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jftf spotlight on danyelle valentine
may. 25, 2023—throughout the year, the cft highlights the work of their junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, danyelle valentine shares about her work as a fellow. i am a senior lecturer in both american studies and gender and sexuality studies. my research interests explore histories of resistance to bondage, migration, and freedom throughout the black atlantic. my...
new book edited by cft assistant director, stacey johnson
may. 3, 2023—check out this recently published book edited by the cft’s own assistant director stacey johnson. entitled how we take action: social justice in pk-16 language classrooms and published by information age publishing just this month, this volume brings together practical examples of social justice in language education from a wide range of contexts. even language...
jftf spotlight on divya chaudhry
apr. 18, 2023—throughout the year, the cft highlights the work of their junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, divya chaudhry shares about her work as a fellow. i am a senior lecturer in hindi-urdu at 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地, passionate about teaching hindi and urdu languages, as well as south asian culture. my instructional decision making can be best...
jftf spotlight on lynn punnoose
apr. 3, 2023—throughout the year, the cft highlights the work of their junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, lynn punnoose shares about her work as a fellow. i am an assistant professor of medicine at vanderbilt and a cardiologist specializing in advanced heart failure. i am passionate about education both for our faculty and trainees, and...
reflections on teaching in the age of ai
feb. 3, 2023—by stacey m. johnson, assistant director for educational technology later today, several of us from the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will be in alumni hall with colleagues from the writing studio and the a&s ai grand challenge initiative to co-host a workshop about the future of teaching writing in the age of ai. space is limited,...
self-registration courses
may. 23, 2022—by stacey m. johnson self-registration courses are brightspace courses into which anyone with a vunetid can enroll as a student. these courses cover a variety of topics and come from different offices, centers, and departments on campus. find out how to register yourself for a course here. we hope you will self-register for the three...
course design institute on inclusive teaching
apr. 25, 2022—by joe bandy and stacey johnson we invite you to join in our course design institute on the theme of inclusive teaching. this virtual event will take place via brightspace and zoom, may 16 – 19 (9am-4pm monday, tuesday, and wednesday, and 9-12:30pm thursday). during the four-day institute, participants will (re)design courses with careful attention...
online and hybrid teaching working group
mar. 17, 2022—by stacey m. johnson in this series of three meetings via zoom, our group will explore experiential teaching online through the lens of telecollaboration, online community engagement, and online course design. join us for one, two or all three of these conversations in which we will explore resources and challenges associated with experiential online and...
updated teaching guide: personal devices in the classroom (formerly wireless in the classroom)
dec. 2, 2021—the cft first published a guide on considering how to work with wireless devices in the classroom in 2010. given the rapidly changing digital landscape since then, this guide has been updated to better consider and account for the changes in how personal electronic devices are used, and how widespread they have become. it considers how personal electronic devices (especially laptops) can impact learning in...
updated guide! dealing with the unexpected: teaching when you or your students can’t make it to class
oct. 29, 2021—in 2017, the cft first published a guide called dealing with the unexpected: teaching when you or your students can’t make it to class in response to concerns about how unpredictable events like travel delays or illness like the flu might affect student and faculty ability to attend class meetings. that guide has gone through...