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Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones – Highlights from the Conversation
Oct. 18, 2010—Last week, the CFT hosted a conversation on teaching titled “Wireless in the Classroom: Strategies for Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones.” This session, a follow-up to our earlier session focusing on policies on laptops use in the classroom, offered instructors interested in taking advantage of classroom Wifi and student mobile devices some ideas for...
Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones – Some Resources
Oct. 12, 2010—What questions do you have about making productive use of your students’ laptops and smart phones? Submit them here via Google Moderator. Below you’ll find some resources relevant to today’s CFT workshop, “Wireless in the Classroom: Strategies for Leveraging Student Laptops and Smart Phones.” CFT “Wireless in the Classroom” Teaching Guide – This guide includes...
Clicker Controversy at Johns Hopkins University
Sep. 24, 2010—According to Inside Higher Ed, some students at Johns Hopkins University are protesting the fees associated with using clickers in their classes. The clicker vendor used at Johns Hopkins, eInstruction, charges not only for the clicker device itself, but also charges an enrollment fee each semester the clicker is used. Over the last few years,...
Wireless in the Classroom – Some Resources
Sep. 14, 2010—Below you’ll find some resources relevant to today’s CFT workshop, “Wireless in the Classroom: Is a Ban on Student Laptop Use During Class a Good Idea?” CFT “Wireless in the Classroom” Teaching Guide – This guide includes questions to consider when developing course policies about wireless in the classroom, as well as sample syllabus statements...
Visual Presentations and Classroom Response Systems
Sep. 1, 2010—Last week, CFT assistant director Derek Bruff was invited to give a presentation to DigitalVU, a group of web developers and other technology folks at Vanderbilt. They asked Derek to talk about technologies useful for engaging students in a classroom or audience members at a presentation. He talked about some tools for enhancing the visual...
Teaching and Evaluating All at Once: Asking Students to Write Their Own Questions
Jul. 23, 2010—This is a guest post by Isabel Gauthier, professor of psychology specialized in cognition and cognitive neuroscience. Thanks to Isabel for sharing this insight into her teaching. We welcome contributions to the CFT blog by others in the Vanderbilt teaching community! It is difficult to write meaningful and discriminative multiple-choice questions that students find clear...
Our Collaborative Space
Jun. 14, 2010—In the summer of 2008, the Center for Teaching relocated to a new location, 1114 19th Avenue South. Situated on the corner of 19th and Edgehill Avenues, this new space was designed and renovated to create a vibrant, inviting and flexible learning environment, open to the entire Vanderbilt teaching community. Features of the space include:...
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...
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...
Lecturing
Jun. 10, 2010—by Derek Bruff Print Version Cite this guide: Bruff, D. (2010). Lecturing. Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved [todaysdate] from https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/lecturing/. The Basics Effective Visuals Interactive Lectures The Basics “Lecturing is not simply a matter of standing in front of a class and reciting what you know. The classroom lecture is a special form of...