Expanding Coursera for Duke
Nearly three years ago we launched Coursera for Duke, a new model for online learning for the Duke community. Rather than limiting online learning to the confines of the curriculum …
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Using Coursera for Campus in Your Teaching
What is changing with Coursera for Campus? Coursera for Campus was originally designed to share Duke-created open courses with the Duke community. The Full Coursera Catalog Access pilot enhances Coursera …
Lessons from Spring for a Successful Fall
By Blythe Tyrone, Communications Strategist, and Amy Kenyon, Associate Director of Teaching Innovation Feedback from students about how faculty and Duke supported their learning during emergency remote teaching in Spring …
Engineering students level-up with new computational programming modules
The Computational Methods modules (Sakai site shown here) help students get up to speed on programming skills needed for their engineering coursework. This is a guest blog post by Jonathan …
Too Much Zoom?
What is Zoom fatigue? Over the last few months, there have been multiple articles written about Zoom fatigue in mainstream publications. The endless hours spent online in front of students, …
Engagement in Flexible Teaching
Any course this fall may have elements of in-person and online instruction. Students in a hybrid course may not be able to attend online synchronous sessions because they are in …
Save Time Setting Up Your Sakai Site with Templates
Take a lot of the guesswork out of having a well-organized, learner-centered Sakai site by using one of the new course templates. Whether you need a simple, streamlined site for …
Introducing Flexible Teaching
In their May 29 Update for Faculty, President Price and Provost Kornbluth shared that all Duke Fall 2020 courses will ensure inclusivity and adaptability. Duke Learning Innovation’s goal is to help Duke …
Stages of Acceptance and Hope
Greg Hopper is an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Engineering Management Program in the Pratt School of Engineering, where he teaches EGRMGNT 542, “Competitive Strategies in Technology-based Industries.” Here, …
How Duke Faculty Kept Teaching
On March 10, it was announced that all on-campus activities at Duke University were canceled for the remainder of the spring semester, and that all courses were to transition to …