Teaching Science by Reacting to the Past

April 19, 2011 — by CFT Assistant Director Derek Bruff Last month CFT graduate teaching fellow Lily Claiborne and I attended the AAC&U / Project Kaleidoscope conference “Engaged STEM Learning: From Promising to Pervasive Practices.” (STEM = Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.) Most participants were...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Conferences, Games in Teaching, Social Pedagogies, STEM
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Strategies for Developing Information Literacy – A Conference Report

February 17, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November I attended the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio. I thought I’d share some session highlights with my Vanderbilt colleagues. Here’s the fifth (and last)...... KEEP READING »

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Fractals, Metacognition, and the Affective Domain – A Conference Report

February 7, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November I attended the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio. I thought I’d share some session highlights with my Vanderbilt colleagues. Here’s the fourth in a...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Affective Domain, Conferences, How People Learn
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Learning Styles: Fact and Fiction – A Conference Report

January 28, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November I attended the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio. I thought I’d share some session highlights with my Vanderbilt colleagues. Here’s the third in a...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Conferences, Learning Styles
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Call for Proposals – International Institute for SoTL Scholars and Mentors – Due February 3rd

January 25, 2011 — From the International Institute for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Scholars and Mentors, a call for proposals for their June 1-4, 2011, conference in Omaha, Nebraska: You are invited to join our engaging and reflective conversations on “Transformational Learning”...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Call for Papers, Conferences, SoTL
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Developing Intercultural Competency through Blogging – A Conference Report

January 24, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November I attended the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio. I thought I’d share some session highlights with my Vanderbilt colleagues. Here’s the second in a...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Conferences, Critical Thinking, Social Media
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Teaching about Audience Using Projects for Outside Clients – A Conference Report

January 17, 2011 — by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November I attended the 30th annual Lilly Conference on College Teaching at Miami University in Ohio. I thought I’d share some session highlights with my Vanderbilt colleagues. Here’s the first in a...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Conferences, Teaching Writing
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Call for Applications – THATCamp Southeast 2011 – Due January 9th

December 27, 2010 — THATCamp Southeast is a free “unconference” for anyone working at the intersection of the humanities and technology. (THATCamp = The Humanities and Technology Camp.) It will be held at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 4-6, 2011. We’re currently...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Conferences, Digital Humanities, Humanities
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Disciplinary Thinking and Metacognition – A Conference Report

November 29, 2010 — By Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director One of the sessions I attended earlier this month at the 2010 POD Network Conference in St. Louis was offered by Matt Kaplan and Deborah Meizlish of the University of Michigan’s Center for Research...... KEEP READING »

Tags: Conferences, Metacognition, Teaching Writing
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Call for Proposals – 2011 International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference

November 22, 2010 — The 8th annual conference of the International Society of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) will be held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 20-23, 2011. The conference is an opportunity for higher education faculty and staff from around the...... KEEP READING »

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