commentary category
ask professor pedagogy: lab sessions
nov. 16, 2012—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...
ask professor pedagogy: designing a guest lecture
nov. 2, 2012—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...
getting to know coursera: video discussions
oct. 23, 2012—by katie mcewen, graduate assistant last time, we began our discussion of some of the shared features in coursera — across courses and disciplines — with the favored method of presentation: the video lecture. today, we’ll take a look at a less common approach, the video discussion. to me, a student and teacher used to small...
ask professor pedagogy: midterm exams
oct. 19, 2012—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...
coursera as innovation accelerator?
oct. 17, 2012—by derek bruff, cft director if you watch the talk given by stanford professor and coursera co-founder daphne koller here at vanderbilt a couple of weeks ago, it’s easy to miss what might be the most transformative aspect of coursera’s foray into massive open online courses (moocs). before i point out that aspect, a little...
ask professor pedagogy: using course blogs
oct. 5, 2012—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like...
getting to know coursera: video lectures
oct. 4, 2012—by katie mcewen, graduate assistant next semester vanderbilt will begin offering its first round of massive open online courses (moocs) as a part of the coursera consortium. now 33 universities strong, coursera lists 198 courses over fifteen different disciplines: from medicine to computer science; physical and earth sciences to humanities and social sciences, coursera seems...
ask professor pedagogy: student evaluations
sep. 21, 2012—ask professor pedagogy is a twice monthly advice column written by 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 staff. one aspect of our mission is to cultivate dialogue about teaching and learning, so we welcome questions and concerns that arise in the classroom; particularly those from vanderbilt faculty, students, and staff. if you have a question that you’d like professor p...
from the director
aug. 3, 2012—it’s been fascinating in recent weeks to read story after story about open, online education. last spring, online courses at a handful of universities attracted hundreds of thousands of students. this summer brought news of more institutions experimenting in this arena, partnering with online education companies to do so. all this buzz has led to...