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Announcing Two New Programs for Graduate Students & Post Docs
Aug. 7, 2012—Over the past year, the CFT has devoted significant time to planning and developing improved programs for graduate & professional students and post-doctoral fellows. We’re excited to share news of those developments with you now. More specifically, in an effort focus our energies on what we know and do best, we’ve made revisions to the...
CFT Proudly Announces the 2012 Cohort of Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows!
Aug. 6, 2012— This year’s Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows are, left to right, Elizabeth Essin (Theatre), Bennett Landman (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science), Peter Lorge (History), Jonathan Rattner (Film Studies / Art), Claudia Rei (Economics), Allison Schachter (Jewish Studies), Jason Valentine (Mechanical Engineering), and Yaqiong Xu (Electrical Engineering & Computer Science). Research by Robert Boice (Advice for...
From the Director
Aug. 3, 2012—It’s been fascinating in recent weeks to read story after story about open, online education. Last spring, online courses at a handful of universities attracted hundreds of thousands of students. This summer brought news of more institutions experimenting in this arena, partnering with online education companies to do so. All this buzz has led to...
Register now for Fall Events!
Aug. 3, 2012—Throughout the school year, the Center for Teaching organizes workshops and events on a variety of teaching topics and issues for Vanderbilt faculty, graduate and professional students, post-doctoral fellows, staff, and others. Registration is now open for these upcoming events offered by the CFT: Conversations on Teaching These events focus on emergent teaching and learning issues...
Registration available for the Professional Skills for Industry Careers BRET Symposium
Jul. 31, 2012— Time and Date: Monday, August 13, 1:30-5:00PM (main workshop) Tuesday, August 14, 9:00-10:30 (follow-up Q & A with workshop leaders) Location: Light Hall, room # TBA Who should attend the Professional Skills for Careers in Industry workshop? The workshop is for PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in the sciences who are considering careers in...
Episode 33 – Student Learning on Display: Texting While Driving Campaign
Jul. 25, 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 CFT Director Derek Bruff reports on-location from the Human and Organizational Development Department’s Nashville Internship IMPACT Award Competition, where...
Please Take Out Your Cell Phones
Jul. 24, 2012—by Derek Bruff, CFT Director I have a blog post on mobile learning (using mobile devices like phones and tablets in education) posted over on the CIRTL Network website today. Here’s an excerpt from the post, “Please Take Out Your Cell Phones.” My theory is that if all students are expected to do with their...