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2010

Clickers, Deep Learning, and the Value of Multiple-Choice Questions

Oct. 22, 2010—CFT assistant director Derek Bruff has an article, “Multiple-Choice Questions You Wouldn’t Put on a Test: Promoting Deep Learning Using Clickers,” in the latest volume of the POD Network‘s Essays in Teaching Excellence series. In the article, Bruff describes four types of clicker questions that are useful for encouraging students to engage in meaningful ways...

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Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty

Oct. 21, 2010—Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty by Elizabeth F. Barkley (Jossey-Bass, 2010) From the publisher… Keeping students involved, motivated, and actively learning is challenging educators across the country,yet good advice on how to accomplish this has not been readily available. Student Engagement Techniques is a comprehensive resource that offers college teachers a dynamic...

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Clickers and the Teaching of Writing

Oct. 20, 2010—CFT assistant director Derek Bruff has written another guest post for the ProfHacker blog hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. The post is titled “Using Clickers to Facilitate Peer Review in a Writing Seminar,” and it details one of Derek’s recent experiments with using clickers in his first-year writing seminar. It’s a common practice...

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McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, & Theory (13th edition)

Oct. 20, 2010—McKeachie’s Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research & Theory, 13th edition by Wilbert J. Mckeachie (Houghton Mifflin Co., 2010) From the publisher… McKeachie’s Teaching Tips places the practice of teaching at the center of the faculty role and takes that responsibility seriously. For that reason, Teaching Tips is also an inspirational and motivational volume that will likely...

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10/26 Workshop: Motivating Students

Oct. 19, 2010—Time & Date: 4:10—5:30 p.m., Tuesday, October 26 Facilitator: Graduate Teaching Fellow, CFT Audience: Graduate and Professional Students and Post-docs Motivating students to engage in learning requires a “learner-centered” experience, in which the instructor facilitates learners’ interactive engagement with course content and activities.  To foster this learning environment, we must understand both intrinsic and extrinsic...

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Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones – Highlights from the Conversation

Oct. 18, 2010—Last week, the CFT hosted a conversation on teaching titled “Wireless in the Classroom: Strategies for Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones.” This session, a follow-up to our earlier session focusing on policies on laptops use in the classroom, offered instructors interested in taking advantage of classroom Wifi and student mobile devices some ideas for...

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10/25 Workshop: Crafting a Professional Digital Identity: Faculty and Social Media

Oct. 18, 2010—Time & Date: 4:10 – 5:30 p.m., Monday, October 25 Facilitator: Derek Bruff, Assistant Director, CFT Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-docs, and Staff Panelists: Melanie Moran, Director, Web Communications, and Associate Director, News Service; and Lacy Tite, Web Developer / Designer, Web Communication Social media—Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs, and so on—give us plenty...

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CIRTL Coffee Hour, October 21 – Teaching and Research at Different Institutions

Oct. 15, 2010—The 2010-2011 Coffee Hour Series provides an opportunity for STEM (science, technology, engineering, & math) graduate students and post docs to get together online and talk about careers and the academic job search. The series will be facilitated by a mix of young faculty who have recently secured positions and more seasoned tenured faculty. The...

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October is DigitalVU Month

Oct. 14, 2010—The CFT is participating in Vanderbilt’s DigitalVU month in October. From the press release: Now in its third year, DigitalVU Month features 28 presentations and information sessions from experts across campus as well as external vendors on all things related to how we use technology to collaborate, communicate and create. CFT events included our recent...

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10/21 Workshop: Tell Your Story Now…Digitally!

Oct. 14, 2010—Time & Date: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m., Thursday, October 21 Facilitator: Rhett McDaniel, Educational Technologist, CFT Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-docs, and Staff Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and...

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