Assessing and Representing the Impact of CTLs
Thanks to the accountability provided by our professional development meetings at CETL, I’ve finished Mary C. Wright’s new book Centers for Teaching …
Programs, Services, and More: A Map of CTL Tactics
My colleagues and I at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) have been reading and discussing Mary C. Wright’s …
Ten Years of Preparing Future Faculty through STEM Teaching Courses
When I’m asked about the difference between faculty work and teaching center work, I’ll often say that faculty are often working on …
Graduate Teaching Fellows Program Ending (Too Soon)
After 20 years, the Graduate Teaching Fellows program at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching is coming to an end this year. The GTF …
Starting an Academic Podcast / Notes from PODFest 2022
Yesterday the Digital Resources and Innovation committee of the POD Network hosted the first ever POD Fest, a two-hour online event aimed …
Toward More Equitable Academic Searches
Last month, I read with interest this Psychonomic Society post from several of my Vanderbilt psychology colleagues: “Organizing a Faculty Cluster Hire …
Advice for New Teaching Center Directors
This summer a colleague who is fairly new to the educational development field asked me for three pieces of advice for a …
The Trouble with Grades
I’m not sure there’s a precise definition yet for ungrading, but it usually refers to some combination of questioning the role of grades …
Celebrating 100 Episodes of the Leading Lines Podcast
Cross-posted from the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog… Five years ago, I pitched the idea of a podcast about educational technology to …
Students as Producers: Collaborating toward Deeper Learning
If you’ve been following my work, you know that I’m a proponent of engaging the students in the courses we teach not …