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Wikis
Jun. 8, 2012—Print Version Wikis A wiki is a collaborative tool that allows students to contribute and modify one or more pages of course related materials. Wikis are collaborative in nature and facilitate community-building within a course. Essentially, a wiki is a web page with an open-editing system. Wikis in Plain English is a short movie describing what...
Publications
Nov. 17, 2011—In addition to our work at Vanderbilt, Center for Teaching staff members contribute to the broader higher education community through publications. Our scholarly work includes research in our “home” disciplines, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and the scholarship of educational development. Highlights Publications Highlights Since its founding in 1986, the CFT’s contributions to the...
Everyone’s a Visual Learner – A Conference Report
Nov. 15, 2011—by CFT Acting Director Derek Bruff Jose Vazquez of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and I co-facilitated a 75-minute session at the POD Network / HBCU Faculty Development Network joint conference in Atlanta last month. Our session was titled “Everyone’s a Visual Learner: Using Visual Thinking in the Classroom.” The feedback we received on...
Clickers, Deep Learning, and the Value of Multiple-Choice Questions
Oct. 22, 2010—CFT assistant director Derek Bruff has an article, “Multiple-Choice Questions You Wouldn’t Put on a Test: Promoting Deep Learning Using Clickers,” in the latest volume of the POD Network‘s Essays in Teaching Excellence series. In the article, Bruff describes four types of clicker questions that are useful for encouraging students to engage in meaningful ways...
Multimedia Presentations
Jun. 10, 2010—More and more professors are using presentation technologies to bring visual aids into their classroom. More and more students expect a professor to distribute lecture slides to the class, either in hard copy or via the World Wide Web. Professors deciding to use such slides in their teaching face many questions. What sorts of material...
Teaching Portfolios
Jun. 10, 2010—Print Version What Is a Teaching Portfolio? Why Assemble a Teaching Portfolio? General Guidelines Components of a Teaching Portfolio Sample Teaching Portfolios Electronic Teaching Portfolios What Role Do Teaching Portfolios Play on the Job Market? Other Resources What Is a Teaching Portfolio? Portfolios provide documented evidence of teaching from a variety of sources—not just student...
Teaching in Times of Crisis
Jun. 10, 2010—Originally written in 2001 by CFT staff Revised and updated in April 2013 by Nancy Chick, CFT Assistant Director Print Version Whether local, national, or international in scope, times of crisis can have a significant impact on the college classroom. The students need not be directly related or personally involved to experience anxiety or trauma....
Teaching First-Year Students
Jun. 10, 2010—Print Version Principles and Strategies The Myth of First-Year Enlightenment? Cognitive Challenges of the First Year Other Resources Principles and Strategies Provide Feedback, Early & Often – First-year students making the transition from excelling in high school to meeting expectations in a college class can benefit from feedback, early and often in the semester. A...
Diversity & Inclusive Teaching (Archived)
Jun. 10, 2010—This teaching guide has been retired. Visit our newly revised guides on this topic, Increasing Inclusivity in the Classroom Teaching Beyond the Gender Binary in the University Classroom Overview Inclusive Teaching Strategies Racial, Ethnic and Cultural Diversity Gender Issues Sexual Orientation Disabilities Annotated Bibliographies Related Vanderbilt Programs and Centers Additional Web Resources Overview Both...
Academic Integrity: Grappling with Cheating and Plagiarism
Jun. 10, 2010—Print Version Policies and Information Preventing, Detecting, and Responding to Plagiarism Resources to Share with Students Other Resources Policies and Information Vanderbilt’s Honor System – The Student Handbook provides a useful overview of the Honor System at Vanderbilt. All Vanderbilt students (undergraduate, graduate, and professional) are governed by the system. The honor system is administered...