‘Teaching Guide’
New CFT Guide on Integrating Visual Thinking in Your Teaching
May. 6, 2010—Leveraging resources collected for a March 2010 workshop on visual thinking, the CFT has put together a guide on integrating visual thinking tools in your teaching. The guide describes ways to use images as metaphors and as stories, resources on digital storytelling and visual literacy, uses of schematic diagrams like timelines and concept maps, tools...
Resources for Teaching in Times of Crisis
May. 4, 2010—Given the flooding in and around Nashville, the CFT would like to remind the Vanderbilt teaching community of our “Teaching in Times of Crisis” teaching guide. Even though it’s finals week, you might find some of the resources and perspectives in the guide useful. Whether local, national, or international in scope, times of crisis can...
Expanded CFT Teaching Guide on Lecturing – Basics, Visuals, Interaction
Apr. 30, 2010—Leveraging resources collected for a spring 2010 workshop on engaging students in large lecture courses, the CFT has expanded its teaching guide on lecturing to include advice on the “basics” of effective learning, suggestions for PowerPoint slides and other visual elements of lectures, and strategies for fostering student engagement and interaction during lectures. Here’s an...
Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy – A Framework for Assessing Student Learning
Apr. 12, 2010—As you head into the final few weeks of classes, you’re probably starting to think about end-of-semester assessments of your students’ learning. If you’re not familiar with Bloom’s taxonomy of learning objectives, it’s worth getting to know since the taxonomy is a useful framework for thinking about the questions we ask of our students, particularly...
Professional Development for Future Faculty – Teaching Guide Now Available
Mar. 16, 2010—The Center for Teaching has created an interactive Web guide for graduate students to use as a resource as they prepare for careers in the professoriate. The materials highlight the wide range of faculty roles and responsibilities in three areas of focus: teaching and learning, professional development, and the world of the university. This division...
Wireless in the Classroom? Advice on Policies and Strategies
Jan. 26, 2010—CFT educational technologist Rhett McDaniel has written a “teaching guide” on wireless Internet access in the classroom. Most students at Vanderbilt have a laptop, netbook, or smart phone that lets them access the Internet provided they have a Wifi signal. Should instructors encourage this during class? Should they discourage it? How can a wireless classroom...