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Teaching Digital Literacies Learning Community October Conversation to Focus on Multimodal Assignments

How can we design authentic, multimodal assignments that prepare students to communicate effectively through a variety of media? How can we prepare students to use digital tools not only as consumers of information, but also as producers of knowledge? Join us for a conversation on engaging students as producers of knowledge through multimodal assignments. Our…

Posted by on October 9, 2018 in digital literacies, Events, Learning Communities, News, Students as Producers

Upcoming Learning Community Meetings on Understanding the Needs of International Students and Faculty

This year, the CFT continues its attention to issues of teaching, difference, and power by organizing a learning community dedicated to understanding and supporting the needs of international students and faculty. The hope for the group is to have a dynamic discussion of the many issues that arise for international students and faculty in the…

Posted by on October 4, 2018 in Events, International Teachers, Learning Communities, News, Student Expectations, Teaching Difference and Power

Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshop Oct. 4th

In this workshop, we will address best practices for writing a teaching statement/philosophy for the academic job market. This workshop is open to Vanderbilt graduate students & Postdocs from across the disciplines who want to improve their teaching portfolio materials. All teaching experience levels are welcome.     Date: Thursday, October 4th Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm Location:…

Posted by on October 2, 2018 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, News, teaching statement

Save the date! The Open Classroom will be September 24-26

Vanderbilt Instructors Open Their Classroom Doors on September 24, 25 and 26 Would you like to watch one of your colleagues teach to see how they manage the classroom, engage students, or address challenging subjects? Do you ever feel like you toil in private to learn how to teach? You’re not alone. Too often in…

Posted by on August 20, 2018 in Events, News, open classroom, Teaching Visit

Grad and Postdoc Programs at the CFT

Two Center for Teaching programs for graduate students and postdocs are now taking registrations for the fall. Each program consists of a seminar and a practicum, and each lasts two semesters.   The first program is the Certificate in College Teaching (CiCT). This program focuses on the research on how people learn as well as…

Posted by on August 13, 2018 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, News, post docs

August Brightspace Workshops and Drop-in Hours

In our hands-on workshops, participants will learn about Vanderbilt’s course management system, Brightspace. In addition to these workshops, you can get individual help during drop-in hours at the CFT or by appointment in a one-on-one consult with one of our instructional technologists. Email us at Brightspace@vanderbilt.edu or check out this collection of step-by-step guides for help getting started. Workshops topic…

Posted by on August 10, 2018 in brightspace, Events, News, online courses, Resource

Be part of one of the new or continuing learning communities at the CFT

The Center for Teaching hosts a number of learning communities, intended for members of Vanderbilt’s teaching community interested in meeting over time to develop deeper understandings and richer practices around particular teaching and learning topics.  This year’s learning communities are: Teaching, Difference, and Power: Empowering International Students and Faculty This year, the CFT continues its…

Posted by on August 9, 2018 in Events, Learning Communities, News

Need Help Using Brightspace as you Plan for Fall Classes?

As you prepare your fall courses, keep in mind all of the Brightspace resources we offer here at the Center for Teaching. If you prefer to peruse our on-demand resources on your own, we have a growing list of frequently asked questions that include step-by-step instructions and screenshots. If you want to sit down with…

Posted by on July 9, 2018 in brightspace, Events, Resource, workshop

Workshop Collaboration Leads to New CFT Teaching Guide: Developing and Writing a Diversity Statement

In April, The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching partnered with The Office of Inclusive Excellence and The Office for Career Development at The Graduate School to provide an introductory workshop on developing a written diversity statement. The session was facilitated by Graduate Teaching Fellow Sara Beck and CFT Assistant Director Joe Bandy and featured a Q&A…

Posted by on June 18, 2018 in diversity, Events, Resource, Teaching Guide, teaching statement

Graduate Students Present Investigations of Teaching Tools and Approaches

Support for students learning real analysis. Tools to foster student collaboration in a fully online setting. Opportunities for students to learn important clinical skills. These are some of the problems that BOLD Fellows are tackling in the projects they presented on April 30. Attendees learned about eleven projects during a poster session describing projects for…

Posted by on May 14, 2018 in BOLD, bold fellows, Events, Online Education

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