Graduate students present investigations of teaching tools and approaches on May 18th

Posted by Rhett Mcdaniel on Thursday, April 28, 2016 in Events, News.

Several programs at Vanderbilt help graduate students address questions of teaching and learning within their discipline. Among these are the BOLD Fellows program, sponsored by the Center for Teaching and CIRTL, which focuses on creating and assessing online instructional approaches for use in a Vanderbilt course; the TAR Fellows program, a flagship CIRTL program; and the VIDL Fellows program, which focuses on exploring digital pedagogies for use outside as well as inside formal course structures. We invite you to attend presentations of the BOLD, TAR, and VIDL Fellows on Wednesday, May 18, 11:30-1:00, in the Library Community Room in the Central Library (map). The event will include four short oral presentations (~11:30-12:15) and a poster session. Please feel free to drop in for the portion of the event that fits your schedule. Refreshments will be provided.
BOLD Fellows
	Ryan Bowen, Chemistry *Oral presentation:* Implementing an inquiry-based approach into a forensic analytical chemistry laboratory *Faculty mentor*: Susan Verbene-Sutton
	Alex Cheng, Biomedical Informatics *Poster presentation:* Online module for qualitative methods in biomedical informatics *Faculty mentor*: Kim Unertl
	Kristin Droege, Chemistry *Poster presentation:* Does online homework format impact student learning and self-assessment in biochemistry? Faculty mentors: Cynthia Brame, Brandt Eichman, Lauren Jackson, and Bubba Singleton
	Kelly Gilmore, Chemistry *Poster presentation:* Establishing a foundation of acid-base concepts in general chemistry using an interactive online module *Faculty mentor*: Tara Todd
	Noah Green, Biological Sciences *Oral presentation:* Using online active learning techniques to convey time compensated sun compass orientation in the Eastern North American Monarch *Faculty mentor:* Doug McMahon
	Hannah Krimm, Hearing and Speech Sciences *Poster presentation:* Effect of an online learning module for transcription and phonological awareness *Faculty mentor:* Melanie Schuele
		Jena McDaniel and Laurel Teller, both Hearing and Speech Sciences *Poster presentation:* Effect of an online training module on graduate students’ observational skills of communication in young children *Faculty mentor:* Melanie Schuele
	Kendra Oliver, Pharmacology *Poster presentation:* Probing the use of blogs to promote student ownership *Faculty mentor:* John Wikswo
	Thomas Struble, Chemistry *Poster presentation* *Faculty mentor:* Jeff Johnston
	Samantha Tramontano, Earth and Environmental Sciences *Poster presentation:* Developing and incorporating instructional videos and quizzes as an online learning component in an undergraduate optical microscopy curriculum *Faculty mentors:* Lily Claiborne and Guil Gualda
	Mike Walker, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science *Poster presentation* *Faculty mentor:* Doug Schmidt
	Zhi (Jenny) Zheng, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science *Oral presentation:* Study on whether computer visualizations and educational videos are helpful for students to learn rigidbody rotation *Faculty mentor:* Nilanjan Sarkar
TAR Fellows
	Andrea Gardiner, Civil and Environmental Engineering *Oral presentation: Linking the classroom to the world through photographic assignments Faculty mentor:* Mike Myers
	Allison Norlander, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, and Karissa Tilbury, Biomedical Engineering *Poster presentation:* Dispelling conceptual misconceptions of the central dogma: a flipped classroom approach *Faculty mentor*: Kathy Friedman
	Nicholas Ward, Neuroscience *Poster presentation:* Enhancing STEM pedagogy discussions by engaging practitioners and technique experts *Collaborator:* Tyler Perfitt, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
VIDL Fellows
		Max Baumkel and Kylie Korsnack, both English *Poster presentation:* Pedagogical implications of a joint class blog in writing-intensive courses
	Qiliang He, Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience *Poster presentation:* Comparing paid and non-paid users’ grade and forum activity in massive open online courses Faculty mentors: Doug Fisher, Ole Molvig and Gayathri Narasimham
	Stacey Houston, II, Sociology *Poster presentation:* Pass the idea please: The relationship between network embeddedness and MOOC course performance
SOTL Scholar
	Derek Smith, Biostatistics *Poster presentation*