This fall, I got the opportunity to teach online for the first time. I had been thinking about online teaching … More

This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together … More

This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together … More

This year, a group of faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) from multiple departments at Vanderbilt are joining together … More

Earlier this week, about 20 faculty members (and one soon-to-be faculty member) met to kick off a learning community focused … More

Our student motivation journal club is ending the academic year in the age of COVID-19 and all that implies: working … More

By Heather Fedesco, CFT Assistant Director When we give students feedback on an assignment, we often list what they did … More

What’s more important for supporting our students’ motivation—autonomy, a sense of relatedness, or a sense of competence? That’s the question … More

Why do you do the work you do? What motivates you to persist when it’s tough—when you read a review … More

By Heather Fedesco, CFT Assistant Director During the December meeting of the CFT’s student motivation journal club, we tackled the perplexing … More