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students as producers + educational technology
jan. 25, 2014—by derek bruff, cft director i’m presenting this morning during the first set of concurrent sessions at the cft’s gradstep event for graduate students and post-docs. the session is titled “using technology to support students as producers of knoweldge,” and it combines two of my favorite topics: students as producers plus educational technology. certainly, technology...
recommended reading: cheating lessons by james lang
jan. 13, 2014—by derek bruff, cft director. cross-posted from derek’s blog, agile learning. last summer, i was honored to be asked to read and review james lang’s excellent new book, cheating lessons: learning from academic dishonesty (harvard university press, 2013). james lang is an associate professor of english and the director of the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 excellence...
flexible classrooms: highlights from #spaces4learning
dec. 19, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director. cross-posted from derek’s blog, agile learning. last week 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地 hosted a group of architects and architecture faculty from the university of melbourne for a series of presentations and conversations on the design of learning spaces. melbourne is one of our “sister” schools, and faculty from its school of architecture...
designing spaces for learning: what’s next? – monday, december 9th
dec. 5, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director the space, learning, and mobility lab (slamlab) at peabody college, peabody international affairs, and the vanderbilt international office are hosting a presentation and interactive reception on the topic of learning spaces on monday, december 9th. “designing spaces for learning: what’s next?” features a presentation by faculty from the university of...
moocs on evidence-based teaching practices for future stem faculty: a $750k nsf wider grant
nov. 4, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director i’m pleased to announce that the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will be part of a $750,000, three-year, multi-institution national science foundation wider grant supporting the creation of two moocs (massive open online courses) on evidence-based teaching practices for future stem (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) faculty. i am one of the...
students as producers: bringing the digital into (and out of) the humanities classroom #thatcampvu
nov. 1, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director i’m also giving a workshop today at thatcamp vanderbilt. the session is titled “students as producers: bringing the digital into (and out of) the humanities classroom,” and it’s co-presented with vivian finch, doctoral student in german and the cft’s hastac scholar. below you’ll find the prezi we’re using. click on...
show and tell: more visual presentations
nov. 1, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director i’m giving a presentation later today on campus on effective multimedia presentations, particularly in the classroom context. since i like to give participants in my sessions access to my slides at the start of those sessions, i’m posting my slides here on the cft blog. i’m not using slides, of...
save the date: a celebration of learning on april 21, 2014
oct. 30, 2013—the final event in the vanderbilt 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分’s “students as producers” theme year will be a celebration of learning on april 21, 2014, in alumni hall. the event, held from 3 to 6 p.m. on the last day of spring classes, will feature students and the products of their learning experiences in courses at...
class time reconsidered: making the most of 150 minutes a week
oct. 29, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director. cross-posted from derek’s blog, agile learning. i spent last friday in sunny denver, colorado, catching up with my grad school colleague nick galatos and giving a talk on, well, the flipped classroom for the university of denver mathematics department. i hesitate to use the term “flipped classroom” because i had...
beyond the five-page paper: representing student learning visually
oct. 28, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director recently, cft assistant director nancy chick and i led a workshop titled “beyond the five-page paper: representing student learning visually,” part of the cft’s “students as producers” theme year. we don’t dismiss the importance of essays as formative and evaluative activities for students, but we do want to encourage instructors...