Medical Neuroscience Session 2: Who Enrolled and Why?
The results from the pre-course survey for the second run of Duke’s Medical Neuroscience MOOC are in! Of the over 5000 students who completed the survey, 8% previously completed the …
Spring Teaching and Learning Seminars
Join us for seminars on various teaching and learning methods and trends throughout the Spring — topics include writing great multiple choice questions and using mobile devices in teaching. Registration information: https://cit.duke.edu/events
Learning Analytics Discussion Group: Spring 2014
Are you teaching in Sakai or in a Coursera MOOC? Would you like to consider different ways to measure the engagement of your students and their experiences in your course? …
Duke MOOCs Year in Review
One year ago, the first two Duke MOOCs had just finished. Just over 19,000 students watched at least one of the course videos, and 2,500 students took the final assessments …
Checking in on the Flipped Classroom Fellows
The Center for Instructional Technology’s Flipped Classroom Fellowship kicked off on October 11th with twelve faculty from a wide range of disciplines, from Chemistry and Physics to Public Policy, Literature …
Duke University Libraries Data and GIS Services Fall Workshops
The Duke University Libraries Data and GIS Services unit provides data and statistical support for Duke researchers. Librarians offer consulting on identifying data and digital map resources, data management planing, …
Learning Analytics discussion group
Are you interested in the potential to predict and promote student achievement in your course? Would you like to consider different ways to measure the engagement of your students and their experiences …
Mohamed Noor on teaching his large Biology 102 class
Dr. Noor, Professor of Biology at Duke, taught a large class in basic genetics and evolution (Biology 102) for the first time this spring, as part of the Biology Curriculum …
Higher education assessment: the year in review
A guide to noteworthy happenings in assessment in 2010, along with links to interesting articles from the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed.
Create course surveys with Google Forms
As you plan for courses you’ll be teaching in Spring, you might consider adding web based student surveys to your course activities. Blackboard includes the capability of performing anonymous surveys with results showing up in the Grade Center. However, if you are thinking about using surveys in more creative ways, Google Forms might fit your […]