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Instructors Open Classroom Doors for Two Days of Teaching Visits Across Campus

by Marianna Sharp, CFT Communications Intern This year’s Open Dores Teaching Visits program was a success. On September 27th and 28th dozens of faculty, post-docs, and graduate students visited forty classrooms and observed the teaching practices of faculty in a wide variety of disciplines. On Wednesday afternoon, a number of the hosts and visitors gathered…

Posted by on October 6, 2016 in CFT Event, Events, News, Teaching Visit

Open Dores: Two Days of Teaching Visits

by Marianna Sharp On September 27th and 28th some of Vanderbilt’s talented faculty members will be opening their classrooms to their fellow professors and graduate students. This year’s Open Dores CFT event differs somewhat from past years’ Teaching Visit programming—more condensed, but with a wider selection of classrooms open for visitors. In past years, visits…

Posted by on September 21, 2016 in CFT Event, Events, News, Teaching Visit

Open Dores: Two Days of Teaching Visits

by Marianna Sharp, CFT Communications Intern On September 27th and 28th some of Vanderbilt’s talented faculty members will be opening their classrooms to their fellow professors and graduate students. This year’s Open Dores CFT event differs somewhat from past years’ Teaching Visit programming—more condensed, but with a wider selection of classrooms open for visitors. In…

Posted by on September 21, 2016 in CFT Event, Events, News, Teaching Visit

Upcoming Conversations on Digital Pedagogy

Interest in seeing what effective educational technology use looks like in practice is fueling a new series of conversations on teaching sponsored by the CFT and the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning (VIDL). Conversations on Digital Pedagogy, will feature Vanderbilt instructors describing and reflecting on the ways they use educational technologies to enhance student learning….

Posted by on March 18, 2015 in CFT Event, Digital Pedagogy, Educational Technology, Events, Flipped Classroom, Twitter

Symposium on Teaching, Difference, and Power Scheduled for April 21st

Among the greatest challenges facing higher education in the US is the difficulty of creating diverse and democratic campus cultures and confronting, rather than replicating, an array of social inequalities. The Center for Teaching selected “Teaching, Difference, and Power” as…

Posted by on March 12, 2015 in CFT Event, diversity, Events, News, Teaching Difference and Power

Mark your calendar & spread the word about upcoming August orientations

Teaching at Vanderbilt (TaV) , an orientation for junior and senior faculty new to Vanderbilt, will be held from 2 to 4:45 p.m. on Thursday, August 15th, 2013, in Buttrick 102. Those interested in attending should RSVP by August 8th by Registering…

Posted by on July 2, 2013 in CFT Event, Events, TAO, TaV

CFT Host the Celebration of Teaching on Friday, May 3rd

The Center for Teaching and the Graduate School will honor the achievements of the Vanderbilt teaching community at the annual Celebration of Teaching on May 3, 2013 from 10:00am to 4:00pm in The Commons.  The event is open to Vanderbilt…

Posted by on April 3, 2013 in celebration of teaching, CFT Event, Events, Teaching Certificate

Upcoming Event: A Conversation on Teaching Large Classes

Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! A Conversation on Teaching Large Classes Teaching large classes can pose particular challenges. How do you personalize interaction in a class with more than 100—or even more than 200—students? How do you…

Posted by on February 19, 2013 in CFT Event, Events, Large Classes

Upcoming Event: Teaching to Thousands: A Conversation about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! Teaching to Thousands: A Conversation about Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)   Last September, Vanderbilt announced a partnership with Coursera, an online platform for open-access, non-credit classes, available at no cost to…

Posted by on February 14, 2013 in CFT Event, Events, MOOCs

Upcoming Event: How to Wiki

Join us for this upcoming Teaching Workshop! How to Wiki  Date & Time: Tuesday, November 6 4:10-5:30pm As digital collaboration becomes more commonplace in Vanderbilt courses, you may want to think about adding a wiki to help support your course activities. Wikis…

Posted by on October 29, 2012 in CFT Event, Events, Wikis

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