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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

AWS Educate: An opportunity to leverage cloud-based technology

Carleton University has signed on as an AWS Educate partner institution, giving instructors and students access to cloud-related learning resources.   AWS Educate is an Amazon initiative to help students build skills in the cloud. Members have access to cloud-learning content, training, pathways and a job board at no cost.  Through their... More

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Embedding career skill training in your classes – without sacrificing content or creating more work 

Are you interested in bringing career skill development into your classes but concerned about adding to your students’ (and your own) work load? On Thursday, Oct. 3, Loleen Berdahl (Department of Political Studies, University of Saskatchewan) will draw on her own teaching experience and case study research in an interactive workshop that will... More

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Upcoming cuLearn drop-in session

Drop by the EDC on July 16 any time between 1-3 p.m. to work on your cuLearn course with us. We will have educational technologists and instructional designers on hand to answer your questions and help you take your course to the next level. No registration is required. Stay for the whole session or... More

Thursday, July 4, 2019

How to Keep Textbook Costs Low for Your Students

Textbook prices are a common complaint amongst students, and they can have serious implications for student retention and performance. Join us on July 17 from 10 a.m. - noon for a session that will connect you to tips and strategies that can help reduce the price that your students pay for the textbooks they... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Develop your skills in creating multiple-choice assessments

Which of the following best describes Zuul crurivastator? The Gatekeeper in the 1984 film Ghostbusters. A close friend of Gozer, the Gozerian. A demigod worshipped by the Mesopotamians. It’s a swear word that the ancient Romans used when banging their shin against a marble column. A new type of ankylosaurine dinosaur. At our Multiple-Choice... More

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Discover Carleton’s ePortfolio technology – cuPortfolio

Join us on July 17 from 1-3 p.m. for your introduction to Carleton’s electronic portfolio technology, cuPortfolio. This session will provide an overview of ePortfolios, review how they can be used to deepen and enrich learning and assessment, and provide a hands-on introduction to cuPortfolio. During the hands-on portion of the session, you’ll... More

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Capture – 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

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Putting Your Course on the Map: Designing Courses that Align with Your Programs Learning Outcomes

Too often, the course design process can be a solitary, isolated experience. This is especially true if you’re relatively new to a department or a contract instructor: it is not always easy to infer what precisely your department hopes a course will achieve or how it relates to the larger program. The good news,... More

Friday, May 24, 2019

Using images and videos to improve learning

Images, graphics, videos and other visual elements have the potential to add powerful appeal to your course. Good visual design can also enhance your students’ comprehension of course materials. This June, we're offering two mini "bootcamps" to help you incorporate images and videos into your courses in meaningful ways. Using Images to Improve... More

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Take advantage of our Course Design Fundamentals experience this June 18-21

Course Design Fundamentals consists of five workshops appropriate for Carleton instructors wishing to cultivate essential course design strategies, regardless of years of experience, teaching modality, or class size. This program is designed to help you receive formal recognition while you revisit the foundational principles of course design and... More

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

To Cheat, or Not to Cheat–That is Not the Question: Preventing Plagiarism through Design

Are plagiarized student papers driving you to your wits’ end? Then join us at the EDC on June 6 from 10-11:30 a.m. for an interactive workshop that will consider how we can use course design to reduce opportunities for plagiarized writing assignments. As Hamlet (never) said, “The design’s the thing / From which student... More

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

“What Are They Thinking?”: Collecting Feedback from Your Students

When students don’t do so well on part of an assignment or struggle with a concept, we often wonder in exasperation, “What are they thinking, anyway?” Understanding our students’ confusion and misunderstandings, however, doesn’t require the power of divination or any other magical art. All we need to do is simply ask them. Join... More

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