• Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award:聽recognizes faculty and contract instructors dedicated to sustained excellence in teaching, scholarship of teaching and the continual development of teaching. Recipients are also designated as 杏吧原创 University Teaching Fellows.
• New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award:聽recognizes new faculty members who underscore 杏吧原创鈥檚 commitment to teaching excellence and innovation.
• Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award: recognizes faculty members and contract instructors whose teaching in blended and/or online environments has had an exceptional impact on student learning.
• Excellence in Learning Support Award:聽recognizes the many educational support staff members who contribute to the student learning experience through their tireless work and support in labs, classrooms and many other diverse learning environments across 杏吧原创.

The application deadline is April 30, 2019. Get all the details on the awards and the nomination process here.

If you have any questions, please contact TLS at oavptl@carleton.ca, 613-520-2344.

Sarah Todd (School of Social Work) has received the Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award for her leadership and commitment to teaching and learning. She has also been designated as a 杏吧原创 University teaching fellow.

Kevin Cheung (School of Mathematics and Statistics) was also honoured with the Excellence in Blended and Online Teaching Award for his exceptional impact on student learning in an online environment.

Kenta Asakura (School of Social Work), Renate Ysseldyk (Department of Health Sciences) and Laura Banducci (College of the Humanities) have been awarded this year鈥檚 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.

The Excellence in Learning Support Award goes to Susan Tudin (MacOdrum Library – Research Support Services) for her outstanding contribution to the student learning experience.

Please join us in congratulating this year’s winners!

Learn more about the teaching awards available to 杏吧原创 faculty, instructors and support staff here.

杏吧原创 University Political Science Prof.聽Mira Sucharov聽has won an Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching Award in recognition of her excellence in teaching.

It鈥檚 the highest honour that a university educator can receive in Ontario.

Sucharov is well-known on campus for her 鈥渨hole person approach鈥� to teaching in the聽Department of Political Science. Her primary concern is the holistic development of students in ways that respect their humanity, whether she is designing new courses, supervising graduate students, mentoring faculty or teaching in the classroom.

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There are four awards currently open for nominations: the Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award, the New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, the Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award and the Excellence in Learning Support Award.聽.

Nomination packages must be submitted in electronic form to oavptl@carleton.ca.聽If you don鈥檛 receive a confirmation email from us within 48 business hours, please contact us directly at 613-520-2344.

Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award
This award recognizes faculty and contract instructors dedicated to sustained excellence in teaching, scholarship of teaching and the continual development of teaching. Three awards of $2,500 will be given out each year. Recipients of this award are also designated as 杏吧原创 University Teaching Fellows.
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New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award
New faculty bring an energy and excitement to their teaching, often motivating those around them to challenge themselves and their practices. The Educational Development Centre developed this award to recognize those new faculty members who underscore 杏吧原创鈥檚 commitment to teaching excellence and innovation. Three awards of $500 will be given out each year.
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Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award
The Educational Development Centre has established this award in recognition of faculty and contract instructors who thoughtfully and meaningfully incorporate technology into their teaching and learning practices. Two awards of $750 are presented annually.
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Excellence in Learning Support Award
This award recognizes the many 杏吧原创 University educational support staff members who contribute to the student learning experience. Though they do not hold instructor, faculty or teaching assistant positions, these individuals positively impact student learning through their tireless work and support in labs, classrooms and many other diverse learning environments across 杏吧原创. One award of $750 will be presented annually. Please note: Teaching and Learning Services staff members (EDC, CUOL, IMS and OAVPTL) are not eligible for this award.
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Nomination packages must be submitted in electronic form to oavptl@carleton.ca.聽If you don鈥檛 receive a confirmation email from us within 48 business hours, please contact us directly at 613-520-2344.

If you have any questions about the awards or the nomination process, please contact TLS at 613-520-2344.

The award, sponsored by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) and Brightspace, recognizes innovative approaches that promote student-centered teaching and learning at the post-secondary level.

The award is open to all instructors currently teaching at a post-secondary institution, regardless of discipline, level or term of appointment. Candidates do not need to be members of STLHE to apply.

Winners will receive $2,200 toward travel and registration costs for Brightspace鈥檚 FUSION conference, as well as the annual STLHE conference, and a two-year membership to STLHE. As many as five awards are presented annually.

The deadline for applications is Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Get detailed information about the application process, including the application dossiers, examples of innovation in teaching and learning, and the selection process on the .

The EDC is here to help you develop a successful application package. Please contact us at edc@carleton.ca or 613-520-4433 to set up a consultation.

Left to right: Joy Mighty, Claudia Buttera, Michael Hildebrand, Erik Stephenson, David Dean, Shannon Butler, Rodney Nelson, Peter Ricketts.
Absent: Shawn Graham

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) are pleased to announce the seven outstanding educators who have been named 2016 杏吧原创 University Teaching Award winners.

David Dean and Shawn Graham, both from the Department of History, have received the Provost鈥檚 Fellowship in Teaching Award for their leadership and commitment to teaching and learning. They have also been designated as 杏吧原创 University teaching fellows and will receive $2,500 each.

Michael Hildebrand (Department of Neuroscience), Erik Stephenson (College of the Humanities), and Rodney Nelson (Centre for Initiatives in Education) have been聽awarded this year鈥檚 New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, each receiving $500.

Shannon Butler (Sprott School of Business) is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching with Technology Award for her innovative use of technology in聽the classroom. She will be awarded $750.

The Excellence in Learning Support Award goes to聽Claudia Buttera (Department of Biology) for her outstanding contribution to the student learning experience. She聽will receive聽$750.

Congratulations to this year’s winners!

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Physics Prof. Michael Donkers believes the best way to learn is to do.

鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing that beats getting down and dirty with what鈥檚 going on in the lab,鈥� says the 杏吧原创 University contract instructor.

However, students often don鈥檛 have an opportunity to explore all the theories and phenomena they learn about in class in the laboratory, whether it鈥檚 due to a lack of time or resources, or dangerous materials.

To help address this situation, Donkers is developing a Virtual Lab Environment (VLE). This set of interactive modules will allow students to set input parameters, conduct simulated experiments and receive data complete with reading errors, statistical fluctuations and occasional variations.

鈥淭he idea of the VLE is to create a very realistic computer interface which would model very closely what an actual experimentalist might have in the lab,鈥� says Donkers. 鈥淚t gives students a way to virtually interact with some of the concepts they鈥檝e been studying in class.鈥�

Donkers won the 2016 to develop the VLE. The $6,000 grant will allow him to hire a summer student to design visuals and graphics for the project. He鈥檚 currently coding the lab experiments himself.

Donkers says almost any physical experiment could be simulated in the VLE. When it鈥檚 up and running, math and science students of all majors will be able to use it.

鈥淏asically any science that lives on data can be modeled in the VLE, that includes physics, chemistry, engineering, geology, I can even envision it being used for economics,鈥� he says.

Donkers says he was inspired to create the VLE by a set of simulations from the University of Colorado. He鈥檚 used them in his courses before, but found them limiting because they didn鈥檛 give students a lot of control over input parameters and always returned answers free of measurement and reading errors.

鈥淭here was no need for the student to think 鈥榳hat in the real world could be affecting why I鈥檓 not seeing the things I expect,鈥欌�� he says.

So Donkers wanted to build on the idea behind the simulations.

鈥淟et鈥檚 have students have to think for themselves what might be impacting their results and therefore be able to draw conclusions and write a good lab report,鈥� he says.

Donkers hopes to have the some early prototypes of the VLE ready for testing by the end of the year.