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Teaching Assistant Orientation

Many graduate students are awarded teaching assistantships, and while teaching assistant (TA) duties vary across departments, they all demand considerable skill and knowledge. These duties can include grading, consulting with students during office hours, leading discussion or problem sessions, teaching labs, or giving lectures. To assist new TAs as they prepare for their duties, the Vanderbilt…

Posted by on August 5, 2020 in Events, Resource, TAO, Teaching Assistants

Brush up on Some Essential Brightspace skills

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…

Posted by on August 4, 2020 in brightspace, Events, Resource, workshops

August Workshops from the Center for Teaching

For faculty and other instructors looking for a lot of ideas for teaching this fall in a short amount of time, the Center for Teaching is offering a variety of online workshops in August. Some workshops are focused on teaching with Brightspace, Vanderbilt’s course management system, while others focus on other aspects of adaptive teaching in…

Posted by on August 3, 2020 in brightspace, Events, Grading, hybrid teaching, online teaching, Resource, Teaching Workshops

Teaching Assistant Orientation

Many graduate students are awarded teaching assistantships, and while teaching assistant (TA) duties vary across departments, they all demand considerable skill and knowledge. These duties can include grading, consulting with students during office hours, leading discussion or problem sessions, teaching labs, or giving lectures. To assist new TAs as they prepare for their duties, the Vanderbilt…

Posted by on July 27, 2020 in Events, TAO, Teaching Assistants

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

Celebration of Learning Spotlight: Progress of Sustainable Fashion in Our Daily Lives

On February 13, 2020, the Center for Teaching held a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event featured students from all over campus sharing what they learned, created, designed, and discovered. Madeline Repath, Angelica Park,  Mathilde Caindec’s project was two parts: a sustainability guide and a reflection. Each team made a guide that encourages students…

Posted by on July 15, 2020 in Celebration of Learning, Commentary, Events, Students as Producers

Sign up for the Brightspace Course Template Workshop

The CFT has developed an online course template for online courses in Brightspace. If you are interested in learning more about the template to see if it might work for you, you can sign up for a one-hour workshop with Brightspace Instructional Technologist, Erica Brandon. Erica will walk you through the elements of the template…

Posted by on July 8, 2020 in brightspace, Events, online courses, Resource

Apply Now for the Online Course Design Institute

The Center for Teaching invites Vanderbilt faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to apply to its new Online Course Design Institute, a two-week online experience intended to help participants prepare to teach an online course. The Online Course Design Institute will be offered multiple times this summerand we are now accepting applications. You can hear more about…

Posted by on July 7, 2020 in Events, News, ocdi, online course design institute, online courses, Resource

Apply Now for the Online Course Design Institute

The Center for Teaching invites Vanderbilt faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to apply to its new Online Course Design Institute, a two-week online experience intended to help participants prepare to teach an online course. The Online Course Design Institute will be offered multiple times this summer and we are now accepting applications. During the institute participants will:…

Posted by on June 2, 2020 in course design institute, Events, News, ocdi, online course design institute, Online Education

Apply Now for the Online Course Design Institute

The Center for Teaching invites Vanderbilt faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to apply to its new Online Course Design Institute, a two-week online experience intended to help participants prepare to teach an online course. The Online Course Design Institute will be offered multiple times this summer and we are now accepting applications for our late May and June…

Posted by on May 5, 2020 in CDI, Course Design, course design institute, Events, ocdi, online course design institute

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