{"id":32263,"date":"2019-09-18t10:12:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-18t15:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?page_id=32263"},"modified":"2022-11-16t12:40:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16t17:40:38","slug":"innovations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/innovations\/","title":{"rendered":"teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series"},"content":{"rendered":"

leah marion roberts and student-driven course goals and expectations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/a>may. 4, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern \u00a0 during spring 2020, the teaching\u00a0 innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. as a student, i find it helpful when a course has clear goals. but while that helps guide student learning, what\u2019s equally, if…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

chelsea yarborough, cross-disciplinary examples, and online covenant building<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/a>apr. 20, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. something i\u2019ve noticed in my time as a student is the false dichotomy sometimes constructed between disciplines. the most obvious example of this is…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

chad carpenter and multi-step class problem solving<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/a>apr. 6, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern \u00a0 during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. \u00a0 in teaching quantitative courses, it can be easy to fall into the trap of creating plug-and-chug problems for students. however, chad carpenter,…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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derek bruff and cryptography escape rooms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" <\/a>mar. 9, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. i heard about dr. derek bruff\u2019s teaching innovation before i started working at the cft from my freshman ra. she had been in bruff\u2019s…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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joe bandy and accessibility and inclusivity in an environmental course<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>feb. 24, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. \u00a0 taught by dr. joe bandy, soc 3314: environmental inequality and justice covers the history, ethics, and policies of environmental activism and how the…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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stacey johnson and reflective final exams<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\" feb. 10, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern \u00a0 during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. dr. stacey johnson is passionate about teaching languages, and if there is one teaching technique she is passionate about, it\u2019s reflective exams. for…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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heather fedesco and consulting groups<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>jan. 27, 2020\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. most students can give an example from their own life from a group project gone wrong, but working in groups is often integral to…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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cynthia brame, homework to highlight \u201creal life\u201d relevance, and flipped classes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>jan. 13, 2020\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern during spring 2020, the teaching innovations at vanderbilt blog series will highlight teaching innovations that cft staff have implemented and evaluated in their own courses. \u00a0 working at the cft has been one of the best decisions i have made in college. it has afforded me many wonderful opportunities,…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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danielle picard, mary anne caton and wikipedia editing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong>dec. 15, 2019\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern we\u2019ve all been told\u2014or been the one telling people\u2014to not use wikipedia as a source. there\u2019s a variety of reasons, of course, with the main one being the credibility of the information. wikipedia is aware of this and has made a series of changes aimed at rectifying this. their… [more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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mckanders and refugee policy podcasts<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>dec. 2, 2019\u2014<\/span>by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern in the spring of last year, three students from professor karla mckanders\u2019s law 7620: refugee law and policy course contributed podcasts to the\u00a0life of the law blog new voices series. this amazing opportunity for students came about from a final project for the course. the course focuses on the…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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anna guengerich and multi-group roleplay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>oct. 29, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern certain classes stay with you, and hart-1330w sacred sites in world history is one of the classes for me. i still love to talk about the stave churches of norway, which were the topic of my final paper and project. another part of the class that i found very…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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john bradley and teaching writing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>oct. 14, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern talking with dr. john bradley, director of the writing studio, helped me name critical lessons about writing that that i\u2019ve realized firsthand as a vanderbilt student here. i think teachers and students like me can benefit from both the abstract approaches and the concrete tools bradley uses to foster…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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garrett tate, lily claiborne, and student analysis of real-world data<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>sep. 30, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern it\u2019s pretty hard to not find volcanoes exciting. that\u2019s part of the reason why i think a new active learning activity in ees-1510: the dynamic earth: introduction to geological sciences, is so cool. the other reason i think it\u2019s amazing is that it represents a great example of an…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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lisa fazio and peerceptiv<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>sep. 16, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern as a student, i have complicated feelings about peer review. it can be incredibly helpful, but only if it\u2019s implemented well and if all students involved put real time and effort into giving useful feedback. that\u2019s why i think dr. lisa fazio\u2019s use of peerceptiv could be useful to…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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dana kan and low-stakes retrieval midterms<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>sep. 3, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern i love interviewing professors for this blog series; every time i do it, i learn something new. speaking with dr. dana kan, an assistant professor in the department of hearing and speech sciences at 瑞士vs喀麦隆走地 medical center, i learned that classroom acoustics constitute an important aspect of the…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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chris candelaria and poster sessions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>aug. 19, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern for the first time in this blog series, i was able to go and see the teaching innovation i would write about. during 2019 spring semester, i visited the end-of-semester poster sessions held for hode 3225: introduction to public finance of education, which is taught by chris candelaria. candelaria…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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neil kelley, jennifer bradham and class simulations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>may. 27, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern neil kelley teaches ees 1030l: oceanography lab, assisted by his tas, michaela peterson and jennifer bradham. i was able to speak with kelley and bradham about a specific lab that, quite frankly, made me want to take the course just so i could be a part of it. and…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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mary lauren pfieffer, anna richmond, and pediatric simulations<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>may. 13, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern teaching advanced practice nursing in primary care of the child is a challenge: students need to understand a range of concepts for caring for children and adolescents across a large developmental spectrum, building knowledge that has cognitive, psychosocial, and motor components. mary lauren pfieffer, instructor in nursing, and anna…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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daniela d\u2019eugenio and selective technology use<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>apr. 29, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern personal technological devices, such as phones and laptops, are ubiquitous in society as well as the classroom. their use is banned outright by some professors and encouraged by others, but just as outside of the classroom, the exact role and extent they should be used is still being explored….[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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ravindra duddu and cyberlearning tools<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>apr. 15, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern i had the privilege to sit down with dr. ravindra duddu, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering who recently won an nsf career grant\u00a0 that focuses on understanding antarctic ice sheet fracture. to understand this phenomenon of iceberg calving, the grant proposes applying engineering tools and techniques…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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sarah suiter and engaging community partners<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>mar. 28, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern on vanderbilt\u2019s campus, it\u2019s easy to forget that there exists a world outside of it. but all around us is nashville, a bright, bustling city that\u2019s one of the fastest-growing ones in the u.s.a. and as sarah suiter is showing, it\u2019s filled with opportunities for students to engage with…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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allison leich hilbun and student mini-lectures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>mar. 4, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern dr. allison leich hilbun, senior lecturer in biological sciences, teaches bsci 3270:\u00a0statistical methods in biology, also called biostatistics. dr. leich hilbun loves teaching biostatistics, as i witnessed firsthand when i took her class last semester. she pairs her genuine excitement for sharing the material with various activities and assignments…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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corbette doyle and group work promises<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>feb. 22, 2019\u2014by faith rovenolt, cft undergraduate intern i recently had the privilege to talk with professor corbette doyle, a senior lecturer in organizational leadership in the department of leadership, policy, and organizations. she has made recent changes in one aspect of her course that strikes fear into many students\u2019 hearts: group work. doyle, like many professors,…[more]<\/a><\/p>\n

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