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october blackboard support offerings

oct. 12, 2015—  blackboard support at the cft will be offering training and support in october for faculty, graduate students, and staff using blackboard. come to our drop-in support hours: monday,  oct 12th  1-3pm               monday,  oct 19th  1-3pm monday,  oct 26th  1-3pm in addition, on monday october 19, we will be offering a special workshop session called “using media in blackboard” for...

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cft welcomes new graduate teaching fellows

sep. 18, 2015—this year’s graduate teaching fellows are, left to right, richard coble (religion), ben galina (spanish & portuguese), brielle harbin (political science), jane hirtle (psychology and human development), and danielle picard (history).

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junior faculty teaching fellow spotlights: karen hande and ravindra duddu

sep. 17, 2015—each month, the cft newsletter highlights the work of our junior faculty teaching fellows. this month, karen hande, instructor in nursing, and ravindra duddu, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, talk about their teaching philosophy and interests. karen hande my interest in teaching began when i precepted nurse practitioner students in my practice.  it...

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september teaching visit opportunity

sep. 15, 2015—the teaching visits program is an important way by which the cft promotes collaborative inquiry and reflection, providing case-based opportunities for vanderbilt teachers to consider choices they have when constructing their classes. a small group of visitors observes a host’s class on a selected day and then engages in an hour of conversation with the...

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stem pedagogy journal club

sep. 14, 2015—vanderbilt’s stem pedagogy journal club is a student-driven initiative for graduate students and postdocs interested in teaching science at the undergraduate level. we will discuss teaching theory, teaching techniques, and the latest in research on science education. no previous teaching experience needed, just an interest to learn! date: september 15 time: 4pm location: 11455 mrbiv...

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upcoming blackboard support offerings

sep. 14, 2015—september holds several opportunities to learn more about blackboard. drop-in hours will held weekly. find the schedule on the blackboard support site or the cft website. we will also be conducting workshops about specific tools and features on blackboard. language teachers will be happy to hear that in the first two weeks of september, blackboard...

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new educational technology working groups

sep. 10, 2015—at the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分, we regularly consult with faculty and graduate student instructors on ways to use technology to meet their teaching and learning objectives.  although technology use should always be driven by pedagogical priorities, sometimes instructors learn about particular technologies and want to explore ways those technologies might fit their teaching needs.  this...

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join the cft’s learning community on community engagement pedagogies

sep. 8, 2015—the cft is proud to continue its programming for faculty and graduate students interested in community engagement pedagogies (often called service learning), with a year-long discussion group or learning community.  as former vanderbilt faculty janet eyler and dwight e. giles once stated, service learning is “a form of experiential education where learning occurs through a...

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be part of the teaching, gender, and sexuality learning community

sep. 4, 2015—all year, the cft continues its attention to issues of teaching, difference, and power by organizing a learning community on teaching, gender, and sexuality.  the hope for the group is to have a dynamic discussion of, both the many issues that arise when teaching a student body of varied gendered and sexual identities, and how...

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announcing the new teaching affiliates for 2015

aug. 13, 2015—this year’s teaching affiliates are, left to right, jennifer bradham (earth science), kristen droege (chemistry), kelley frances fenelon (human and organizational development), tim foster (spanish),  allison mcgrath (sociology), kirsten mendoza (english), mike moody (economics), matt thompson (chemical engineering). the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 is excited to announce the teaching affiliates for 2015. teaching affiliates create and...

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