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Getting Started with Active Learning: Behind-the-scenes Development of a Cheat Sheet
May. 28, 2019—by Greg Smith, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow This year, I helped lead a learning community focused on active learning. Together, Cynthia Brame and I guided a group of about 25 faculty and graduate students through seven sessions to investigate the “why” and “how” of active learning. As our meetings progressed, we started thinking about how...
Celebration of Learning Project: Using Scalar to Display Vanderbilt University’s Drawings of the Woolworth Building
Jun. 28, 2018—Student: Ellen Dement Project: Using Scalar to Display Vanderbilt University’s Drawings of the Woolworth Building Course: HART 3725W: The Skyscraper, Modern Urban Icon Faculty Sponsor: Kevin Murphy, History of Art and Marry Anne Caton, University Library Architectural drawings and history are of interest to many people, but unfolding and examining these documents can be...
Creating Accessible Learning Environments
Jun. 19, 2018—by Amie Thurber, Joe Bandy, and participants in the 2017-2018 Disability and Learning Learning Community at Vanderbilt University.1 Print Version Cite this guide: Thurber, A., & Bandy, J. (2018). Creating Accessible Learning Environments. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [todaysdate] from http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/creating-accessible-learning-environments/. There are estimated to be 50 million people with disabilities in the...
Celebration of Learning Spotlight: Using Scalar to Display Vanderbilt University’s Drawings of the Woolworth Building
Apr. 5, 2018—Architectural drawings and history are of interest to many people, but unfolding and examining these documents can be problematic as they’re very delicate, especially if they’re older. However, thanks to Ellen Dement, there may be a way to appreciate and study these drawings without damaging the original document. For Ellen, the project stated as a...
Celebration of Learning provides snapshot of immersive student learning at Vanderbilt
Feb. 1, 2018—The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching hosted a Celebration of Learning Jan. 29 that featured 34 student projects, posters and presentations from across campus. Students from six colleges and schools exhibited digital timelines, service learning projects, computer games, manufacturing equipment, podcasts, lab research and other products of their work. “The goal of the event was to...
Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers 2019
Jan. 10, 2018—On February 4th the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. Research projects and design initiatives, podcasts and documentaries, candle-making devices and board games, clothing catalogs and virtual reality simulations… these and more will be on display in Alumni Hall from 2pm to 4pm. We’re inviting faculty,...
Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers
Jan. 10, 2018—On Monday, January 29th, the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature posters, presentations, and performances by students from all over campus, sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered. The event will provide the Vanderbilt community with a picture of immersive...
Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers
Oct. 25, 2017—On Monday, January 29th, the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature posters, presentations, and performances by students from all over campus, sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered. The event will provide the Vanderbilt community with a picture of immersive...
Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers
Jan. 22, 2017—On Monday, January 29th, the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature posters, presentations, and performances by students from all over campus, sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered. The event will provide the Vanderbilt community with a picture of immersive...
Learning and Course Management Systems (LMS/CMS)
Aug. 25, 2016—by Richard Coble Print Version Cite this guide: Coble, R. (2016). Learning and Course Management Systems (LMS/CMS). Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [todaysdate] from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/learning-and-course-management-systems/. Systems such as Blackboard, Canvas, and Desire2Learn are becoming a vital part of university classrooms in the 21st Century. This guide seeks to bring clarity about the definitions,...