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Junior Faculty Teaching Fellow Spotlight:David Petrain
Apr. 3, 2012—Each month, the CFT Newsletter highlights the work of our Junior Faculty Teaching Fellows. This month, David Petrain, Assistant Professor in the Department of Classical Studies, talks about his teaching philosophy and interests: One of the most valuable and challenging characteristics of Classics as a discipline is its attempt to embrace the entire range of...
Are poster sessions or blogs part of your course? If so, we’d like to hear from you!
Apr. 2, 2012—The Center for Teaching is interested in hearing from Vanderbilt faculty and staff who are: – Using end-of-course poster sessions in which students share the results of their individual or team projects. For instance, senior lecturer Steve Baskauf uses a poster session as an opportunity for his introductory biology laboratory students to share the results of experiments they...
Upcoming Event: A Conversation among Students and Faculty: Describing, Achieving, and Sustaining Deep Learning
Mar. 21, 2012—Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! Date & Time: Thursday, March 22, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Milt Cox, Educational Consultant Format: Conversation on Teaching Audience: Faculty, Students (Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Students), Post-docs, and Staff Instructors want the students in their courses to engage in deep learning, learning that is meaningful and...
Free Webinar with Howard Rheingold March 22
Mar. 20, 2012—The New Media Consortium will be hosting a free webinar on Thursday, March 22 with Howard Rheingold. RSVP for this live event. Rheingold is the author of best-sellers Virtual Reality, The Virtual Community, Smart Mobs, Net Smart, and editor of best-seller The Millennium Whole Earth Catalog which takes audiences on a journey through the human side of the technology-shaped future. In Rheingold’s...
Norman Fortenberry to present Engineering Lecture
Mar. 19, 2012—Norman Fortenberry, executive director of the American Society for Engineering Education, will deliver a lecture titled “Engineering Excitement” Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 4 p.m. in Jacobs Believed In Me Auditorium, Featheringill Hall. A reception in Adams Atrium follows the lecture. Fortenberry was appointed executive director of the ASEE in May 2011. He is a...
CIRTL Coffee Hour 3/20: Maintaining balance and resilience in your professional and personal life
Mar. 16, 2012—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...
Alternatives to Generic Teaching: A Plenary North of the Border
Mar. 15, 2012—On February 25, CFT Assistant Director Nancy Chick presented a plenary session, “Exploring Signature Pedagogies: Approaches to Engaging Your Students and Your Discipline,” at the 2012 Spring Conference of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia. The FPSE is organization of unionized faculty in British Columbia’s institutions of higher education. This year’s conference, held in Vancouver,...