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Spring 2015: Let’s Get Together

30 April 2015

This term’s LTC lunches focus on the variety of ways Carls are working together to enhance teaching, learning, advising, and mentoring in the classroom, between and beyond courses, and in the community

Winter 2015: Humanities, Research, Global Engagement, and Assessment

30 April 2015

This term’s LTC lunches cover a variety of topics. We will hear colleagues talk about their changing research and how this affects their teaching.  We will take stock from surveys and work in assessment. And we will look at ongoing initiatives such as QuIRK and Global Engagement.

Fall 2014: Long-time Friends and New Colleagues

25 February 2015

This term we will have the opportunity to hear sessions that draw on years of experience, as well as to hear from people who are offering new energy and direction to our community.  From incorporating video into our teaching or using new ways to keep in touch with former students, to reflecting on how a major initiative continues to contribute to the campus after grant funding has ended, our year begins with a variety of informative sessions that will help us remain fully dedicated to the teaching mission of Carleton.

Spring 2014: Taking Stock

23 April 2014

This term has sessions that look at how we are doing in advising and with our QRE requirement. We look at how students can find their unique voices in writing assignments. The Phi Beta Kappa talk will feature the research of one of our colleagues. Faculty and staff will give us examples of how we might make better use of Moodle in our teaching. And a presentation that looks at alumni outcomes and examine our goals in off campus studies.

Winter 2014: Tradition and Change

28 January 2014

This term’s sessions include a look at our recently changed curriculum, the importance of old technology such as the library, and how colleagues are using new technology to enhance their teaching.  sessions also cover the link between research and teaching and opportunities presented by the new global engagement initiative

Fall 2013: Learning in the Digital Age

2 January 2014

The world of MOOCs, smartphone apps and electronic classroom technologies has transformed how we teach and changed the entire landscape of higher education. Are these threats or opportunities… or both?

Spring 2013: Looking Backward, Looking Forward

2 January 2014

Sometimes we can only set a direction for the future by looking backward at where we’ve come from.  Whether we are tracing the history of a country, the changes on our campus culture, or the process of our own leaning, we learn best when we know how we got here.

Winter 2013: Building Bridges, Crossing Boundaries

2 January 2014

Whether we’re embedding foreign language study in the curriculum, reaching put to students with special needs, or engaging in collaborative research, much of what we do involves making connections — both with our students and among the subjects we teach.

Fall 2012: A New Environment for Learning and Teaching

2 October 2012

This term’s sessions explore the various challenges and opportunities we face as technology, visual learning, and civic engagement alter the landscape of higher educations.

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