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$500 digital humanities opportunity for grad students: apply by oct. 28th!
oct. 17, 2018—the vanderbilt hastac network is now accepting applications for the 2018-19 hastac scholars program. graduate students interested in learning more about digital humanities and gaining hands-on experience are encouraged to apply. hastac (humanities, arts, science, and technology alliance and collaboratory) is a global network of individuals and institutions brought together by their shared interest in the...
teaching design thinking learning community october conversation: education as a design process
oct. 16, 2018—students in vanderbilt’s learning and design m.ed. program combine theories and principles from the learning sciences with processes and practices from user-centered design. join us for a conversation on education as a design process with kristen neal, lecturer in teaching and learning and director of the learning and design program, and melissa gresalfi, associate professor of mathematics education...
leading lines ed tech podcast with ingeborg walther
oct. 11, 2018—this fall, two members of the leading lines team, working completely independently, brought interviews with university educators about shared language programs. in each case, a group of colleges and universities got together to offer online language courses. these are courses that wouldn’t have enough enrollment to run at a single institution, but across three or...
teaching digital literacies learning community october conversation to focus on multimodal assignments
oct. 9, 2018—how can we design authentic, multimodal assignments that prepare students to communicate effectively through a variety of media? how can we prepare students to use digital tools not only as consumers of information, but also as producers of knowledge? join us for a conversation on engaging students as producers of knowledge through multimodal assignments. our...
brightspace help is available in october!
oct. 5, 2018—come the the cft and get individual help duringbrightspace drop-in hours or by appointment in a one-on-one consult with one of our instructional technologists. you can also email us at brightspace@vanderbilt.edu or check out this collection of step-by-step guides for help getting started. october drop-in hours mondays 2:30pm – 4:30pm tuesdays 9:00am – 11:00am wednesdays 1:00pm – 3:00pm
upcoming learning community meetings on understanding the needs of international students and faculty
oct. 4, 2018—this year, the cft continues its attention to issues of teaching, difference, and power by organizing a learning community dedicated to understanding and supporting the needs of international students and faculty. the hope for the group is to have a dynamic discussion of the many issues that arise for international students and faculty in the...
in-class activities for teaching writing
oct. 3, 2018—by derek bruff, cft director, cross-posted from agile learning i’ve been teaching my first-year writing seminar on cryptography off and on since 2010, and yet i still feel like a rookie when it comes to teaching writing. i’ve learned a lot, certainly, but there always seems more to learn. that’s why i was excited about...