Dr. David Johnston is a Research Scientist at the Duke Marine Laboratory. He is using iPads with students in his Marine Megafauna course during the Spring, 2012 semester. He describes the …
Sharon Hawks, director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program in the School of Nursing plans to use iPads to help students integrate various types of knowledge into a patient-specific plan of …
CIT has been keeping an eye on some of the many “players” in the e-textbook and open course materials arena, and we have reported on some of these in our …
Dave Johnston, Research Scientist at the Nicholas School of the Environment, has developed an open access digital textbook/iPad app for the course Marine Megafauna (Bio 127), integrating photographs, video, audio …
Dr. Stephen Craig is teaching Honors Chemistry (Chem 43) using team-based learning (TBL) instead of lectures and online resources instead of a textbook. TBL is a specific type of collaborative learning using a sequence of individual work, group work, immediate feedback and peer evaluation. Dr. Craig and his colleagues created units based on learning objectives, supported by online resources.
YouTube, the popular site for sharing and viewing user generated video, has started offering the option of Creative Commons licensing for users of the site. As part of an update …
The Saylor Foundation, through its Open Textbook Challenge, is offering $20,000 to college textbook authors willing to allow free use of their publications by students and educators. The deadline for …
In fall 2010 and spring 2011 CIT and DDI loaned a pool of about 90 iPad 1s for exploratory course use. Our goal with the loans was mainly to get …
New technologies, software, and effective practices have increased access to information while new policies and philosophies that explore openness have accelerated that change. The growth of social networks and virtual …
In Spring 2010, Denise Comer, Thompson Writing Program, worked in collaboration with Kenneth Rogerson, Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Sanford School of Public Policy; and Rebecca …
