‘Educational Technology’
Changing Technologies – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Sep. 22, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director As I mentioned last week, our 25th anniversary symposium was a fantastic event, with faculty, students, and staff engaged in deep and important discussions about the future of teaching at Vanderbilt. One of the themes of the discussion was the challenge to teaching and learning provided by changing technologies....
The Future of Teaching – A Report from the CFT’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Sep. 15, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Acting Director Earlier this week, I blogged about one of the two public events the CFT hosted as part of our 25th anniversary celebration, a keynote on deep learning by CFT founding director Ken Bain. Our other big anniversary event last week was a symposium on the future of teaching and...
Bruff Quoted in: “Going paperless: Students make the switch to e-textbooks”
Sep. 15, 2011—In a recent Vanderbilt Hustler article (on InsideVandy.com), the CFT’s Acting Director Derek Bruff was called upon to give his opinion on the task of managing the rising influence of technology against its often tempting (and distracting) uses in the classroom here at Vanderbilt. The article, Going paperless: Students make the switch to e-textbooks, features the...
Register for PowerPoint Makeover Clinic (August 19)
Aug. 12, 2011—Friday, August 19th, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Facilitator: Rhett McDaniel, Educational Technologist Audience: New & Returning Faculty This workshop includes lunch. We have all experienced the pain of a bad PowerPoint presentation. And even though we promise ourselves never to make the same mistakes, we can still fall prey to similar PowerPoint traps. The good news...
CFT Assistant Director Quoted in New York Times Article on “Backchannels”
May. 17, 2011—by CFT Assistant Director Derek Bruff A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by New York Times reporter Trip Gabriel for a story on the use of “backchannels” in education. A backchannel is a second conversation stream in a classroom or at a conference, typically one leveraging digital tools to complement the lecture or...
Five Ideas for Mobile Learning (#EDUSprint)
May. 9, 2011—by CFT Assistant Director Derek Bruff During the last week of April, EDUCAUSE, a nonprofit organization that promotes and supports the use of information technology in higher education, hosted the Mobile Computing Sprint, a five-day series of online events on the use of mobile computing in higher education. Although some of the discussion was directed...
Leveraging Diversity in the Classroom – Some Resources
Feb. 23, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Last night I facilitated a teaching workshop titled “Leveraging Diversity: The Wisdom of Crowds in University Teaching.” The workshop was co-sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, & Learning (CIRTL), a six campus network sponsored by the National Science Foundation focused on preparing future faculty in...
Upcoming Teaching Workshop: Leveraging Diversity: The Wisdom of Crowds in University Teaching (Feb 22)
Feb. 15, 2011—Date & Time: 4:10-5:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 22 Location: CFT Workshop Space, Center for Teaching Facilitator: Derek Bruff, Assistant Director Audience: Faculty, Graduate and Professional Students, and Post-docs Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, & Learning (CIRTL) Our students bring a rich array of knowledge, skills, experiences, perspectives, interests, and values...
Revolution or Evolution? How Should Higher Ed Change in Response to Social Technologies?
Jan. 26, 2011—by Derek Bruff, CFT Assistant Director Back in November, Jim Julius of San Diego State University and Dwayne Harapnuik of Abilene Christian University and I presented a session titled “Revolution or Evolution? Social Technologies and Pedagogical Change” at the 2010 POD Network conference. We structured the session so that most of the time was spent...
Spring CIRTL Online Courses – Diversity in the College Classroom, Educational Technology
Oct. 29, 2010—Registration is now open for the spring 2011 CIRTL Network online courses. The spring courses, intended for graduate students and post-docs in the STEM disciplines, are: Diversity in the College Classroom – Become a better college instructor by considering the complex issues of diversity and how to address them effectively in your classroom practice. Current...