{"id":16723,"date":"2015-03-30T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/edc\/?p=16723"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:28:13","slug":"connecting-through-technology-spotlight-on-paloma-raggo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2015\/connecting-through-technology-spotlight-on-paloma-raggo\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting through technology: Spotlight on Paloma Raggo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Connecting through technology: Spotlight on Paloma Raggo\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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By Araina Bond, TLS freelance writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the short time that Paloma Raggo has been teaching at Carleton, she has certainly been on an adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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, the first of its kind offered in Canada. Suffice it to say, she had her hands full.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe first online course was a methods course, which is already a difficult course. Students can be intimidated,\u201d she explains. \u201cI was dealing with the double challenge of building this course online and reaching out to the students, many of them non-traditional students who hadn\u2019t been in school in a long time, so I wanted to make sure I could connect with them and support them throughout the process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raggo rose to the challenge and, in 2014, she was awarded Carleton\u2019s Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award for her efforts in combining complicated course material in a new, online format that was both engaging and challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes people get intimidated by the technology, but it\u2019s important to think outside the box. If there\u2019s something you can imagine, there is a way to make it happen,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raggo adds that the online format has many advantages that are only now being recognized. She feels that there are misconceptions about online courses because they can be perceived as impersonal and hands-off, when the opposite is often true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost ironic. In my research methods course, I get to interact much more with the students who are struggling,\u201d she says. \u201cSome students just really get it and are able to move through at a faster level. I\u2019m able to adapt my interventions to each student. It\u2019s a win-win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Raggo admits her courses can be challenging, she has former students telling her they keep their research methods textbook on their desks at work. Other students tell her, when they finally meet her in person, that they feel like they already know her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve noticed I actually have more one-on-one interactions with students in online courses than in courses I\u2019ve taught in person,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raggo is enthusiastic about the opportunities technology continues to provide for the accessibility and advancement of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel very privileged,\u201d she says. \u201cThe fact that my colleagues in my department and at Carleton trusted me to teach these new courses in this new format, and it is working out so well for both teachers and students, is so rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16723"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43031,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16723\/revisions\/43031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}