Browsing University Centers by Subject "active learning"
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-03-07)Learning is always hard work, but sometimes it feels easier and we’re more motivated to persist if there’s an element of play involved. What can we learn about learning in the context of games that we might use to foster ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2017-02-06)In this episode, we feature an interview with Cassandra Horii, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach at the California Institute for Technology. Leading Lines host Derek Bruff talked with Cassandra ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2018-01-02)This month, Leading Lines has a pair of episodes that look at the use of laptops in the classroom. Both episodes blow up the assumption that laptops are for notetaking, and they push back on that transmission model of ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2018-01-16)In our last episode, we talked with astronomy professor Cornelia Lang about how she uses an active learning classroom in her “Big Ideas” course at the University of Iowa. In this episode, we continue talking about active ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2018-04-16)In this episode, we’re going in a slightly different direction. Since we’re here to explore the future of educational technology in higher education, we thought it would be interesting to talk with someone who is currently ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2018-08-06)In this episode, we hear from Bryan Dewsbury, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of Rhode Island. He’s incredibly passionate about student success, and he uses technology in ways that are fully ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2019-01-07)We’re starting our 2019 season with an interview with Anna Bostwick Flaming, associate director at the Center for Teaching in the Office of Teaching, Learning, & Technology at the University of Iowa. Anna heads up the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2019-12-02)Viji Sathy and Kelly Hogan both work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where they not only teach hundreds of students a year, but also support their fellow UNC educators in a variety of ways. Viji is a ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2021-04-05)In October 2020, Stephen Kosslyn published a new book called Active Learning Online: Five Principles that Make Online Courses Come Alive. The book draws on Kosslyn’s experiences at Minerva, but also his very long and ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2021-11-01)Brooke Ackerly and Kristin Michelitch, both political science professors here at Vanderbilt University, are editing a forthcoming special issue of the journal PS: Political Science and Politics focused on Wikipedia, the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-01-17)In September 2021, Derek Bruff had the opportunity to visit the Farminary at Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. The Farminary is a working farm on the seminary campus that’s integrated in the seminary curriculum. ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-04-04)Deep learning is the kind of learning we want form our students, but it’s also the hardest kind of learning to foster in our students. In today’s episode, we hear from Monica Sulecio de Alvarez, a learning experience ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-04-18)James Paul Gee wrote a book on games that pointed out how much learning happens when you play a game. Gee was writing about video games, but the same is true for analog games, like board games. Designing a game for players ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2022-05-16)On today’s episode of Leading Lines, producer and colleague Stacey Johnson brings us an interview with Jill Lassiter, assistant professor of health sciences at James Madison University. Professor Lassiter recently wrote a ...