Center For Teaching

During the three-day institute May 6–8, 15 faculty participants will learn and apply a process for designing courses in which learning objectives, activities and assessments are aligned and in which students are engaged not only as consumers of information, but also as producers of knowledge. Read More

Each episode of VandyVox features student work originating from a curricular or co-curricular project and includes audio documentaries, radio dramas, spoken word essays and ongoing podcasts. Read More

Research projects and design initiatives, podcasts and documentaries, candle-making devices and board games, clothing catalogs and virtual reality simulations—these and more will be on display at the Celebration of Learning on Feb. 4. Read More

In support of Design as an Immersive Vanderbilt Experience, the Center for Teaching is hosting a learning community this fall for faculty, staff and students interested in teaching design thinking. Read More

The conversations, scheduled for Sept. 14, Oct. 16 and Nov. 13, will focus on critical media literacy, multimodal assignments, and participating in online communities. Read More

During the Sept. 24-26 event, more than a dozen faculty hosts will open their classrooms to visitors to foster authentic observations of and reflections on teaching at Vanderbilt. Read More

The Vanderbilt Center for Teaching hosted a Celebration of Learning Jan. 29 that featured 34 student projects, posters and presentations from across campus. Students from six colleges and schools exhibited their works celebrating immersive student learning. Read More

On Monday, Jan. 29, from 2 to 5 p.m., the Center for Teaching will hold a Celebration of Learning, an exhibition of students as producers. The event will feature posters, presentations and projects by students from across campus, sharing what they have learned, created, designed and discovered. Read More

The Office of the Dean of Students is reporting a high number of influenza cases among students on campus. As a result, the Student Health Center is encouraging all students who are ill to stay away from class to avoid spreading the virus. Read More

In support of the Academic Strategic Plan, the site highlights initiatives that bolster Vanderbilt’s commitment to new technologies and practices that advance teaching, learning and discovery. Read More

Vanderbilt’s Center for Teaching will host “The Open Classroom: Two Days of Teaching Visits” Sept. 5 and 6. This program will showcase examples of best teaching practices featuring talented faculty from across the university. Read More

Bright space, Vanderbilt’s new course management system, can be used to share course resources with students, communicate with students and engage them in discussion, administer quizzes and other assignments, and provide students with feedback on their learning. Read More

A team of Vanderbilt astronomers, working with the Center for Teaching, have developed an online course on celestial navigation that the NROTC is using to reintroduce training in celestial navigation. Read More

Bright space, which will replace Blackboard as Vanderbilt’s course management system this summer, is now available for instructors planning their summer and fall courses. Read More

Leading Lines, a Vanderbilt-produced podcast on the use of educational technology in higher education, recently launched its second season. The podcast explores creative, intentional and effective uses of technology to enhance student learning and features interviews with educators, researchers, technologists and others. Read More

The Office of the Provost has launched a new website and video to promote and share information about Vanderbilt’s Quality Enhancement Plan: Design as an Immersive Vanderbilt Experience, or DIVE. Read More

Vanderbilt will launch Brightspace as its primary course management system in summer 2017 replacing Blackboard, the university’s current system. Read More

The Blackboard support team at the Center for Teaching announces its holiday schedule to assist instructors preparing for spring courses. Read More

Course and teaching evaluations for the fall semester launch on Friday, Dec. 2, for the Blair School of Music, College of Arts and Science, Divinity School, School of Engineering, Graduate School, and Peabody College. The evaluations will remain open for eight days and end at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9. Read More

Following a multi-committee review process that included both faculty and staff representation, students in the four undergraduate schools, the Graduate School and Vanderbilt Divinity School will utilize a new software system to complete their end-of-semester course and teaching evaluations beginning Dec. 2. Read More