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gathering feedback during remote teaching and learning: questions and tools to use

apr. 5, 2020—by cynthia brame, cft associate director as we head into our fourth week of remote teaching and learning at vanderbilt, it’s a good idea for instructors to gather information from students about how they’re experiencing the shift. you may be doing that informally with your students by checking in via virtual office hours, email, and...

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new cft guide on assessing student learning now available

dec. 18, 2019—student assessment is, arguably, the centerpiece of the teaching and learning process and therefore the subject of much discussion in the scholarship of teaching and learning. without some method of obtaining and analyzing evidence of student learning, we can never know whether our teaching is making a difference. that is, teaching requires some process through...

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mid-semester student feedback

sep. 17, 2019—the feedback students provide about your teaching on their end-of-semester course evaluations can be valuable in helping you improve and refine your teaching.  soliciting mid-semester student feedback has the additional benefit of allowing you to hear your students’ concerns while there is still time in the semester to make appropriate changes.  a small group analysis...

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