Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education is excited to welcome the Bass Digital Education Fellows, a cohort of Duke PhD students who are participating in a co-curricular experience with our team, offered in partnership with the Duke Graduate School. Through the Bass Digital Education Fellowship Program graduate students collaborate on digital projects in partnership with Duke faculty and under the guidance of a Learning Innovation and Lifetime Education project advisor. These Fellows will support faculty to advance teaching innovation, to explore new digital technologies for teaching and learning, and to develop innovative digital learning experiences that impact Duke undergraduate education. The program is designed to adapt to faculty needs, solve teaching challenges, and engage multiple stakeholders in education, with the Fellows as trained collaborators.
Meet the Fellows
This semester’s cohort of Fellows hold numerous awards and honors. They also have online course development experience, and several have taught undergraduate courses at Duke. Fellows bring substantial teaching assistant experience for both face-to-face, blended, and fully online courses. Fellows have been engaged in a wide variety of activities across Duke, including PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge, the Thompson Writing Program and the Visualizing Cities Lab.
Spring 2024 Fellows
- Blake Beaver, PhD candidate, Literature; Project: “Teaching Film and Media Studies through Video Essay Assignments”
- Ian Erickson-Kery, PhD candidate, Romance Studies; Project: Duke Initiative for Urban Studies With a Focus on Digital Mapping and Spatial Visualization Tools
- Huijuan Ling, PhD candidate, Music Composition; Project: “An Online, Project-based Course in SoundTrap to Help Undergraduates Develop Music Theory Skills”
You can learn more about the Bass Digital Education Fellowship on the program experience page.
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