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From a Student’s View: Freedom and Structure within a Course
Feb. 21, 2011—This is a guest post by Mara Truslow, Vanderbilt Class of 2013 and Ingram Scholar. The post is part of our spring “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as part of our efforts to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning among Vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff....
Strategies for Developing Information Literacy – A Conference Report
Feb. 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) in a series of posts about the conference. Easily Integrating Information Competency Into the Classroom:...
From a Student’s View: What Does an A Mean?
Feb. 14, 2011—This is a guest post by Xiaoyu Qi, Vanderbilt Class of 2012, the first in our spring “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as part of our efforts to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning among Vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. We recognize that everyone’s teaching...
Fractals, Metacognition, and the Affective Domain – A Conference Report
Feb. 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 series of posts about the conference. A Fractal Thinker Ponders Bringing Faculty Development to Students:...
Student and Faculty Expectations about Grades – Highlights from a Conversation
Feb. 3, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Last week, the CFT hosted a conversation titled “Negotiating Student Expectations about Grades and Goals.” We’ve found that when students and faculty have very different expectations about teaching and learning, a variety of teaching challenges can result, frequently leading to frustration for both teachers and students. We’re planning to...
Learning Styles: Fact and Fiction – A Conference Report
Jan. 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 series of posts about the conference. This post is longer than the earlier posts in...
Grad Students, Come Work at the CFT!
Jan. 27, 2011—The Center for Teaching is now accepting applications for its 2011-12 Graduate Teaching Fellow and Teaching Affiliate positions. Graduate Teaching Fellows (GTFs) are employed for the entire academic year, engage in a variety of CFT activities around training and supporting teaching assistants across the university, and are paid $20,000 for the year. Teaching Affiliates prepare...
Revolution or Evolution? How Should Higher Ed Change in Response to Social Technologies?
Jan. 26, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November, Jim Julius of San Diego State University and Dwayne Harapnuik of Abilene Christian University and I presented a session titled “Revolution or Evolution? Social Technologies and Pedagogical Change” at the 2010 POD Network conference. We structured the session so that most of the time was spent...
Call for Proposals – International Institute for SoTL Scholars and Mentors – Due February 3rd
Jan. 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” as part of the larger 2011 International Institute for SoTL Scholars and Mentors (formerly the...
Ideas for Using Visual Thinking in the Classroom from GradSTEP Participants
Jan. 24, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director At the end of my GradSTEP workshop Saturday, “Show and Tell: Using Visual Thinking in the Classroom,” I asked participants to doodle their ideas for incorporating visual thinking tools in their teaching on large Post-It notes. I then had a few helpers collect these Post-Its and place them on...