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Teaching with Case Studies

Case studies are a signature pedagogy throughout the professions and increasingly across all liberal arts disciplines.  When used effectively, they can motivate students to learn deeply through meaningful, complex, and real-world scenarios, elevating anything from analytical thought to ethical reasoning, applied practices to theoretical critique. This workshop will explore how case studies are or can…

Posted by on November 4, 2021 in Case Studies, Events, News, Teaching Workshops, workshops, Zoom

Workshop: Teaching with Case Studies

Case studies are a signature pedagogy throughout the professions and increasingly across all liberal arts disciplines.  When used effectively, they can motivate students to learn deeply through meaningful, complex, and real-world scenarios, elevating anything from analytical thought to ethical reasoning, applied practices to theoretical critique. This workshop will explore how case studies are or can…

Posted by on November 1, 2021 in Case Studies, Events, News, Teaching Workshops, workshops, Zoom

Workshop: Decolonizing Our Teaching

The exhortation to “decolonize” our syllabi and our teaching more generally has become increasingly common across higher education in recent years. For its many advocates, decolonization can include a wide variety of practices, such as the acknowledgement of indigenous land claims, understanding how the culture of colonialism has shaped our disciplines, diversifying the canons of…

Posted by on October 26, 2021 in Events, Inclusive Teaching, News, Teaching Workshops, workshops, Zoom

ASPIRE Job Search Series: Preparing for a Teaching Demo

How do you put together an effective teaching demonstration for a job interview? How is it different from a research seminar and how can you link the two? Come learn about key considerations for developing this important piece of your interview portfolio. Date: Thursday, October 21 Time: 11:00 Location: Light Hall 419 BCD REGISTER ….

Posted by on October 18, 2021 in Events, News, Teaching Workshops, workshops, ,

Applications for New Round of Internal Teaching Grants Now Available

The Office of the Provost established two internal funding programs in April 2021, the Educational Advancement Fund and the Course Improvement Grant, designed to support excellence in the classroom through continued pedagogical advancement and long-term educational transformation. The deadline to submit for the upcoming second round of funding is October 15. Read More . . ….

Posted by on October 11, 2021 in course improvement grant, education advancement fund, Events, Grants, internal teaching grants, News,

Digital Presence: Academic Podcasting

Why start a podcast as an academic? In this “Digital Presence” panel, we will learn about three academic podcasts, each with a different mission and audience. Law professor Ed Cheng is the producer of Excited Utterance, a long-running podcast featuring interviews with scholars in his research area (evidence and proof). Kate Stuart produces the Beyond…

Posted by on October 6, 2021 in Digital Commons, digital presence, Educational Technology, Events, Podcasting, Zoom

Celebrating the Center for Teaching’s 35th Anniversary

by Derek Bruff, executive director The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching was founded in 1986. That means that we are celebrating our 35th anniversary this year! The Center for Teaching started as a small unit in the College of Arts & Science led by our founding director Ken Bain, author of What the Best College Teachers Do (Harvard…

Posted by on September 30, 2021 in 35th Anniversary, Events, News

Spotlight Event: Teaching with Wikipedia

Wikipedia is home to over 55 million articles. The website is a valuable source for information, but it also has systematic knowledge gaps, as well as biases toward historically privileged perspectives. Vanderbilt political scientists Brooke Ackerly and Kristin Michelitch have been working to correct these gaps and biases by engaging their students as Wikipedia contributors. Students are, in…

Posted by on September 16, 2021 in CFT Event, Digital Commons, Events, Online Education

Upcoming Workshop: Group Work That Works

Date: Tuesday, August 24th Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm Facilitator: Ransford Pinto, CFT assistant director   Group work is an effective teaching approach that enhances student learning and encourages critical thinking and decision-making skills. In this workshop, we will explore strategies and leverage some lessons learned from last year to foster better group work during our in-person classes. REGISTER (A…

Posted by on August 20, 2021 in Course Design, Events, Group work, workshops

Upcoming Workshop: Teaching in Stereo – Strategies for Class Participation

  Date: Tuesday, August 24th Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm Location: CFT Classroom or Zoom Facilitator: Derek Bruff, CFT director   Zoom classes showed us that having students participate using their voices isn’t the only meaningful kind of participation. How can we take a more inclusive, accessible approach to class participation once we’re back in the classroom? Join us in…

Posted by on August 20, 2021 in Course Design, Events, Teaching Workshops

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