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Junior Faculty: Visit Leigh Gilchrist’s HOD class at next week’s teaching visit
Nov. 19, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
Ask Professor Pedagogy: Lab Sessions
Nov. 16, 2012—Ask Professor Pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by Center for Teaching staff. One aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from Vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. If you have a question that you’d like...
Graduate School workshop: “Academic Job Search & Interview” on Friday 11/16
Nov. 14, 2012—To better assist Graduate School students with preparing for their career searches, whether in academia, business/industry, non-profit sector or government, new services are now offered by the Graduate School beginning this fall. On Friday, November 16 from 3:00-4:30 Ruth Schemmer will be offering “Academic Job Search & Interview” in 113 Wilson. The workshop workshop will cover...
Meet the CFT’s HASTAC Scholar Zoe LeBlanc
Nov. 13, 2012—This year the CFT is proud to sponsor history doctoral student Zoe LeBlanc as a HASTAC Scholar. HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory) is a global network of individuals and institutions that come together to share, collaborate, and learn through online forums, blogs, conferences, social media and other channels of communication. The HASTAC...
Junior Faculty: Visit John McClure’s divinity class at next week’s teaching visit
Nov. 12, 2012—A Teaching Visit involves a small group of faculty who observe a colleague’s class (on a selected day), followed by an hour of conversation about what was observed, particularly shared teaching challenges. The Center for Teaching has hosted Teaching Visits for many years and they have been among the most productive and helpful events we...
From the Stacks…
Nov. 8, 2012—The Technology Toolbelt for Teaching by Susan Manning, Kevin E. Johnson This book offers a hands-on resource that shows how to integrate technology into lessons and offers information about common technologies, categorizing by groups, and explains the purposes they serve pedagogically as well as how they can be most effectively used in online or face-to-face classrooms. In addition to examples,...
Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight:Bennett Landman
Nov. 8, 2012—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, Bennett Landman, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: The opportunity to work with, teach and learn from creative young individuals is one of the great privileges of being a faculty member....