Tweeting the #CFT25Ann – Expanding Participation at the Center’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Sep. 21, 2011—by Dan Morrison, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow This post is part of our series of posts related to the CFT’s 25th anniversary. I tweeted 70 times during the CFT’s 25th anniversary events the other week. For the uninitiated, Twitter is a micro-blogging service that allows users to transmit messages of up to 140 characters via...
Economic Challenges and the Future of Teaching – A Faculty View of the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Sep. 20, 2011—“[I]t is readily apparent that any enterprise will benefit from young men and women who can think critically, creatively, broadly yet deeply, in a variety of content areas. Vanderbilt will contribute to the future of teaching by fostering these skills and by elucidating their inherent value to all stakeholders.“ This is a guest post by Kimberly...
Upcoming Event: A Conversation on Student and Faculty Expectations for Writing
Sep. 20, 2011—Have you registered for A Conversation on Student and Faculty Expectations for Writing? Register now for this Conversation on Teaching. Co-Sponsored by the Writing Studio Time & Date: Tuesday, September 27, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director Format: Conversation on Teaching Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-docs, and Staff In one class, an instructor...
The CFT Welcomes Milt Cox
Sep. 19, 2011—We’re excited to welcome to our team Milt Cox, who will serve as an Educational Consultant at the CFT through next summer. Milt brings with him years of experience working with faculty and graduate students. In 2009, Milt stepped down as director of the Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching at Miami University...
Upcoming Event: Teaching with Case Studies
Sep. 19, 2011—Have you registered yet? Register now for Teaching with Case Studies. Date & Time: Thursday, September 22, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Joe Bandy, Assistant Director of the Center for Teaching Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Graduate Students and Post-Docs For many years, educators in business, law and medical schools have used case studies to engage students in discussion and...
CIRTL Coffee Hour 9/20: The Faculty Job Interview
Sep. 16, 2011—The 2011-2012 CIRTL 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 is facilitated by a mix of young faculty who have recently secured positions and more seasoned tenured faculty. This year’s...
The Future of Teaching – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Sep. 15, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director Earlier this week, I blogged about one of the two public events the CFT hosted as part of our 25th anniversary celebration, a keynote on deep learning by CFT founding director Ken Bain. Our other big anniversary event last week was a symposium on the future of teaching and...
Bruff Quoted in: “Going paperless: Students make the switch to e-textbooks”
Sep. 15, 2011—In a recent Vanderbilt Hustler article (on InsideVandy.com), the CFT’s Acting Director Derek Bruff was called upon to give his opinion on the task of managing the rising influence of technology against its often tempting (and distracting) uses in the classroom here at Vanderbilt. The article, Going paperless: Students make the switch to e-textbooks, features the...
Join the Service Learning Working Group!
Sep. 14, 2011—The Service Learning Working Group is open to any faculty and staff interested in discussing the theory and practice of community engagement in higher education. It is intended to be an open forum that will aid in the development of best practices among the service learning community at Vanderbilt. In 2011-12, the group will meet...
Upcoming Event: Presenting with Confidence
Sep. 13, 2011—Have you registered yet? Register now for Presenting with Confidence Date & Time: Tuesday, September 20, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Graduate Students and Post-Docs In our academic and professional lives, instructors are called on to give presentations in a variety of formats and for a variety of audiences: conference papers,...