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bold fellow deb levy and mentor james booth share findings on their online module to help build critical skills in scientific reading

jan. 26, 2021—a difficult trade-off in scientific writing is the balance between accessibility and accuracy; scholarly science writing is often so meticulously accurate that it becomes inaccessible, while popular science writing is often so accessible that it can’t be accurate. the ability to effectively read, evaluate, and create scientific writing in all of its forms – scientific...

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bold fellows celebration

jun. 15, 2020—this may, our blended and online learning design (bold) fellows shared their projects with the vanderbilt community and beyond during an online celebration hosted by the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分. bold fellows develop online learning materials to address a teaching problem in a course taught at vanderbilt and gather data about its implementation. fellows from fields...

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the cft welcomes the 2019-20 bold fellow teams!

sep. 18, 2019—the bold fellows program helps graduate students from all disciplines design and develop online learning experiences, from building online learning modules to fostering online spaces for their students to interact. each fellow works with a faculty member who has identified a teaching “problem” in a particular course and develops a potential solution that they then...

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apply to be a bold fellow!

apr. 10, 2019—want to create innovative online learning experiences? investigate the impact of the experience on your students’ learning and share the results with colleagues? the bold fellows program helps graduate students from all disciplines design and develop online learning experiences, from building online learning modules to fostering online spaces for their students to interact. each fellow...

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graduate students present investigations of teaching tools and approaches

may. 14, 2018—support for students learning real analysis. tools to foster student collaboration in a fully online setting. opportunities for students to learn important clinical skills. these are some of the problems that bold fellows are tackling in the projects they presented on april 30. attendees learned about eleven projects during a poster session describing projects for...

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apply to be a bold fellow!

apr. 24, 2018—want to create innovative online learning experiences? investigate the impact of the experience on your students’ learning and share the results with colleagues? the bold fellows program helps graduate students from all disciplines design and develop online learning experiences, from building online learning modules to fostering online spaces for their students to interact. each fellow...

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how engaging in educational research influenced my teaching

mar. 5, 2018—by ryan bowen, cft graduate assistant when it came to teaching, i used to have intuitive sense about what effective instruction looked like in the classroom. i could walk into a room, deliver a lesson, facilitate an activity, and assess learning in some capacity. if my students met a certain performance standard or quantitative score...

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from the director

jan. 12, 2018—happy new year! we’re off and running here at the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分, with a variety of opportunities for you to refine your teaching skills and experiment with new teaching practices. looking at the semester ahead, let me draw your attention to a few highlights: on january 29th, the cft will hold a celebration of...

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apply to be a bold fellow!

nov. 6, 2017—want to create innovative online learning experiences? investigate the impact of the experience on your students’ learning and share the results with colleagues?  * the bold fellows program helps graduate students from all disciplines design and develop online learning experiences, from building online learning modules to fostering online spaces for their students to interact. each...

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apply to be a bold fellow!

oct. 11, 2017—want to create innovative online learning experiences? investigate the impact of the experience on your students’ learning and share the results with colleagues? the bold fellows program helps graduate students from all disciplines design and develop online learning experiences, from building online learning modules to fostering online spaces for their students to interact. each fellow...

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