Digitallearning
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Learning in MOOC Years
"Eight weeks and 30,000 students gave me a crash course in the future of digital learning technologies," writes engineering professor Doug Schmidt in this Vanderbilt Magazine column on his experience teaching one of Vanderbilt University's first massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Read MoreMay 8, 2013
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Free online nutrition course kicks off May 6
There is still time to join more than 66,000 students around the globe who have registered to take a free online course on nutrition from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. The course begins May 6. Read MoreMay 3, 2013
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Free Vanderbilt teacher professional development course to be offered online
K-12 teachers across the country will have the opportunity to take a professional development course from Vanderbilt University faculty next spring via the university’s partnership with leading massive online open course provider Coursera. Read MoreApr 30, 2013
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‘The Flipped Classroom and Peer Instruction’ lecture April 4
If you’re interested in improving student learning in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields or in large classes of any discipline, you won’t want to miss Harvard physics professor Eric Mazur’s talk in Light Hall at noon Thursday, April 4. Mazur’s talk, titled “An Alternative Approach to Helping… Read MoreApr 2, 2013
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‘Learning and the MOOC’ continues April 4
The Center for Teaching is hosting an online conference that features presentations by nearly two dozen faculty and administrators from colleges and universities around the world experimenting with massive open online courses. Read MoreApr 2, 2013
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Local meetup organized for Coursera software course
A meetup has been organized in Nashville for individuals taking Professor of Computer Science Doug Schmidt’s first course on the Coursera platform, Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures for Concurrent and Networked Software, which goes live March 4. Read MoreMar 4, 2013
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The making of a MOOC: Coursera launches at Vanderbilt March 4
Learn more about what goes into creating an online course for tens of thousands of students from the faculty who will be teaching Vanderbilt's first foray into MOOCs. Read MoreMar 4, 2013
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Vanderbilt on Coursera: Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures for Concurrent and Networked Software
View this preview video of Doug Schmidt’s spring 2013 Coursera course, Pattern-Oriented Software Architectures for Concurrent and Networked Software. Douglas C. Schmidt is a Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering program, and a Senior Researcher at the Institute for Software Integrated Systems, all… Read MoreJan 18, 2013
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Watch: Doug Fisher, other experts discuss “flipped classrooms” with Coursera
In this webinar with Coursera, Vanderbilt's Doug Fisher and a panel of experts from other universities discuss the "flipped classroom" model and other learning possibilities offered by participation in massive, open, online course platforms like Coursera. Fisher is associate professor of computer science and of computer engineering. Read MoreJan 17, 2013
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Listen: Computer scientist Doug Schmidt discusses MOOCs
Listen to Doug Schmidt, professor of computer science and of computer engineering, discuss the impact and implications of massive open online courses, or MOOCs, on this episode of the Software Engineering Radio podcast. Read MoreJan 10, 2013
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Doug Fisher: Warming up to MOOCs
"The implications of MOOCs for community between faculty and students, as well as the relationships within and between local and global learning communities, interest and excite me," writes Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science and computer engineering, in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read MoreDec 7, 2012
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Vanderbilt University joins other top universities to offer selection of courses online for credit
Vanderbilt University and nine of the nation’s other leading colleges and universities announced plans Nov. 15 to begin offering selected courses online for credit. Read MoreNov 15, 2012
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Video: Doug Fisher on digital learning at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference
Doug Fisher, associate professor of computer science, participated in a panel discussion at the Ithaka Sustainable Scholarship conference. This year's topic was the impact of digital learning technology on scholarly practices and notions of quality in the academy. Read MoreNov 14, 2012
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Council on Library Information Resources and Vanderbilt to examine national-scale digital projects in higher education
Central Library framed by fall foliage. (John Russell/Vanderbilt University) The Council on Library and Information Resources and Vanderbilt University have established a committee to examine emerging national-scale digital projects and their potential to help transform higher education in terms of scholarly productivity, teaching, cost-efficiency and… Read MoreOct 11, 2012
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Coursera co-founder discusses digital learning platform’s rapid growth, success
Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller gave the first talk in the 2012-13 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series Oct. 2. (Steve Green/Vanderbilt) Since its launch roughly a year ago, the online learning consortium Coursera has grown to more than 1.5 million registered users. This rapid… Read MoreOct 4, 2012
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Online education pioneer to deliver Hall Lecture Oct. 2
Daphne Koller will present her ground-breaking work in free, universally accessible college education as the first guest speaker in the 2012-13 John R. and Donna S. Hall Engineering Lecture Series. Read MoreSep 19, 2012
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VUCast: Home Run for Health
This week on VUCast: They won our hearts. Now, learn how one champion is winning his fight with diabetes. Some Vanderbilt classes are soon coming to a computer near you. And, Popeye was right. Researchers give new meaning to the term spinach power. [vucastblurb]… Read MoreSep 19, 2012
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A message from Chancellor Zeppos: Vanderbilt joins Coursera
Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos (Vanderbilt University) Dear Vanderbilt Community: As one of our nation’s and world’s top research universities, Vanderbilt advances its mission by integrating and disseminating knowledge and information. Increasingly, Internet technology presents an exciting conduit for the broad dissemination of knowledge to millions. Last year, I appointed… Read MoreSep 19, 2012
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Vanderbilt University to offer free courses online through Coursera
Vanderbilt University will make its first institution-wide foray into offering worldwide, free, digital courses by some of its leading faculty members in spring 2013 via the digital learning consortium Coursera. Read MoreSep 19, 2012
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Chancellor assembles Committee on Social Media and the Internet
As part of the administration’s ongoing efforts to incorporate new technologies, especially social media, into the execution of the university’s mission, Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos has organized the Committee on Social Media and the Internet. Vanderbilt faculty, researchers, physicians, students and staff comprise the year-long task force and are… Read MoreFeb 10, 2012