Teaching Tools Pilots Fall 2018
This Fall, Learning Innovation is piloting several teaching tools for Duke faculty. If you would like to learn more or be included in any of these pilots, please contact us. …
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Building Foundational Knowledge with an Online “Level-Up”
The Challenge: Prepare Students for U.S. Civics Major Courses Students come to Duke from a variety of educational backgrounds, and not all students have the same background coming in to …
BRITE Ideas Teaching and Research Series to Launch Sept 4th
Learning Innovation invites you to join us for BRITE Ideas, a monthly discussion group to share and develop research on teaching and learning. Invited guest speakers will include those who …
Engage Your Learners with Gamification: Register Now
Join your colleagues on September 11 as the Duke Online Learning Collaborative explores gamification, a strategy to engage learners and enhance education and training activities in online, hybrid and face-to-face …
Modernizing a Photochemistry Course
I teach an advanced level course in photochemistry, primarily designed for students whose research involves physical chemistry. The concepts are abstract and difficult, despite the importance for understanding the many light-related phenomena in modern chemistry research and in technologies that impact society.
TechBasics: Outlook Best Practices
Are you ready to give up your leather-bound calendar? Do you wonder how to book a room in Outlook? Have you wondered what bcc means? This post will look at a couple of tricks to use Outlook more effectively.
Learn Google Cloud Computing with Free Courses for Duke Students and Staff
Duke students, faculty and staff can now get free courses on using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) through the Coursera for Duke online learning program. The courses were created by Google, …
Faculty Partnership Opportunity: Reducing Technology Distraction in the Classroom
At Duke and at many other educational institutions, instructors and students struggle with technology in the classroom. Research shows that students distracted by their laptop computers distract other students around …
Learning Innovation Welcomes Faculty to Course Design Institute
Duke Learning Innovation recently welcomed a group of faculty to the Course Design Institute (CDI), a 3-day program consisting of interactive seminars, discussions, and presentations, where faculty learned and applied …
Trinity College Accepting Funding Proposals for Innovative Course Enhancements
Arlie Petters, Dean of Academic Affairs for Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, recently circulated the following letter to Duke Faculty and Staff: Dear Faculty and Staff, Trinity College’s liberal arts …