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Open Dores: Two Days of Teaching Visits

by Marianna Sharp, CFT Communications Intern On September 27th and 28th some of Vanderbilt’s talented faculty members will be opening their classrooms to their fellow professors and graduate students. This year’s Open Dores CFT event differs somewhat from past years’ Teaching Visit programming—more condensed, but with a wider selection of classrooms open for visitors. In…

Posted by on September 21, 2016 in CFT Event, Events, News, Teaching Visit

Cultural Heritage at Scale: A Semantic Web Symposium at Vanderbilt

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Vanderbilt University formed the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education in 2012 to examine emerging national-scale digital projects. The Committee on Coherence at Scale fosters strategic thinking about how to rigorously manage the transition from analog to digital in higher education. The Jean and…

Posted by on May 27, 2016 in Digital Pedagogy, Events, News

Cultural Heritage at Scale: A Semantic Web Symposium at Vanderbilt

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) and Vanderbilt University formed the Committee on Coherence at Scale for Higher Education in 2012 to examine emerging national-scale digital projects. The Committee on Coherence at Scale fosters strategic thinking about how to rigorously manage the transition from analog to digital in higher education. The Jean and…

Posted by on May 27, 2016 in Digital Pedagogy, Events, News

Vanderbilt Graduate Students Present Research on Teaching Tools and Approaches in the Classroom

The BOLD, TAR, VIDL, and SoTL Fellows presented on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in the Library Community Room in the Central Library. The event included 19 projects, including four short oral presentations and a poster session. Most of the projects investigated how technology could be used to promote student learning in undergraduate classrooms, while others focused…

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in bold fellows, Events, MOOCs, News, scholarship of teaching and learning, SoTL Scholars Program, STEM teaching, VIDL

Vanderbilt Graduate Students Present Research on Teaching Tools and Approaches in the Classroom

The BOLD, TAR, VIDL, and SoTL Fellows presented on Wednesday, May 18, 2016 in the Library Community Room in the Central Library. The event included 19 projects, including four short oral presentations and a poster session. Most of the projects investigated how technology could be used to promote student learning in undergraduate classrooms, while others focused…

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in bold fellows, Events, MOOCs, News, scholarship of teaching and learning, SoTL Scholars Program, STEM teaching, VIDL

Multi-disciplinary Panel Discussion on Diversity in STEM

On June 8, 2016 at 2:30 pm CT, there will be an all-star group of Black scholars assembled for a candid conversation on the challenges and the potential solutions to address diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Directly after the panel discussion, there will be a reception in the lobby of the Wyatt…

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in diversity, Events, News, Professional Development, STEM

Multi-disciplinary Panel Discussion on Diversity in STEM

On June 8, 2016 at 2:30 pm CT, there will be an all-star group of Black scholars assembled for a candid conversation on the challenges and the potential solutions to address diversity in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  Directly after the panel discussion, there will be a reception in the lobby of the Wyatt…

Posted by on May 26, 2016 in diversity, Events, News, Professional Development, STEM

Graduate students present investigations of teaching tools and approaches on May 18th

Several programs at Vanderbilt help graduate students address questions of teaching and learning within their discipline. Among these are the BOLD Fellows program, sponsored by the Center for Teaching and CIRTL, which focuses on creating and assessing online instructional approaches for use in a Vanderbilt course; the TAR Fellows program, a flagship CIRTL program; and…

Posted by on April 28, 2016 in bold fellows, CIRTL, Events, News, Student Poster Sessions, Undergrad Research, VIDL

Graduate students present investigations of teaching tools and approaches on May 18th

Several programs at Vanderbilt help graduate students address questions of teaching and learning within their discipline. Among these are the BOLD Fellows program, sponsored by the Center for Teaching and CIRTL, which focuses on creating and assessing online instructional approaches for use in a Vanderbilt course; the TAR Fellows program, a flagship CIRTL program; and…

Posted by on April 28, 2016 in bold fellows, CIRTL, Events, News, Student Poster Sessions, Undergrad Research, VIDL

Campus encouraged to participate in Blackboard feedback survey

The CFT, as the administrative home for Blackboard, Vanderbilt’s primary course management system, is conducting an assessment in March to determine the extent to which Blackboard is meeting the needs of campus users. Results of this needs assessment will inform Vanderbilt’s decision to renew its contract with Blackboard, set to expire in 2017, or to…

Posted by on April 4, 2016 in blackboard, Events, News

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