{"id":22997,"date":"2015-09-11t12:45:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-11t17:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=22997"},"modified":"2015-09-10t09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10t14:07:59","slug":"from-the-director-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2015\/09\/from-the-director-4\/","title":{"rendered":"from the director"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"think, pair, share. it\u2019s a simple approach to engaging students in class discussions. instead of asking a question of your class and waiting for a few students to respond, ask students to think about the question silently for thirty seconds, then pair up and discuss their responses for a minute or two. when you ask students to share their perspectives with the entire class, you\u2019ll likely hear from more students sharing more thoughtful responses.\u00a0 a simple approach, but one that\u2019s informed by what we know about how students learn.<\/p>\n

it\u2019s also an approach i find myself frequently sharing with instructors, from graduate students taking on teaching assistant duties for the first time to senior faculty members interested in motivating more of their students to speak up during class.\u00a0 designing learning experiences for students, engaging students in learning both in and out of the classroom\u2014these are skills that we continue to develop and refine throughout our teaching careers.<\/p>\n

there\u2019s a line in the cft\u2019s mission about helping instructors explore \u201cnew teaching practices.\u201d\u00a0 all teaching practices are \u201cnew\u201d when we first learn about them, of course.\u00a0 one of the highlights of my job is seeing instructors of all experience levels foster deeper learning through teaching practices that are new to them.<\/p>\n

\"creator:educational technology often feels very new to instructors, both exciting and challenging at the same time.\u00a0 that\u2019s why i\u2019m happy to launch new cft initiatives aimed at helping instructors use technology to meet their teaching and learning objectives.\u00a0 we now provide support for instructors across campus using blackboard, vanderbilt\u2019s course management system.\u00a0 more information on this can be found on the renovated blackboard website<\/a>.\u00a0 additionally, we are starting three new working groups for faculty, staff, and students interested in exploring particular educational technologies.\u00a0 see below for information on these groups.<\/p>\n

new teaching practices aren\u2019t limited to those that require power and internet connections.\u00a0 we\u2019re continuing the conversations from last year\u2019s \u201cteaching, difference, and power\u201d theme through a learning community focused on teaching, gender, and sexuality.\u00a0 see below for information on this group, as well as another new learning community on the topic of community engagement pedagogies.\u00a0 and we\u2019re excited to welcome not one, but two cohorts of junior faculty teaching fellows, thanks to support from the school of nursing.<\/p>\n

these are just a few of the cft\u2019s offerings for new and veteran teachers at vanderbilt.\u00a0 for more information, visit our website<\/a> or read our recently released 2014-15 year in review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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we\u2019re able to provide these programs and services to the campus thanks to our incredible staff, a staff that has gotten a bit larger in recent months!\u00a0 please join me in welcoming stacey johnson<\/strong>, assistant director for educational technology, and lee scarborough <\/strong>and rebecca panter<\/strong>, instructional technologists.\u00a0 stacey, lee, and rebecca are leading our new blackboard support, as well as assisting with other educational technology initiatives.\u00a0 also new to the cft staff are assistant director vivian finch<\/strong>, who heads up our graduate student offerings, and postdoctoral fellows lauren campbell <\/strong>and noah green<\/strong>, who support the open, online courses on stem teaching we offer in conjunction with the cirtl network.\u00a0 and see below for our 2015-16 graduate teaching fellows!<\/p>\n

derek bruff<\/strong>
\ndirector, 2022年世界杯中国小组赛积分<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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