Professor Zach Fredman, PhD used a role-playing game, “Reacting to the Past” to model the 1945 Yalta Conference. Students in the class found it an exciting and mind-opening way to learn international history.
Active Reading: The reading itself matters, but what comes before also does.* In college classrooms, it is considered rather unusual to have in-class reading unless it’s part of an exam. …
Many Duke courses offered to global learners involve learners and instructors located both on-campus at Duke and around the world. However, simply putting learning materials online and having web/video conferencing …
After evaluating two semesters of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings with initial and enhanced course re/design, we have learned a great deal from our experience and student feedback. I …
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 …
Are you using Sakai in innovative ways to improve student learning? If so, you could receive an award! The Apereo Foundation, an open source software organization of which Duke is …
Duke University is piloting an interactive video tool, PlayPosit. We have faculty from Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Nursing, and Nicholas School of Environment currently piloting …
Forming diverse teams and establishing positive team dynamics were crucial for Sara LeGrand‘s class, Social Determinants of Health: China and the World. Sarah Le Grand is assistant research professor at …
Dr. Sara LeGrand’s first assignment for her Duke Kunshan students in her course, Social Determinants of Health: China and the World was to introduce themselves in order to build a …
What does Dr. LeGrand do on the first day of class? I was able to travel as a staff member to Duke Kunshan University in Fall 2015. I had the …
