What Students Don’t Know About Technology
“My students know more about technology than I do,” is a common statement made by educators. But is it really true? They may have more apps than their professors on …
Trans* Inclusion in the Classroom: Addressing Students’ Preferred Pronouns
In April 2017, the Duke Graduate School, Duke’s Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, and the Duke Center for Instructional Technology (now Learning Innovation) co-sponsored a workshop on Transgender Inclusion …
Reflections On Teaching Shared with New Duke Faculty
Learning Innovation invited instructors new to teaching at Duke to hear from experienced faculty as they shared their teaching tips, ideas and lessons learned. “What I Wish I Had Known …
“Reacting to the Past” Winter Conference
Are you looking for a way to increase classroom interaction and student engagement? Do you hope to implement high impact practices into your course or program curriculum? Do you want to …
Spark a Discussion: What’s Going on in This Picture?
In a day-to-day class, it can be difficult to think of new ways to get students out of their “comfort zone” to look at course topics or a discipline with …
Engage Students with Online Collaboration Tools
Are you an instructor looking for teaching strategies to create an engaging learning experience for your students? Lok Chan, Bass online apprentice with the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) explored …
PechaKucha: A Different Method for Student Presentation and Writing
Recently, I attended the Lilly Conference on Designing Effective Teaching in Asheville, NC. Dr. Richard Straw, Professor of History at Redford University, demonstrated a PechaKucha and discuss how he uses …
Globalizing an Online Nursing Course at Duke
The Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) partnered with the Duke University School of Nursing (DUSON) to redesign and implement a cross-cultural perspective to N502: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, a …
Bass Online Apprentice Develops Diverse Skill Set to Teach Online
“The biggest thing I’ve learned is that there are a lot of steps in the process of launching an online course, and there are a lot of parties involved in …
Teaching Strategies for the New Term
CIT has authored a number of quick-reference guides to provide Duke faculty with resources on a range of teaching strategies. As the spring term begins, we hope you will review these short …