‘publications’
encouraging engagement and enthusiasm– one student’s perspective on online course design
mar. 1, 2017—by rachel biel, undergraduate intern my first interaction with the online classroom came in the fall of 2012, my senior year of high school. with my sights set on attending vanderbilt, i enrolled in four ap courses, each of which my school only taught one section. this left my daily schedule completely inflexible: i had...
cft assistant directors publish study on graduate student sotl programs
mar. 19, 2015—assistant directors nancy chick and cynthia brame have just published their findings from a study of vanderbilt graduate students’ research and experiences in the cft’s programs in the scholarship of teaching and learning (sotl). “an investigation of the products and impact of graduate student sotl programs: observations and recommendations from a single institution” was published...
wrapping a mooc: cft study published in the journal of online learning and teaching (jolt)
sep. 30, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director last fall, vanderbilt computer science professor doug fisher “flipped” his graduate-level course on machine learning. instead of having his students read their textbook before class or watch lecture videos that he created, as is typical for a “flipped” classroom, doug asked his students to prepare for class by taking another...
new book from cft assistant director nancy chick on signature pedagogies
mar. 12, 2012—by cft director derek bruff exploring more signature pedagogies: approaches to teaching disciplinary habits of mind (2012) just hit the stands a couple of weeks ago. this is big news at the cft because the lead editor is nancy chick, our new assistant director. this book is the follow-up to exploring signature pedagogies: approaches to...