Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education, in partnership with the Duke Graduate School, offers a semester-long fellowship program to provide PhD students professional development opportunities in the growing area of digital education and online college teaching.
The Bass Digital Education Fellowship offers PhD students an opportunity to collaborate on digital projects in partnership with Duke faculty and under the guidance of Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education, where we support faculty to advance teaching innovation, to explore new technologies for learning, and to advance digital teaching and learning at Duke.
The program helps graduate students develop new skills to distinguish themselves in the academic job market and to explore emerging career paths in education technology, digital publishing, digital education, and teaching and learning innovation. Fellows will consult with Duke departments and/or individual faculty to uncover needs, research solutions, draft project proposals, and execute a digital project in support of undergraduate education. Fellows who complete the program will also partially fulfill the requirements for the Certificate in College Teaching.
Current Fellow
Luoshu Zhang
During the fall 2025 semester, Luoshu is collaborating with the Teaching Innovation team to develop a Canvas pedagogy site with modules showcasing active learning pedagogy based on evidence-based practices. This site enhances faculty development programming on pedagogical techniques and serves as a companion site for undergraduate faculty seeking to integrate active learning into their teaching. The site will be used for a variety of online and face-to-face workshops offered by the Teaching Innovation team.