How to Prepare Course Grades in Sakai
1. Check that all desired Gradebook items have been included in the course grades. There are times when a Gradebook item is not included in the course grades. For example, …
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Moving Beyond the Beaten Path of the Post-College Job Search: Thoughts from a Learning Innovation Intern
This is a guest post by Duke alumnus Shadman Uddin (PPS’18), who was an intern with Duke Learning Innovation in the 2017-2018 academic year. Uddin is a 2018 Venture for …
Apply to the Course Design Institute – Spring 2019
Program dates: May 20-22, 2019 Application deadline: Friday, March 8, 2019 Applicants notified: Monday, March 18, 2019 Applications are now open for Duke’s 2019 Course Design Institute (CDI). The purpose of …
Try Out New Teaching Tools at Duke: Sign Up for Spring 2019 Pilots
During the Spring 2019 semester, Learning Innovation is piloting several teaching tools for Duke faculty. Contact us to learn more or to sign up! Nudge: Boosting student content retention When …
Key Highlights from the Online Learning Consortium
I recently attended (and presented) at OLC Accelerate 2018, an annual conference hosted by the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), an organization offering regional and national conferences, educator resources (research, journal, …
Takeaways and Challenges from NextEd Fest 2018
This past October, Learning Innovation hosted the second annual NextEd Festival. For this year’s festival, we invited the Duke community to join us as we looked at four “Grand Challenges” …
Apply for the Active Learning Faculty Fellowship – Summer/Fall 2019
Dates: May 2019 – December 2019 Deadline for Applications: Friday, March 8, 2019 Applicants notified: Monday, March 18, 2019 Applications for this program are currently closed. Applications are now being accepted …
Help Develop an EdTech Coworking Space for Durham
Education innovators in Durham and the Triangle will have new opportunities to collaborate, thanks to a coworking program and space coming to our community. The coworking program, tentatively called Embark@Duke, …
Best Practices for Inclusive Assessment
It’s important to assess how students have grown and mastered our course materials during the semester, and to do so in ways that don’t inadvertently disadvantage some students compared to …
Course Design Work Space for Faculty
Many faculty have told us they value working on their courses in a quiet but collegial atmosphere, with the ability to ask questions and get suggestions and consultation when necessary. To …