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Upcoming Workshop: Teaching with Top Hat

Date: Thursday, August 12th Time: 2:00pm – 3:00pm Location: Zoom Facilitator: Rhett McDaniel, CFT assistant director Guest Faculty: Jesse Blocher, associate professor of the practice of data science and finance   In this session you’ll hear about Top Hat, Vanderbilt’s student polling application. Top Hat allows you to ask multiple question types, receive responses, and generate discussions with real-time feedback…

Posted by on August 10, 2021 in Events, News, Top Hat, workshop

Learning Community Focusing on the Needs of LGBTQI+ Students

This year, the CFT and the KC Potter Center for LGBTQI Life hosted a learning community on ways faculty can better support the needs of LGBTQI+ students.  Over twenty participants met throughout the year to explore LGBTQI+ student’s experiences inside and outside the classroom, to discuss scholarly literature on strategies for inclusion, and techniques of…

Posted by on June 18, 2021 in Commentary, Events, Inclusive Teaching, Learning Communities, LGBTQI, News, potter center

Learning Community on Teaching and Race

In 2020-21, the CFT hosted a learning community dedicated to understanding the many challenges and opportunities of teaching issues of race, and supporting students of all racial identities and backgrounds.  In five events throughout the year, dozens of participants from across the disciplines engaged in a variety of conversations about the challenges of teaching race…

Posted by on June 17, 2021 in Commentary, Events, Learning Communities, News, Race and Racism, Teaching and Race

CFT Concludes Latest Online Course Design Institute

To help faculty prepare for teaching this Summer, we offered an Online Course Design Institute (OCDI). The institute was a revised and updated version of the institute that the Center for Teaching offered in summer 2020 to more than 500 participants. Participants worked in three cohorts led by CFT Senior Staff Members Cynthia Brame, Julaine…

Posted by on June 16, 2021 in Commentary, Events, News, ocdi, online course design institute, online courses, Online Education, online teaching

Striving Towards Inclusion in Academic Biology Spring Webinar Series

The webinar series on Striving Towards Inclusion in Academic Biology continues this spring with nine seminars focusing on different elements of inclusion. While the series is supported by the Society for Advancement of Biology Education Research and targets academic biology, the webinars are led by scholars from a variety of disciplines (including Anjali Forber-Pratt, Department…

Posted by on January 12, 2021 in equity, Events, Inclusive Teaching, News, STEM, STEM teaching

New CFT Assistant Director for Graduate Programs Shares His Research Interests

Yes She Can: Examining the Educational and Career Pathways of African American Women in Senior Leadership Positions in 4-Year Public Universities This qualitative study explores how Black women in senior leadership positions in 4-year public universities in the United States speak about the experiences and characteristics that contribute to their academic achievements, career advancement, and…

Posted by on October 13, 2020 in Career, CFT Programs, CFT staff, Events, News, nocaption,

The Writing Studio’s Fall 2020 Teaching Writing Workshop Series

For those who utilize writing as a major form of assessment, check out the Teaching Writing Workshop Series that the Writing Studio is hosting this fall! Below you will find more information about Responding to Student Writing as well as other upcoming workshops. Workshop details are also available online. All Fall 2020 workshops will take…

Posted by on September 16, 2020 in Events, News, Teaching Workshops,

Graduate Student/Postdoc Workshops in September

These workshops focus on practical, concrete strategies for common teaching tasks, challenges, and opportunities. These sessions draw on research-based best practices from the literature on teaching and learning and help participants consider ways to apply those best practices in their teaching. Crafting an Effective Teaching Statement In this workshop, we will address best practices for…

Posted by on September 14, 2020 in Events, graduate students, News, post docs, Teaching Workshops

Apply Now for the Online Course Design Institute

The Center for Teaching invites Vanderbilt faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to apply to its new Online Course Design Institute, a two-week online experience intended to help participants prepare to teach an online course. The Online Course Design Institute will be offered multiple times this summerand we are now accepting applications. You can hear more about…

Posted by on July 7, 2020 in Events, News, ocdi, online course design institute, online courses, Resource

Apply Now for the Online Course Design Institute

The Center for Teaching invites Vanderbilt faculty, postdocs, and graduate students to apply to its new Online Course Design Institute, a two-week online experience intended to help participants prepare to teach an online course. The Online Course Design Institute will be offered multiple times this summer and we are now accepting applications. During the institute participants will:…

Posted by on June 2, 2020 in course design institute, Events, News, ocdi, online course design institute, Online Education

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