‘visual thinking’
“relationships were absolutely everything”: marcy singer-gabella shares approaches for connecting people, resources, and ideas across a course.
feb. 4, 2021—marcy singer gabella, professor of the practice in the department of teaching & learning, recently joined julie johnson and jesse blocher for a conversation on teaching about the hybrid courses they taught in fall 2020. you can see the recording of the entire session here. in the segment below, marcy shares three key lessons from...
physics forman lecture: youtube’s ‘physics girl’ discusses using videos in science outreach feb. 28
feb. 19, 2019—dianna cowern, from youtube’s the physics girl, will be featured at a talk on thursday, feb. 28, in the stevenson center, room 4309. the event will begin at 4 p.m. and is open to the vanderbilt community. it is the department of physics and astronomy’s 2019 guy and rebecca forman lecture in science education. youtube was originally conceived...
visual thinking in the classroom – workshop with nick sousanis, december 4th
nov. 24, 2015—by derek bruff, cft director i’m excited to share that the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 is co-sponsoring a workshop on visual thinking in the classroom next friday, december 4th, led by nick sousanis. visual thinking in the classroom facilitator: nick sousanis, university of calgary friday, december 4th, 2:10-3:00pm buttrick 202 in nick sousanis’ book unflattening, written...
thinking stem, teaching stem: a blog series
may. 14, 2015—by vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow “thinking stem, teaching stem” is a blog series that spotlights some of the videos produced at vanderbilt for the cirtl mooc course, “an introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching.” this course drew on the expertise of experienced stem faculty, educational researchers, and representatives of university teaching centers. as previously mentioned,...
lectures and visual thinking in #stemteaching
feb. 5, 2015—by derek bruff, cft director the 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 has recently started sharing on its youtube channel videos created for last fall’s open online course, “an introduction to evidence-based undergraduate stem teaching.” vivian finch, cft graduate teaching fellow and queen of social media here at the cft, is blogging about these videos in a series...
vanderbilt sharefest: strategies for communicating complex ideas
apr. 14, 2014—by derek bruff, cft director below is a recap of last week’s vanderbilt sharefest. for more ideas on engaging students as producers of knowledge, come to the cft’s celebration of learning next monday. the event will feature a highly engaging keynote by georgetown university’s randy bass, as well as an exhibition of more than 25...
sharefest: a showcase of emerging communication strategies – today at 4pm
apr. 9, 2014—sharefest is a showcase of emerging communication strategies scheduled for 4:10 to 5:30 p.m. today at the first amendment center, with a reception following. expect a fast moving, interactive format featuring a variety of innovative communications strategies used on campus. speakers and topics include: derek bruff, director, 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分 – visual learning victoria greene,...
show and tell: more visual presentations
feb. 10, 2014—by derek bruff, cft director i’m giving a presentation this afternoon on the use of visuals in lectures and other academic presentations. i like to have the slides or prezi i use for my own presentations available online at the start of those presentations, so i’m sharing my prezi for this afternoon’s presentation here on...
show and tell: more visual presentations
nov. 1, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director i’m giving a presentation later today on campus on effective multimedia presentations, particularly in the classroom context. since i like to give participants in my sessions access to my slides at the start of those sessions, i’m posting my slides here on the cft blog. i’m not using slides, of...
beyond the five-page paper: representing student learning visually
oct. 28, 2013—by derek bruff, cft director recently, cft assistant director nancy chick and i led a workshop titled “beyond the five-page paper: representing student learning visually,” part of the cft’s “students as producers” theme year. we don’t dismiss the importance of essays as formative and evaluative activities for students, but we do want to encourage instructors...