How to Make Engaging PowerPoint Slides for Teaching
Most of us have heard that we should not use slides that contain long bullet points of text, but what does a good slide look like? Research on this topic has found …
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DE SIG@Duke: Focus on Blended Learning
Join your colleagues on March 29, 2017 to learn what Duke Divinity School is doing in distance learning! Duke Divinity incorporates hybrid learning models in several degree program offerings, including …
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 …
Why Does Writing Good Learning Objectives Matter?
As a former adjunct instructor, later a training coordinator, instructional designer, and now a teaching and learning consultant, I have worked with many faculty on course design and how to …
Drop a Pin for Learning
Would you like students to create a narrated tour for a course project? Do you think it would be useful to have an interactive map to tell others more about …
Duke Alumna to Speak on Low-Cost Global Education Models
Katelyn Donnelly (Trinity ‘08), a Duke alumna and Managing Director of the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund, will discuss new low-cost global educational delivery models in a talk at Duke University. …
Duke Online Education Panel Presents Feb. 14, 2017
Come and hear what others are doing at Duke in online education! On Feb. 14, 2017 a group of panelists from the Duke School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, …
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 …
Project Vox and the Digital Humanities at McGill University
Late last year, CIT provided Andrew Janiak, Chair and Creed C. Black Professor in the Department of Philosophy, with funding to attend a conference at McGill University entitled, “Early Modern Works …
Connecting Class Activities with the Duke Experience
A common problem with faculty across academia is getting students to see how the work they’re doing in a particular course is connected with the other work they do at …