‘cft event’
course design institute on inclusive teaching
apr. 25, 2022—by joe bandy and stacey johnson we invite you to join in our course design institute on the theme of inclusive teaching. this virtual event will take place via brightspace and zoom, may 16 – 19 (9am-4pm monday, tuesday, and wednesday, and 9-12:30pm thursday). during the four-day institute, participants will (re)design courses with careful attention...
course design institute on inclusive teaching
mar. 29, 2022—by joe bandy and stacey johnson we invite you to join in our course design institute on the theme of inclusive teaching. this virtual event will take place via brightspace and zoom, may 16 – 19 (9am-4pm monday, tuesday, and wednesday, and 9-12:30pm thursday). during the four-day institute, participants will (re)design courses with careful attention...
spotlight event: teaching with wikipedia
sep. 16, 2021—wikipedia is home to over 55 million articles. the website is a valuable source for information, but it also has systematic knowledge gaps, as well as biases toward historically privileged perspectives. vanderbilt political scientists brooke ackerly and kristin michelitch have been working to correct these gaps and biases by engaging their students as wikipedia contributors. students are, in...
digital media lab open house
aug. 19, 2021—date: monday, august 23rd time: 1:00-3:00pm location: digital commons, 1101 19th ave. south, room 012 facilitators: rhett mcdaniel, cft assistant director tracye davis, digital media specialist seth shepherd, digital media specialist visit the cft’s new digital media lab located in the digital commons. this new facility provides instructors with the software, equipment, environment, and instructional staff needed to...
celebration of learning 2020: an exhibition of students as producers
jan. 13, 2020—on february 13, 2020, the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will hold a celebration of learning, an exhibition of students as producers. the event will feature students from all over campus sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered, providing the vanderbilt community with a picture of deep learning across the colleges and schools. we are inviting faculty...
celebration of learning 2020: an exhibition of students as producers
dec. 6, 2019—on february 13, 2020, the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 will hold a celebration of learning, an exhibition of students as producers. the event will feature students from all over campus sharing what they have learned, created, designed, and discovered, providing the vanderbilt community with a picture of deep learning across the colleges and schools. we are inviting faculty...
from the director
jan. 9, 2019—happy new year! we have a busy semester planned at the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分, with lots of opportunities for the vanderbilt teaching community to reflect on their teaching, to connect with colleagues, and to be inspired. here are just a few highlights… on february 4th, the cft will hold a celebration of learning, an exhibition...
november learning community meeting: classroom challenges
nov. 6, 2018—join a dynamic discussion of the many issues that arise for international students and faculty in the u.s. classroom, and the teaching approaches that may help both to thrive. the learning community meetings involve informal discussions of pedagogical readings, teaching challenges, and practical strategies for improving our teaching and learning. topics include but are not limited to…...
“students as producers” course design institute may 7-9
mar. 22, 2018—the cft invites vanderbilt faculty members to apply to its 2018 course design institute on the theme of “students as producers.” during the three-day institute (may 7-9, 2018) participants will design (or redesign) courses that engage students not only as consumers of information, but producers of knowledge. proposals for museum acquisitions written by students in a course on african-american art....
instructors open classroom doors for two days of teaching visits across campus
oct. 6, 2016—by marianna sharp, cft communications intern this year’s open dores teaching visits program was a success. on september 27th and 28th dozens of faculty, post-docs, and graduate students visited forty classrooms and observed the teaching practices of faculty in a wide variety of disciplines. on wednesday afternoon, a number of the hosts and visitors gathered...