2012
Episode 32 – Student Learning on Display: Art and Portable Media
Jul. 2, 2012—In an effort to better understand student learning, particularly deep learning, as it occurs at Vanderbilt, the CFT is producing a special series of podcasts highlighting student projects across a variety of disciplines. In this episode we join CFT Director Derek Bruff as he reports on-location from the Curb Creative Campus Catalyst Event. Vanderbilt students...
2012 Cumberland Project Report
Jun. 18, 2012—By Joe Bandy, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching and Affiliated Faculty in Sociology On May 7th and 8th of 2012, American Studies and the Center for Teaching convened the second annual Cumberland Project, a series of discussions among twelve faculty about multiple dimensions of sustainability in higher education. The primary goal of the...
Graduate Teaching Fellows 2012-13
Jun. 13, 2012—The Center for Teaching is excited to announce its incoming Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) for 2012-13. GTFs provide a variety of services for Vanderbilt’s graduate, post doc and professional students, including one-on-one consultations on teaching issues and professional development, syllabus and course design, interpreting and responding to student evaluations, writing teaching statements, and engaging techniques...
Cumberland Project 2012 – Faculty Reflections
Jun. 11, 2012—This guest post comes from James Fraser, Associate Professor of Human and Organizational Development. He is also involved with the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and the Environment (VIEE) and the Program in American Studies. Fraser, along with 11 other participants, took part in a two-day retreat where instructors learned about the array of resources available...
New Podcast Series Highlights Student Projects
Jun. 8, 2012—In an effort to better understand student learning, particularly deep learning, as it occurs at Vanderbilt, the CFT is producing a special series of podcasts highlighting student projects across a variety of disciplines. In the first episode we visited Engineering’s Senior Design Day and talked with chemical and mechanical engineering students about what they learned while...
Reflecting On Your Teaching
Jun. 7, 2012—The regular academic year is over, grades are in, and graduations have been celebrated. As Nashville rolls into its hottest months, now is the ideal time to reflect on your teaching this year. Such reflection may take the form of thoughtful consideration of your learning goals and how your students met them. It may begin...
SoTL Spotlight: What’s In It for Me?
Jun. 5, 2012—by Nancy Chick, CFT Assistant Director Nancy is the author of a variety of SoTL articles and book chapters, as well as co-editor of two books on signature pedagogies and co-editor of Teaching & Learning Inquiry, the official journal of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL). “SoTL Spotlight” is her ongoing feature on...
Student-Created Infographics and a Seated Poster Session: Two Experiments in Teaching Statistics
Jun. 4, 2012—by CFT Director Derek Bruff This past spring I taught Math 216, an introduction to statistics for engineering majors, for the fourth time in recent years. In order to make the course a bit more lively for me and for the students and to reflect the growing importance of visualization techniques in statistics, I added...
Summer Reading Recommendations from CFT Staff
Jun. 1, 2012—by CFT Assistant Director Nancy Chick As the year shifts into the relatively quieter rhythms of summer for many of us, we turn to more focused activities like research, reading, and–if we’re lucky–relaxation. We look forward to time alone, or in the library or the lab, or with our families, or in faraway places. In my...
Episode 31 – Student Learning on Display: Eliciting Positive Emotions Using Film
May. 31, 2012—In an effort to better understand student learning, particularly deep learning, as it occurs at Vanderbilt, the CFT is producing a special series of podcasts highlighting student projects across a variety of disciplines. In this episode we join CFT Director Derek Bruff as he reports on-location from the “Psychology Day” poster session where psychology honors...