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Events Archive
Celebrating the Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows
May 13, 2013 — The following is a short speech delivered by Assistant Professor of Theatre, Christin Essin, at the May 3, 2013 Celebration of Teaching. In 2012-13, Christin was one of the Center for Teaching’s Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. She delivered these remarks...... KEEP READING »
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CFT Host the Celebration of Teaching on Friday, May 3rd
April 3, 2013 — The Center for Teaching and the Graduate School will honor the achievements of the Vanderbilt teaching community at the annual Celebration of Teaching on May 3, 2013 from 10:00am to 4:00pm in The Commons. The event is open to Vanderbilt...... KEEP READING »
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Faculty: Visit the classroom of Sheri Shaneyfelt on March 26
March 18, 2013 — A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits...... KEEP READING »
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Eric Mazur on the Flipped Classroom and Peer Instruction, April 4th
March 14, 2013 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Director If you’re interested in improving student learning in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) fields or in large classes of any discipline, you won’t want to miss Harvard physics professor Eric Mazur’s talk in Light...... KEEP READING »
Tags: Clickers, Flipped Classroom, Large Classes, STEM
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Junior Faculty: Visit the classroom of Steve Buckles on March 13
March 8, 2013 — A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits...... KEEP READING »
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Faculty: Visit the classroom of Leonard Folgarait on February 27
February 22, 2013 — A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits...... KEEP READING »
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From a Student’s View – Large Classes
February 20, 2013 — This is a guest post by Emily Garcia, Vanderbilt Class of 2014, College of Arts and Sciences. The post is part of our ongoing “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as...... KEEP READING »
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Upcoming Event: A Conversation on Teaching Large Classes
February 19, 2013 — Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! A Conversation on Teaching Large Classes Teaching large classes can pose particular challenges. How do you personalize interaction in a class with more than 100—or even more than 200—students? How do you...... KEEP READING »
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Upcoming Event: Teaching to Thousands: A Conversation about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
February 14, 2013 — Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! Teaching to Thousands: A Conversation about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) Last September, Vanderbilt announced a partnership with Coursera, an online platform for open-access, non-credit classes, available at no cost to...... KEEP READING »
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Junior Faculty: Visit the classroom on David Weintraub on February 12
February 8, 2013 — A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits...... KEEP READING »
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