LEAF

Conversations on Teaching

Upcoming Conversation on Teaching: Hybrid courses: Approaches to engage your virtual and F2F students

In this Conversation on Teaching, three faculty members will share their successes and challenges in teaching hybrid courses this fall. Jesse Blocher, Assistant Professor, Owen Graduate School of Management Julie Johnson, Professor of the Practice, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Marcy Singer-Gabella, Professor of the Practice, Department of Teaching & Learning They’ll describe…

Posted by on January 19, 2021 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, hybrid course

Upcoming Conversation on Teaching: Group Work and Student Collaboration Online

Student collaboration looks very different in online and socially distanced settings than in our traditional, face-to-face classes. This panel discussion will bring together members of the Vanderbilt teaching community who are using group work or student collaborative projects in their online or hybrid teaching. Panelists will present their group projects, describe the challenges they have…

Posted by on January 19, 2021 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, Group work

Upcoming Conversation on Teaching: Overcoming the ‘busywork’ Dilemma

Overcoming the ‘busywork’ Dilemma: Creating Meaningful Asynchronous Activities for Student Engagement The busywork dilemma is where students perceive that assigned learning activities or assessments are not meaningfully contributing to their learning. This can be very frustrating to instructors as they often put a lot of effort and time into the design and implementation of these activities. This…

Posted by on January 12, 2021 in Asynchronous, Conversations on Teaching, Events

Upcoming Conversation on Teaching: Teaching with Chat & Channel Apps

Teaching with Chat & Channel Apps With the move to remote and online teaching in 2020, faculty and other instructors experimented with a wide variety of tools to foster and maintain social presence with their students. Some tried using group messaging apps like Slack, Discord, and Teams as a way to connect and communicate with…

Posted by on January 7, 2021 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, hybrid teaching

Upcoming Conversations on Teaching

Conversations on Teaching focus on emergent teaching and learning issues in an informal, discussion-based format.  These sessions provide members of the Vanderbilt teaching community a chance to share their teaching experiences and learn from each other.     Teaching with Chat & Channel Apps With the move to remote and online teaching in 2020, faculty…

Posted by on January 5, 2021 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, hybrid teaching

Upcoming Conversations on Teaching

Conversations on Teaching focus on emergent teaching and learning issues in an informal, discussion-based format.  These sessions provide members of the Vanderbilt teaching community a chance to share their teaching experiences and learn from each other.     Teaching with Chat & Channel Apps With the move to remote and online teaching in 2020, faculty…

Posted by on January 5, 2021 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, hybrid teaching

Upcoming Conversations on Teaching

These sessions provide members of the Vanderbilt teaching community a chance to share their teaching experiences and learn from each other in an informal, discussion-based format. Leading Synchronous Online Discussions This semester, many of you may have tried your hand at leading synchronous online discussions for the first time, most likely via Zoom. You may…

Posted by on October 5, 2020 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, hybrid teaching, online teaching

Upcoming Conversations on Teaching

These sessions provide members of the Vanderbilt teaching community a chance to share their teaching experiences and learn from each other in an informal, discussion-based format.   Teaching in a Hybrid and Physically Distanced Classroom For some instructors, the classroom looks very different this fall. Some of their students are in the classroom, but masked…

Posted by on September 3, 2020 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, hybrid teaching, Perusall, Resource

Conversations on Digital Pedagogy

by Derek Bruff, CFT Director Two weeks ago I gave a keynote titled “More Than Just Shiny Objects” at the Research on Teaching and Learning Summit at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. I argued that our use of educational technology…

Posted by on March 2, 2015 in Conversations on Teaching, Digital Pedagogy, Educational Technology, Events

Conversations on Teaching Writing Under Way

“Teaching. Writing. Learning.,” the new series of conversations on teaching writing across the campus, began last Wednesday.  Emily King (English), Richard Lloyd (Sociology), and Jonathan Gilligan (Earth & Environmental Sciences) were the invited guests for kick-off event entitled “Starting the…

Posted by on September 5, 2013 in Conversations on Teaching, Events, News, Teaching Writing