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A Conversation on Teaching Collaborations and Digital Literacies

The next conversation in our “teaching digital literacies” series is coming up in two weeks! Helping our students develop digital literacies often involves moving outside our own areas of expertise–and comfort zones. How can we collaborate with others to teach students skills that we ourselves are still learning? Join us for a conversation on collaborations…

Posted by on February 5, 2019 in digital literacies, Events, team teaching

Teaching 101: Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshop

Have you been thrust into an instructional role for which you feel unprepared? Are you a multi-semester teacher who wants a refresher on some of the basics? Regardless of your teaching experience, this workshop will provide practical, concrete guidance on the mechanics of teaching and classroom presence, with an eye towards small tweaks and adjustments…

Posted by on February 1, 2019 in authority in the classroom, Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, post docs

Top Hat Week Is Here!

by Derek Bruff, CFT Director It’s Top Hat Week at Vanderbilt! What does that mean? Well, we’re encouraging everyone teaching a class at Vanderbilt this week to try Top Hat, Vanderbilt’s in-class polling system. You can use Top Hat to pose a multiple-choice or free-response question to your students and have them respond using their…

Posted by on January 28, 2019 in Educational Technology, Events, Top Hat

Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement: Revising Your Draft Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshop

After attending the Creating Your Draft workshop, this Revising Your Draft workshop will allow participants to get feedback on their teaching philosophy statement. This session will include a quick review of best practices for writing a teaching statement/philosophy for the academic job market, however most of the time will be spent peer reviewing each other’s…

Posted by on January 28, 2019 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, post docs, teaching statement

Attend the Celebration of Learning on February 4th

On February 4th the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. Research projects and design initiatives, podcasts and documentaries, candle-making devices and board games, clothing catalogs and virtual reality simulations… these and more will be on display in Alumni Hall from 2pm to 4pm. We’re inviting faculty,…

Posted by on January 25, 2019 in Events

Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement: Creating Your Draft Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshop

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. This workshop is especially helpful for those who do…

Posted by on January 15, 2019 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, post docs, teaching statement

Top Hat Week Begins Jan. 28th!

Are you interested in new ways to engage your students during class? Top Hat is Vanderbilt’s classroom response system, available for free to all faculty, staff, and students. Using Top Hat, instructors can pose polling questions and ask all their students to respond using their phones or laptops. Top Hat quickly collects and visualizes student…

Posted by on January 13, 2019 in Active Learning, Educational Technology, Events, Polling Systems, Top Hat

Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers on Feb. 4th

On February 4, 2019, the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature students from all over campus sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered, providing the Vanderbilt community with a picture of deep learning across the colleges and schools. We are…

Posted by on January 10, 2019 in Celebration of Learning, Events, Student Projects, Students as Producers

Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers

On February 4, 2019, the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature students from all over campus sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered, providing the Vanderbilt community with a picture of deep learning across the colleges and schools. We are…

Posted by on December 7, 2018 in Celebration of Learning, Events, Student Projects, Students as Producers

Upcoming Science Teaching Lunch on November 16th

The Science Teaching Lunch series invites faculty from A&S science departments to discuss common teaching challenges and to seek ideas and solutions from colleagues and the literature on science teaching and learning. This fall, the series will focus on questions relevant to graduate student education. The November teaching lunch will focus on using mentoring agreements…

Posted by on November 13, 2018 in Events, Learning Communities, science teaching

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