Teaching at Vanderbilt: A Dean’s Perspective

May 8, 2013 — by CFT Director Derek Bruff Last Friday, the Center for Teaching and the Graduate School honored the achievements of the Vanderbilt teaching community at our annual Celebration of Teaching, held this year at the Commons Center. We expanded the event...... KEEP READING »

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Announcing “Teaching & Learning Inquiry,” ISSOTL’s New Journal

April 29, 2013 — by CFT Director Derek Bruff I’m very pleased to share that news that the inaugural issue of Teaching & Learning Inquiry (TLI) is now available. This new journal “publishes insightful research, theory, commentary, and other scholarly works that document or...... KEEP READING »

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CFT Position Opening – Program Coordinator II

April 19, 2013 — We’re hiring! We’re looking for an Program Coordinator II, so if you’re interested, please submit your application, and if you know of someone who might be interested, please spread the word. The Program Coordinator II coordinates the Center for Teaching’s...... KEEP READING »

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CFT Hosts International Scholar Catherine Easton to Study Educational Technology

December 12, 2012 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Director This year the CFT is hosting a visiting scholar, Catherine Easton of Lancaster University in the UK, where she teaches law. Catherine is in the United States as part of the International Scholars Program of...... KEEP READING »

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Meet the CFT’s HASTAC Scholar Zoe LeBlanc

November 13, 2012 — This year the CFT is proud to sponsor history doctoral student Zoe LeBlanc as a HASTAC Scholar. HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) is a global network of individuals and institutions that come together to share, collaborate, and...... KEEP READING »

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Remembering Jack Venable

July 20, 2012 — by Allison Pingree, former CFT Director (1998-2011) Jack Venable, who passed away earlier this week, was a true champion of the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching.  He oversaw its creation within the College of Arts and Science in 1986, and later...... KEEP READING »

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New Book from CFT Assistant Director Nancy Chick on Signature Pedagogies

March 12, 2012 — by CFT Director Derek Bruff Exploring More Signature Pedagogies: Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind (2012) just hit the stands a couple of weeks ago.  This is big news at the CFT because the lead editor is Nancy Chick,...... KEEP READING »

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A Few Examples of Teaching with Clickers

February 14, 2012 — by CFT Director Derek Bruff I’m teaching a statistics course for engineering students in the math department this spring. With 73 students in the course, it’s keeping me busy, but I think it’s important that the CFT director (and assistant...... KEEP READING »

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Principles and Practices for Investigating Student Learning

February 7, 2012 — by CFT Director Derek Bruff I’m giving a talk today at the School of Medicine as part of the Medical Education Grand Rounds sponsored by the Office for Teaching and Learning in Medicine and the Academy for Excellence in Teaching. ...... KEEP READING »

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Derek Bruff Welcomes New Assistant Director to the CFT

February 3, 2012 —  I’m very happy to introduce the CFT’s newest assistant director, Nancy Chick, to the Vanderbilt community.  Nancy comes to us from the University of Wisconsin-Barron County, where she was a professor of English and taught face-to-face and online courses...... KEEP READING »

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