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one of these things was not like the others: experiences with standards- and specifications-based grading

aug. 30, 2021—this guest blog post comes from richard f. haglund, stevenson professor of physics.   the following comments are reflections after a year of fruitful dialogue with colleagues in an on-line learning community sponsored by the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分, organized and led by cynthia brame. what i experienced about grading in 2020-2021 is a significant difference...

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learning online with social annotation

jul. 26, 2021—this spring cft executive director derek bruff experimented with the social annotation tool perusall in his first-year writing seminar. perusall allowed him to share a variety of course materials with students, including news articles, podcast episodes, and youtube video, and to invite students to annotate those texts collaboratively. he used the tool in several different...

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cft celebrates certificate in college teaching graduates

jun. 22, 2021—congratulations to all the 54 graduate students and postdocs who completed the certificate in college teaching this spring! the certificate in college teaching (cict), co-sponsored by the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 and the graduate school, prepares vanderbilt graduate students and postdocs who wish to develop and refine their teaching skills. the certificate focuses on the research...

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online teaching learning community

jun. 21, 2021—even before the campus-wide move to online and remote teaching last year, the online teaching group was meeting regularly to explore challenges and opportunities. the course development resources site (cdr), which has grown out of the work of this group over the last two years, is a self-paced guide to designing, building, teaching, or maintaining great courses...

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learning community focusing on the needs of lgbtqi+ students

jun. 18, 2021—this year, the cft and the kc potter center for lgbtqi life hosted a learning community on ways faculty can better support the needs of lgbtqi+ students.  over twenty participants met throughout the year to explore lgbtqi+ student’s experiences inside and outside the classroom, to discuss scholarly literature on strategies for inclusion, and techniques of...

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learning community on teaching and race

jun. 17, 2021—in 2020-21, the cft hosted a learning community dedicated to understanding the many challenges and opportunities of teaching issues of race, and supporting students of all racial identities and backgrounds.  in five events throughout the year, dozens of participants from across the disciplines engaged in a variety of conversations about the challenges of teaching race...

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cft concludes latest online course design institute

jun. 16, 2021—to help faculty prepare for teaching this summer, we offered an online course design institute (ocdi). the institute was a revised and updated version of the institute that the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 offered in summer 2020 to more than 500 participants. participants worked in three cohorts led by cft senior staff members cynthia brame, julaine...

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learning assistant pilot program

jun. 15, 2021—learning assistants (las) are undergraduate students who are guided by a faculty member to work with small groups of students to promote active learning in a course. the use of las has been found to be associated with increased sense of belonging and to increase inclusion, particularly in large courses. las were piloted in bsci...

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new course design institute focusing on inclusive teaching

jun. 14, 2021—the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 was pleased to offer a course design institute on inclusive teaching, may 24-27, in which participants (re)designed courses with a focus on all aspects of inclusive teaching, particularly engaging a diverse range of voices and perspectives, supporting student belonging and empowerment, developing productive dialogues about difficult subjects, providing accessible assignments and activities,...

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investigating student learning journal club

jun. 11, 2021—this spring, a group of graduate students and faculty members worked with graduate teaching fellow leah roberts and associate director cynthia brame to explore different approaches that can be used to investigate how and what our students are learning. discussing research articles that illustrated a range of methods and questions, we identified possibilities for interrogating...

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