MOOC-Supported Learning Communities for Future STEM Faculty
I’m very pleased to announce that the free, seven-week, online course “An Introduction to Evidence-Based Undergraduate STEM Teaching” is now open for …
Coordination and Coherence: Behind the Scenes of a Multi-Institution MOOC
Back in November, I announced that the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching would be part of a $750,000, three-year, multi-institution National Science …
CIRTL Network MOOCs on Evidence-Based Teaching Practices for Future STEM Faculty
Originally posted on the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching blog on November 4, 2013. I’m pleased to announce that the Center for Teaching …
The Flipped Classroom FAQ
I have another guest blog post in the CIRTL Network’s “Effective Use of Technology” learning community, this one providing a flipped classroom …
Please Take Out Your Cell Phones
I have a blog post on mobile learning (using mobile devices like phones and tablets in education) posted over on the CIRTL …
Diigo Versus Pinterest: The Student Perspective
Last month, I blogged about the choice I gave my statistics students between using Diigo and Pinterest for the social bookmarking assignments …
A Few FAQs (with Answers!) on Clickers from #nercompCRS
Two weeks ago I gave the opening keynote at the NorthEast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) special interest group meeting on classroom response …
Flipping Out
I need to explain myself. I tweeted this earlier tonight: [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/#!/derekbruff/status/193492846597242880″] This came about 24 hours after another tweet on the …
Questions Worth Asking about Educational Technology
Last week brought the second meeting of the committee on which I serve that has been charged by my university’s chancellor to …
A Few Clicker Questions from the Sciences
I’m guest-teaching in a graduate-level course on college science teaching this morning. The instructor, Erika Grundstrom, asked me to talk with her …