Avatars in the hospital
At the Duke University School of Medicine, students may soon be assigned an avatar in a virtual hospital setting and tasked with different patient care responsibilities. Dr. Jeff Taekman, in …
At the Duke University School of Medicine, students may soon be assigned an avatar in a virtual hospital setting and tasked with different patient care responsibilities. Dr. Jeff Taekman, in …
From May 12 to May 18, CIT will offer a series of free hands-on workshops on teaching and technology for Duke faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs. Topics include digital …
Undergraduate online courses at Duke Duke Today recently highlighted two new online courses for undergraduates available at the university. The Center for Instructional Technology is consulting with the faculty teaching …
Smartphones seem to be more and more useful for everything, including research, teaching and learning. Read more for examples.
Many may not realize it, but South by Southwest (the well-known music and film conference/festival held annually in Austin, TX) also includes an “interactive” conference. Over the last few years, …
Screencasts are short videos that you can create in very little time on your work or home computer and easily share the results with students. Screencast software records your actions …
Goingon combines the open source platforms of Moodle and Drupal to create online communities that are dynamic and interactive by incorporating social networking and learning management tools into one easily …
Join us for a web seminar on Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative. This initiative offers “open courses backed by learning research.” The course materials are freely available online and …
A few months ago, Many Eyes, a web-based application from IBM’s alphaWorks emerging technologies group, was mentioned in a CIT blog post about online visualizations for the 2008 elections. Many …
The eLearning Roadmap group at Duke is examining Duke’s needs, getting input from faculty and students, and coming up with principles to make a recommendation for Duke’s next generation Learning …