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excellence in (student) podcasting submissions now open

feb. 16, 2022—the robert penn warren center for the humanities is sponsoring the second annual excellence in podcasting competition, in collaboration with the office of immersion resources and the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分. we had really fantastic student submissions last year, and you can listen to the winning submissions on our podcast vandyvox. if you know of students who...

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reaching students through open pedagogy and digital media

jan. 24, 2022—in this workshop, participants will be invited to consider how they might pursue a more open pedagogy through the creation and sharing of digital media. andy wesolek, director of digital scholarship and scholarly communications at the vanderbilt libraries, will explore the practice of open pedagogy and the benefits it can bring to faculty and to...

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from the executive director

jan. 18, 2022—  as i write this, snow is falling in nashville, and i’m reminded of all the challenges our local community has faced over the last two years, from tornadoes and storms to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. the teaching community at vanderbilt has had to adapt again and again over the last two years, and i...

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teach coding? learn about a tool for integrating enhanced jupyter notebooks into your teaching

dec. 6, 2021—as part of a course improvement grant project, associate professor of biomedical engineering will grissom been using pathbird, a tool that runs enhanced jupyter notebooks (in python, julia, or r). it allows students to navigate to their site with no additional setup, and the instructor can interleave autograders, multiple choice questions, and short answer questions with...

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workshop: teaching with case studies

nov. 1, 2021—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...

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workshop: decolonizing our teaching

oct. 26, 2021—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...

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aspire job search series: preparing for a teaching demo

oct. 18, 2021—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 ....

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applications for new round of internal teaching grants now available

oct. 11, 2021—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 . . ....

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digital presence: academic podcasting

oct. 6, 2021—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...

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celebrating the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分’s 35th anniversary

sep. 30, 2021—by derek bruff, executive director the vanderbilt 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 was founded in 1986. that means that we are celebrating our 35th anniversary this year! the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 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...

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