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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

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

BOLD Fellows Program is Accepting Applications

We are recruiting graduate students to participate in the BOLD Fellows program beginning in January 2015. The BOLD Fellows program is designed to help graduate student/faculty teams build expertise in developing online instructional modules grounded in good course design principles and our understanding…

Posted by on November 13, 2014 in bold fellows, CFT Programs, Educational Technology, Events, News, Online Education, STEM

BOLD Fellows Program is Accepting Applications

We are recruiting graduate students to participate in the BOLD Fellows program beginning in January 2015. The BOLD Fellows program is designed to help graduate student/faculty teams build expertise in developing online instructional modules grounded in good course design principles and our understanding…

Posted by on October 13, 2014 in bold fellows, Educational Technology, Events, graduate students, STEM, Student Projects

Forman Lecture on Physics Education: Learning Physics through Technology

The Department of Physics & Astronomy’s annual Forman Lecture on physics education will feature Wilton Virgo from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The talk, scheduled for Thursday, April 11, at 3 p.m. in Stevenson Center 4327, is titled “Six Easy…

Posted by on April 8, 2014 in Educational Technology, Events, STEM

TAing to Thousands: A Graduate Student MOOC Panel

What is it like to serve as a teaching assistant in a course with thousands of students? On February 24, 2014, the Vanderbilt Institute for Digital Learning, Center for Teaching, Graduate School, and Jean & Alexander Heard Library co-sponsored a…

Posted by on March 19, 2014 in Active Learning, Course Design, Educational Technology, Events, MOOCs, News

Learn to Produce or Produce to Learn?

Vanderbilt faculty members have found a variety of ways to engage students as producers in their classes and guided students to produce work for authentic audiences. The CFT celebrated its 16th annual Graduate Student Teaching Event for Professional Development (GradSTEP)…

Posted by on February 5, 2014 in Educational Technology, Events, GradSTEP, News, Service-Learning, Students as Producers

From a Student’s View – Large Classes

This is a guest post by Emily Garcia, Vanderbilt Class of 2014, College of Arts and Sciences. The post is part of our ongoing “From a Student’s View” blog series. We occasionally feature guest posts here on the blog as…

Posted by on February 20, 2013 in Clickers, Educational Technology, Events, From a Student's View, Large Classes, News

Upcoming Event: Teaching with Blogs – It’s Not About Sharing What You Had for Breakfast

Join us for this upcoming Conversation on Teaching! Teaching with Blogs – It’s Not About Sharing What You Had for Breakfast Date & Time: Tuesday, October 16 4:10-5:30pm   Increasingly, Vanderbilt instructors are incorporating blogs into their course design. While blogs help…

Posted by on October 9, 2012 in CFT Event, Course Blogs, Educational Technology, Events

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