Faculty in Duke’s Biomedical Engineering Department agreed that students needed to apply statistics to biomedical engineering problems throughout the curriculum. A faculty committee identified the relevant statistics topics and mapped them to BME courses. Teaching statistics in BME courses is supported by a BME online statistics source created by Steve Wallace and BME students.
Thinking about teaching an online/distance-learning course? Already teach online – but need fresh ideas? The Online Teaching Guide, developed by eight faculty from Duke’s School of Nursing (led by Dr. Jane Blood-Siegfried, Clinical Professor as …
During Fall 2011, Dr. Stephen Craig taught Honors Chemistry (Chem 43) to twenty-nine students using team-based learning instead of lectures and online resources instead of a textbook. This project also explored mobile …
If you have questions such as How do I teach large lecture classes effectively? How do I engage my students in problem-based learning? Do I have to teach adult learners …
A recent Cisco-produced video includes several short interviews with Duke administrators, faculty and students as they discuss how learning is changing at Duke.
We’ve blogged a couple of times recently about open educational resources (OER) and open course materials, with the intent of spurring interest on the part of Duke faculty in exploring …
During September, Duke instructors can experiment with INTELECOM Online Resources Network, a search-able repository of curriculum-based video learning objects. These 1 – 6 minute video clips address topics in Biological …
Because free and open access to knowledge is critical for a free and open society, educators should be contributors to and supporters of free and open access to educational materials. …
Google has released a video and some information about a project they’re working on with Harold Abelson, an MIT computer scientist, to open the doors of creating apps for Google’s …
Dr. Helen R. Connors, Associate Dean, Integrated Technologies and Executive Director of the University of Kansas Center for Health Informatics will discuss: the fundamental building blocks for a successful e-learning …
