Students as (Podcast) Producers
One of the themes we build into much of our work at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching is the notion of engaging …
Highlights from Carleton College’s Visual Learning Conference (Part 3)
Carleton College’s Visual Learning Conference was one of the most interesting and unusual conferences I’ve attended. As I noted in my first …
Prezi: Substance and Style
There’s been some discussion on a math listserv to which I belong about the merits of Prezi as a presentation tool. The …
A Few Favorite Blogs about Teaching
A tool we use at the center to improve our ability to work together is StrengthsFinder, a research-based tool for identifying one’s …
Mobile Learning and the Inverted Classroom (#EDUSprint)
Number four on my list of five types of mobile learning is the use of mobile devices (smart phones, tablets, and such) …
Lessons Learned by a First-Time Writing Seminar Teacher
This is final (planned) post reflecting on my experiences this fall teaching a first-year writing seminar on the history and mathematics of …
Experiments in Class Participation – An Update on My Cryptography Course
Back in early August here on the blog, I described a few “experiments” in more public class participation I planned to implement …
Teaching Mathematics with Classroom Response Systems
Earlier this week, I gave a virtual presentation at the Muskegon Community College Math and Technology Workshop organized by Maria Andersen. The …
Teaching Math with Clickers: Addressing Misconceptions with Prediction Questions
Continuing my reports from the contributed paper session on teaching with clickers I helped coordinate at the Joint Mathematics Meetings back in …
Active Learning Approaches in Mathematics
A colleague recently asked me for some references on commonly used active learning approaches in teaching mathematics. I located a few useful …