Teaching Social Responsibility at Vanderbilt – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

October 3, 2011 — by Joe Bandy, Assistant Director The CFT’s 25th anniversary symposium involved three major themes on the future of teaching at Vanderbilt, two of which have been the subject of previous blogs – changing technologies and economic challenges to higher education. ...... KEEP READING »

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The University’s Social Responsibilities – A Faculty View of the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

September 27, 2011 — This is a guest post by Doug Fisher. Doug is an associate professor of computer science and computer engineering. Doug also recently served as a program director in the National Science Foundation’s Division of Information and Intelligent Systems. This post...... KEEP READING »

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Responding to Changing Technologies – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

September 23, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director In my last post, I shared some highlights from the first hour of our discussion of changing technologies at the CFT’s 25th anniversary symposium earlier this month. The discussion raised several challenges in responding...... KEEP READING »

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Changing Technologies – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

September 22, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director As I mentioned last week, our 25th anniversary symposium was a fantastic event, with faculty, students, and staff engaged in deep and important discussions about the future of teaching at Vanderbilt. One of the...... KEEP READING »

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Tweeting the #CFT25Ann – Expanding Participation at the Center’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

September 21, 2011 — by Dan Morrison, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow This post is part of our series of posts related to the CFT’s 25th anniversary. I tweeted 70 times during the CFT’s 25th anniversary events the other week. For the uninitiated, Twitter is...... KEEP READING »

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Economic Challenges and the Future of Teaching – A Faculty View of the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

September 20, 2011 — “[I]t is readily apparent that any enterprise will benefit from young men and women who can think critically, creatively, broadly yet deeply, in a variety of content areas. Vanderbilt will contribute to the future of teaching by fostering these skills...... KEEP READING »

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The Future of Teaching – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium

September 15, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director Earlier this week, I blogged about one of the two public events the CFT hosted as part of our 25th anniversary celebration, a keynote on deep learning by CFT founding director Ken Bain.  Our...... KEEP READING »

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Fostering Deep Learning – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary

September 12, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director Last week the CFT celebrated its 25th anniversary with two big campus events: a keynote talk by Ken Bain, founding director of the CFT and author of What the Best College Teachers Do, and...... KEEP READING »

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CFT 25th Anniversary: Join us this afternoon!

September 8, 2011 — Join us this afternoon as we kick off celebrations of the Center for Teaching’s 25th anniversary with a keynote talk by Ken Bain, founding director of the Center and author of What the Best College Teachers Do, with opening remarks by Chancellor Zeppos....... KEEP READING »

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CFT 25th Anniversary Event: How to Foster Deep Learning Keynote

September 6, 2011 — Join us later this week to celebrate 25 years of the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching’s commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.  Anniversary events begin at 4:00 pm on Thursday, September 8th, featuring welcoming remarks from Vanderbilt Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos...... KEEP READING »

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