{"id":44402,"date":"2022-07-13T14:04:39","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T18:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?p=44402"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:34","slug":"irena-knezevic-awarded-carleton-university-chair-in-teaching-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2022\/irena-knezevic-awarded-carleton-university-chair-in-teaching-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Irena Knezevic Awarded Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Irena Knezevic Awarded Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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Prof. <\/span>Irena Knezevic<\/span><\/a> (School of Journalism and Communication) has been named the 2022 <\/span>Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation<\/span><\/a> for her dedication to experimenting with different teaching methods to ensure an accessible and engaging learning environment for her students.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn behalf of Carleton University, it is my pleasure to congratulate Irena on this outstanding achievement,\u201d says Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Jerry Tomberlin. \u201cThe Chair in Teaching Innovation appointment is part of our institutional investment in student success through the <\/span>scholarship of teaching and learning<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chair in Teaching Innovation appointment recognizes <\/span>educators who have demonstrated teaching excellence and innovation across their career. Chairs receive<\/span> a $45,000 grant spanning three years to undertake projects that advance the <\/span>scholarship of teaching and learning<\/span> at Carleton.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this grant, Knezevic, along with co-researcher Vincent Andrisani<\/a> (School of Journalism and Communication), will explore instructors\u2019 resistance to digital technologies, particularly open-access educational resources and multimedia formats. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to explore what I have noticed anecdotally \u2013 that some view multimedia materials as trivializing education and see open-access materials as being more difficult to evaluate in terms of rigour and quality,\u201d Knezevic says. \u201cI want to know if these sentiments are common, if they are grounded in knowledge and experience, and if they actually obscure bigger and more serious concerns about current pedagogical developments.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following her research on this topic, Knezevic plans to create a catalogue of practical tools, including a website with a curated collection of resources, how-to guides and tip sheets to help instructors make decisions around incorporating digital technology in their course design and delivery.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIrena\u2019s commitment to experimenting with pedagogical approaches and fostering student success makes her an ideal fit for the Chair in Teaching Innovation position,\u201d says Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) David Hornsby. \u201cWe are excited to see how her project will help instructors explore possibilities and experiment with digital technologies.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knezevic is the fifth Carleton professor to be awarded the Chair in Teaching Innovation. <\/span>Learn more about her plans for the appointment<\/span><\/a>.  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prof. Irena Knezevic (School of Journalism and Communication) has been named the 2022 Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation for her dedication to experimenting with different teaching methods to ensure an accessible and engaging learning environment for her students.  \u201cOn behalf of Carleton University, it is my pleasure to congratulate Irena on this outstanding achievement,\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44403,"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-44402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44402","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=44402"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44409,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44402\/revisions\/44409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}