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Podcasting Essentials: What you need to know to launch your own podcast

by Rhett McDaniel Have you ever listened to a podcast and been inspired to make one of your own? You can! Producing academic podcasts around your course topics is a great way to help your students learn. In addition, your podcast would be accessible to the nearly 118 million podcast listeners all over the world….

Posted by on March 4, 2022 in Digital Commons, digital media, Events, News, Podcasting, Resource, workshop

CSET Mini-Conference Improving Science Communication: The Promise of Science and Humanities Collaborations – March 18

The Communication of Science and Technology program announces a mini-conference to foster science/humanities collaborations around teaching. See the mini-conference schedule and description of talks by Radiolab founder Jad Abumrad and Communication Professor Leah Ceccarelli, who originated the idea of the “scientist citizen.” CSET Mini-Conference Improving Science Communication: The Promise of Science and Humanities Collaborations Student…

Posted by on March 3, 2022 in Digital Humanities, Events, News, STEM, STEM teaching

Online Teaching Learning Community

Even before the campus-wide move to online and remote teaching last year, the online teaching group was meeting regularly to explore challenges and opportunities. The Course Development Resources site (CDR), which has grown out of the work of this group over the last two years, is a self-paced guide to designing, building, teaching, or maintaining great courses…

Posted by on June 21, 2021 in Commentary, Events, Learning Communities, Online Education, online teaching

Learning Community Focusing on the Needs of LGBTQI+ Students

This year, the CFT and the KC Potter Center for LGBTQI Life hosted a learning community on ways faculty can better support the needs of LGBTQI+ students.  Over twenty participants met throughout the year to explore LGBTQI+ student’s experiences inside and outside the classroom, to discuss scholarly literature on strategies for inclusion, and techniques of…

Posted by on June 18, 2021 in Commentary, Events, Inclusive Teaching, Learning Communities, LGBTQI, News, potter center

Learning Community on Teaching and Race

In 2020-21, the CFT hosted a learning community dedicated to understanding the many challenges and opportunities of teaching issues of race, and supporting students of all racial identities and backgrounds.  In five events throughout the year, dozens of participants from across the disciplines engaged in a variety of conversations about the challenges of teaching race…

Posted by on June 17, 2021 in Commentary, Events, Learning Communities, News, Race and Racism, Teaching and Race

CFT Concludes Latest Online Course Design Institute

To help faculty prepare for teaching this Summer, we offered an Online Course Design Institute (OCDI). The institute was a revised and updated version of the institute that the Center for Teaching offered in summer 2020 to more than 500 participants. Participants worked in three cohorts led by CFT Senior Staff Members Cynthia Brame, Julaine…

Posted by on June 16, 2021 in Commentary, Events, News, ocdi, online course design institute, online courses, Online Education, online teaching

Striving Towards Inclusion in Academic Biology Spring Webinar Series

The webinar series on Striving Towards Inclusion in Academic Biology continues this spring with nine seminars focusing on different elements of inclusion. While the series is supported by the Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research and targets academic biology, the webinars are led by scholars from a variety of disciplines (including Anjali Forber-Pratt, Department…

Posted by on January 12, 2021 in equity, Events, Inclusive Teaching, News, STEM, STEM teaching

New CFT Assistant Director for Graduate Programs Shares His Research Interests

Yes She Can: Examining the Educational and Career Pathways of African American Women in Senior Leadership Positions in 4-Year Public Universities This qualitative study explores how Black women in senior leadership positions in 4-year public universities in the United States speak about the experiences and characteristics that contribute to their academic achievements, career advancement, and…

Posted by on October 13, 2020 in Career, CFT Programs, CFT staff, Events, News, nocaption,

Turnitin Workshop on Wednesday August 12

Join our partners from Turnitin on Wednesday, August 12th at 2pm for a workshop catered toward online teaching. In this session, we’ll be reviewing the many ways Turnitin can help facilitate learning and assessment in online spaces. This workshop is open to all Vanderbilt faculty, staff, and teaching assistants and will be held through Zoom….

Posted by on August 10, 2020 in brightspace, Events, online exams, online teaching, turnitin

Brush up on some essential Brightspace skills before teaching in an online or hybrid format this fall!

Join Stacey, the CFT’s Assistant Director for Educational Technology, on Zoom for workshops about Brightspace tools including Discussions and Grades/Feedback. You can register and learn more about the available workshops on the Brightspace workshops page. If you will be using Brightspace for the first time and want to get to know the content and navigation…

Posted by on July 23, 2020 in brightspace, CFT Services, Educational Technology, Events

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