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GradSTEP recap: Course Design
Jan. 28, 2012—This blog post is written by Dan Morrison, a CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow. Dan led the Course & Syllabus Design session at GradSTEP on January 21, 2012. You can download the PowerPoint and handouts from this session. “Integrating Learning Goals, Feedback & Assessment, and Teaching & Learning Activities for Significant Learning” In this GradSTEP session, I...
Why Work For Us as a Graduate Student: Varied and Challenging Work
Jan. 27, 2012—Each spring the Center for Teaching (CFT) recruits graduate students and post-docs to work at the Center for the following school year. These positions are great opportunities for graduate students to refine their teaching and presentation skills, network with graduate students outside of their department or program, and develop expertise in training and supporting new TAs. ...
Upcoming Event: Teaching with Clickers
Jan. 26, 2012—Join us for this upcoming Teaching Workshop! Teaching with Clickers Date & Time: February 2, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Dan Morrison, Graduate Teaching Fellow Format: Teaching Workshop Audience: Graduate Students and Post-Docs Classroom response systems (“clickers”) are technologies that enable teachers to rapidly collect and analyze student responses to multiple-choice (and sometimes free-response) questions during class. With...
Tell and Show: Resources from a Workshop on Images in Presentations
Jan. 25, 2012—This afternoon, CFT staff Derek Bruff and Rhett McDaniel are facilitating a workshop titled “Tell and Show: Why and How to Use Images in Presentations.” Below you’ll find the visuals from the first part of this workshop. Click the arrow button to advance through the presentation, or use your mouse to pan and zoom around....
Upcoming workshops address topics Vanderbilt TAs need to know about
Jan. 25, 2012—Clickers, Clickers Everywhere Clickers are popping up in classrooms across the university – in physics, math, psychology, biomedical engineering – and other universities are seeing the same increase in use. And it’s easy to see why – clickers have been proven to increase class participation and improve attendance, assess class understanding of a topic, and...
Upcoming Event: Strategies and Practices for Effective Discussion Leading
Jan. 24, 2012—Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! Strategies and Practices for Effective Discussion Leading Date & Time: January 30, 4:10-5:30 Facilitator: Milt Cox, Educational Consultant Format: Conversation on Teaching Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, Post-docs, and Staff Panel: Leonard Folgarait, PhD (Professor of History of Art; Latin American Art, European and American Modernism,...
Upcoming Spring Orientations to the Teaching Certificate Program
Jan. 23, 2012—Three Spring 2012 Orientation Sessions will be held those interested in participating in the Teaching Certificate Program. These orientations are scheduled for: Tuesday, January 24 at 4pm Friday, January 27 at 10am Thursday, February 2 at 3pm Please contact us to register for an orientation to the Teaching Certificate Program, or to apply to be a part...