{"id":7802,"date":"2011-09-15t15:06:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-15t21:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/?p=7802"},"modified":"2011-09-19t14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19t20:56:25","slug":"the-future-of-teaching-a-report-from-the-cfts-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.imrbdigital.com\/2011\/09\/the-future-of-teaching-a-report-from-the-cfts-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"the future of teaching – a report from the cft’s 25th anniversary symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"
by derek bruff, cft acting director<\/em><\/p>\n <\/a> earlier this week, i blogged about one of the two public events the cft hosted as part of our 25th anniversary celebration, a keynote on deep learning by cft founding director ken bain<\/a>.\u00a0 our other big anniversary event last week was a symposium on the future of teaching and learning.\u00a0 the symposium, held friday from 9 to 1 at the commons center, provided faculty, students, and staff from all around vanderbilt the chance to engage in a discussion about teaching that was both global and forward-looking<\/strong> in nature. participation at the symposium was fantastic, with very engaged participants from all four undergraduate colleges, as well as the schools of nursing and medicine, the commons, and the dean of students office.<\/p>\n the symposium’s opening session featured remarks by three faculty panelists on the themes we had selected for the day: changing technologies, the university’s social responsibilities, and economic challenges.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n peter durand and his colleagues at alphachimp studios were our graphic note-takers<\/strong> during the opening session and subsequent sessions.\u00a0 their visual notes provide a useful capture of the day’s discussion.\u00a0 you can see them embedded in this blog post.\u00a0 (click on an image to see a larger version.)\u00a0 and you can read their thoughts on the event over on the alphachimp blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n after the opening remarks, symposium participants moved to three breakout discussions, one for each of the symposium’s themes.\u00a0 discussions during these breakout sessions first focused on exploring ways these themes play out at vanderbilt currently, then moved on to brainstorming ways that we as individuals and as an institution might respond to these teaching challenges<\/strong>.\u00a0 look for more posts here on the cft blog in the coming days sharing aspects of these breakout discussions.<\/p>\n for the final hour of the symposium, we gathered together again to share observations and ideas from the breakout sessions, starting with comments by our faculty panelists, as well as ken bain.\u00a0 here are a few highlights:<\/p>\n
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