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Writing a Diversity Statement Workshop April 12th

The CFT has partnered with The Office of Inclusive Excellence and The Office for Career Development at The Graduate School to provide an introductory workshop on developing a written diversity statement. Increasingly, universities and colleges are requesting that faculty job applicants provide a statement addressing how they plan to contribute to inclusive excellence in their…

Posted by on April 4, 2018 in diversity, Events, graduate students, Inclusive Teaching, Teaching Workshops

Teaching, Difference, and Power: Disability and Learning Meeting March 15th

Higher education today is home to an increasingly diverse student population with a wide variety of needs and abilities.  This presents innumerable opportunities to enliven and enhance the intellectual dynamism of our classes and campuses.  To take full advantage of these opportunities, university educators must develop the knowledge and skills of teaching inclusively to diverse…

Posted by on March 12, 2018 in disabilities, diversity, Events, Teaching Difference and Power

You’re Invited to a Celebration of Learning on January 29th!

On Monday, January 29th, from 2 to 5 p.m., the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature posters, presentations, and projects by students from all over campus, sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered. All faculty, staff, and students at Vanderbilt…

Posted by on January 22, 2018 in Celebration of Learning, Events, Students as Producers

Celebration of Learning: An Exhibition of Students as Producers

On Monday, January 29th, the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature posters, presentations, and performances by students from all over campus, sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered. The event will provide the Vanderbilt community with a picture of immersive…

Posted by on January 10, 2018 in Celebration of Learning, Events

The Office for Inclusive Excellence announces two new faculty workshops for January

On Thursday, January 18th, two workshops featuring the Cornell Interactive Theater Ensemble (CITE) will be offered as part of the Faculty Insights Series. It Depends on the Lens This workshop presents a complex, realistic interaction of a search committee evaluating candidates during a review of submitted materials in order to stimulate discussion about the behaviors,…

Posted by on January 8, 2018 in diversity, Events, Faculty Teaching Workshop, Inclusive Teaching, News

Thank You Open Classroom Hosts!

On September 5th and 6th the Center for Teaching hosted our program, The Open Classroom: Two Days of Teaching Visits, for the second year. The event featured 50 different hosts who graciously and bravely opened their classrooms to a total of over 75 visitors.  This gave the visitors the valuable opportunity to observe high quality…

Posted by on October 15, 2017 in Events, News, open classroom, open dores, Teaching Visit

Student-Produced Podcasts: A Conversation on Digital Pedagogy, November 7th

Podcasts have been around since the early 2000s, but the medium has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, thanks to increasing smart phone adoption and to very popular podcasts like Serial and Radiolab. Educational uses of podcasts are growing, as well. Some instructors create podcasts for use in their courses, others assign podcasts as “texts”…

Posted by on October 3, 2017 in Digital Pedagogy, Educational Technology, Events, Podcasting

Intro to Top Hat Webinar Thursday, September 28

If you think you might want to incorporate polling in your class, then this demo session is for you! In this web-based introductory session, Kara Dingboom, Vanderbilt’s Enterprise Account Manager at Top Hat, will help you become familiar with the basic functions and features of the product and answer any questions you have about moving…

Posted by on September 25, 2017 in Events, Top Hat

Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement Workshop for Graduate Students & Postdocs

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. . . .. Facilitators: Kylie Korsnack & Justin Hubbard,…

Posted by on September 20, 2017 in Events, graduate students, teaching statement, Teaching Workshops

The Center for Second Language Studies to Offer Four New Working Groups

All language teachers and learners are all invited to participate in any (or all) of four CSLS working groups this year. All have initial meetings in the coming weeks.       Students as Filmmakers: Editing Tools in the Foreign Language Classroom First Meeting: Thursday, Sept 14th 3 pm Contact: Kate Schaller This working group…

Posted by on September 13, 2017 in Events, foreign language teaching, Language Pedagogy

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