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Teaching Design Thinking Learning Community October Conversation: Education as a Design Process

Students in Vanderbilt’s Learning and Design M.Ed. program combine theories and principles from the learning sciences with processes and practices from user-centered design. Join us for a conversation on education as a design process with Kristen Neal, lecturer in teaching and learning and director of the Learning and Design program, and Melissa Gresalfi, associate professor of mathematics education…

Posted by on October 16, 2018 in Course Design, design thinking, Events, News


Teaching Digital Literacies Learning Community October Conversation to Focus on Multimodal Assignments

How can we design authentic, multimodal assignments that prepare students to communicate effectively through a variety of media? How can we prepare students to use digital tools not only as consumers of information, but also as producers of knowledge? Join us for a conversation on engaging students as producers of knowledge through multimodal assignments. Our…

Posted by on October 9, 2018 in digital literacies, Events, Learning Communities, News, Students as Producers


Teaching Digital Literacies Learning Community October Conversation to Focus on Multimodal Assignments

How can we design authentic, multimodal assignments that prepare students to communicate effectively through a variety of media? How can we prepare students to use digital tools not only as consumers of information, but also as producers of knowledge? Join us for a conversation on engaging students as producers of knowledge through multimodal assignments. Our…

Posted by on October 9, 2018 in digital literacies, Events, Learning Communities, News, Students as Producers


Upcoming Learning Community Meetings on Understanding the Needs of International Students and Faculty

This year, the CFT continues its attention to issues of teaching, difference, and power by organizing a learning community dedicated to understanding and supporting the needs of international students and faculty. The hope for the group is to have a dynamic discussion of the many issues that arise for international students and faculty in the…

Posted by on October 4, 2018 in Events, International Teachers, Learning Communities, News, Student Expectations, Teaching Difference and Power


Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshop Oct. 4th

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.     Date: Thursday, October 4th Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm Location:…

Posted by on October 2, 2018 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, News, teaching statement


Vanderbilt Instructors Open Their Classroom Doors on September 24, 25, and 26

Would you like to watch one of your colleagues teach to see how they manage the classroom, engage students, or address challenging subjects? Do you ever feel like you toil in private to learn how to teach? You’re not alone. Too often in higher education we instructors do not have the opportunity to watch and…

Posted by on September 18, 2018 in Events, open classroom


Save the date! The Open Classroom will be September 24-26

Vanderbilt Instructors Open Their Classroom Doors on September 24, 25 and 26 Would you like to watch one of your colleagues teach to see how they manage the classroom, engage students, or address challenging subjects? Do you ever feel like you toil in private to learn how to teach? You’re not alone. Too often in…

Posted by on August 20, 2018 in Events, News, open classroom, Teaching Visit


Grad and Postdoc Programs at the CFT

Two Center for Teaching programs for graduate students and postdocs are now taking registrations for the fall. Each program consists of a seminar and a practicum, and each lasts two semesters.   The first program is the Certificate in College Teaching (CiCT). This program focuses on the research on how people learn as well as…

Posted by on August 13, 2018 in Events, graduate students, graduate teaching fellows, News, post docs


August Brightspace Workshops and Drop-in Hours

In our hands-on workshops, participants will learn about Vanderbilt’s course management system, Brightspace. In addition to these workshops, you can get individual help during drop-in hours at the CFT or by appointment in a one-on-one consult with one of our instructional technologists. Email us at Brightspace@vanderbilt.edu or check out this collection of step-by-step guides for help getting started. Workshops topic…

Posted by on August 10, 2018 in brightspace, Events, News, online courses, Resource


Be part of one of the new or continuing learning communities at the CFT

The Center for Teaching hosts a number of learning communities, intended for members of Vanderbilt’s teaching community interested in meeting over time to develop deeper understandings and richer practices around particular teaching and learning topics.  This year’s learning communities are: Teaching, Difference, and Power: Empowering International Students and Faculty This year, the CFT continues its…

Posted by on August 9, 2018 in Events, Learning Communities, News