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Evidence-Based STEM Teaching: Free Online Courses Launch September 19th
Sep. 1, 2016—The Center for Teaching, in collaboration with colleagues from several other universities, is offering two free online courses on evidence-based STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching this fall. Both courses launch on Monday, September 19th, with course materials available in preview mode on September 15th. If you are a current or future STEM faculty...
Active Learning
Jun. 20, 2016—by Cynthia J. Brame Print Version Cite this guide: Brame, C. (2016). Active learning. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [todaysdate] from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/active-learning/. What is it? What’s the theoretical basis? Is there evidence that it works? Why is it important? What are techniques to use? How should you get started? New! Cheat sheet...
Graduate students present investigations of teaching tools and approaches on May 18th
Apr. 28, 2016—Several programs at Vanderbilt help graduate students address questions of teaching and learning within their discipline. Among these are the BOLD Fellows program, sponsored by the Center for Teaching and CIRTL, which focuses on creating and assessing online instructional approaches for use in a Vanderbilt course; the TAR Fellows program, a flagship CIRTL program; and...
Making the most out of educational videos
Aug. 31, 2015—by Cynthia J. Brame, CFT Assistant Director Faculty Focus recently released the results of a survey on the flipped classroom, reporting that approximately three quarters of the >1000 respondents had tried flipping the classroom—and that most of them (>60%) found the experience positive for themselves and their students. While about three-fourths of the respondents found...
Teaching Workshops to Help You Prepare for Fall Courses
Aug. 10, 2015—During the week classes begin, the CFT will be offering the following workshops for new and returning faculty: Teaching Inclusively to Diverse Groups Date: Monday, August 24 Time: 11:30am-1:00pm Location: Center for Teaching Facilitator: Joe Bandy, CFT Assistant Director Audience: New and Returning Faculty In our increasingly diverse classrooms, it is important to support the development...
STEM Teaching Courses
May. 19, 2015—Between 2013 and 2018, the Center for Teaching helped design and implement two open, online courses on evidence-based teaching practices for future STEM faculty. The goal of the project was to equip the next generation of STEM faculty to be effective teachers, thus improving the learning experience for the thousands of students they will teach....
Conversations on Digital Pedagogy
Mar. 2, 2015—by Derek Bruff, CFT Director Two weeks ago I gave a keynote titled “More Than Just Shiny Objects” at the Research on Teaching and Learning Summit at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. I argued that our use of educational technology should be guided by our knowledge of how learning works. Otherwise, we run the risk...
Thinking STEM, Teaching STEM: A Blog Series
Feb. 12, 2015—By Vivian Finch, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow The CFT is now in the fourth week of the weekly blog series, “Thinking STEM, Teaching STEM,” as a way to spotlight some of the videos produced at Vanderbilt for the CIRTL MOOC course, “An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching,” which drew on the expertise of experienced STEM...
Lectures and Visual Thinking in #STEMTeaching
Feb. 5, 2015—by Derek Bruff, CFT Director The Center for Teaching has recently started sharing on its YouTube channel videos created for last fall’s open online course, “An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching.” Vivian Finch, CFT Graduate Teaching Fellow and queen of social media here at the CFT, is blogging about these videos in a series...
Students as Producers: Initiatives at Other Universities
Mar. 3, 2014—by Derek Bruff, CFT Director Last month, I reported that the 2014 Horizon Report on current trends in educational technology identified as one of its six key trends a shift from students as consumers (of information, of content, of knowledge) to students as creators. From the report: “A shift is taking place in the focus...