalism professor Paul Adams is overseeing a new instruction model that uses “the cameras in our pockets” to produce quality news pieces. Students registered in Adams’ third year Introduction to Video Journalism course are... More

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Blog: Bridging the gap between theory and practice

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Facilitator Two years ago, I interviewed for a faculty position at an American university. The day before the day-long interview, one of the search committee members kindly gave me a tour of the city. As we visited campus and the surrounding areas, she confessed that this institution (a small... More

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Carleton comes up big with funding for new Ontario Online courses

After submitting 27 proposals to the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities' Ontario Online initiative, Carleton has been awarded funding to complete five online courses and three online modules. With eight approved proposals, Carleton was awarded the third highest number of courses of all 21 Ontario universities. Courses: Structural... More

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

February issue of Teaching and Learning News now available

Check out the Teaching and Learning Services e-newsletter for February. See how Carleton fared in the latest round of Ontario Online course proposals. Read about two professors’ experiences in flipped classrooms and get more information on awards that are open for nominations, exciting upcoming events and more! Read the February newsletter and... More

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Blog: Bridging the gap between theory and practice

By Morgan Rooney, Educational Development Facilitator Two years ago, I interviewed for a faculty position at an American university. The day before the day-long interview, one of the search committee members kindly gave me a tour of the city. As we visited campus and the surrounding areas, she confessed that this institution (a small... More

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Just added! Special event on Feb. 10 in partnership with Contact North

On Feb. 10, please join Professor Mandla Makhanya, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa), for a special session on Trends and Threats in Online Learning: An International Perspective. In this one hour special briefing and question and answer session, Professor Makhanya will share his observations and insights and... More

Monday, February 2, 2015

Nominate an outstanding Carleton educator for a Capital Educators’ Award

Do you know an outstanding educator at Carleton who deserves recognition? Offer your support by nominating them for a 2015 Capital Educators’ Award. Visit www.edugala.ca for more information and to complete the nomination form. The nomination deadline is Friday, Feb. 27. The award is open to all educators who have classroom teaching... More

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Blog: Does Carleton need a cable TV channel?

By: Jeff Cohen, Assistant Director, CUOL Did you know that Carleton University has its’ own TV channel? If yes, do you ever watch it? If you are old enough and have lived in Ottawa long enough, the answer to both questions was probably yes at one time, but maybe not anymore. Carleton’s cable channel... More

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Evaluating Ourselves: Assessment of Teaching and Learning in Ontario

Over the last five years, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) funded more than 60 research projects related to various aspects of improved teaching and student learning. Now, as the last of these projects comes to a close, they’re ready to share their findings with you. On Tuesday, Feb. 24, join Richard... More

Monday, January 26, 2015

Carleton takes innovative new step towards engaging students

By Dario Balca As Carleton’s Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning), Joy Mighty knew she wanted to get students more engaged, but didn’t want to just give out orders on how. The result is a new initiative that brings together faculty, staff and students from across the university to share their thoughts on how to... More

Friday, January 23, 2015

EDC wraps up successful TA Training Day

The EDC’s Winter 2015 TA Training Day event on Jan. 17 saw nearly 300 TAs brave the cold to take part in eight unique training sessions aimed at their personal and professional development. We were especially privileged to hear keynote addresses from award-winning faculty members Dr. Aaron Doyle from the Department of Sociology and... More

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