Revising Biophysical Chemistry with Student Help
Guest Post by Dr. David Beratan, R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry, and recipient of a Jump Start Grant from Learning Innovation. Teaching Biophysical Chemistry I have been learning how to …
Research on Active Learning at Duke
Our paper is out! “Cooperative learning in organic chemistry increases student assessment of learning gains in key transferable skills” by Dorian A. Canelas, Jennifer L. Hill and Andrea Novicki (me!) …
Connect with the Online Learning Consortium
Interested in the latest updates in online teaching and learning? Connect with the Online Learning Consortium (OLC), an organization offering regional and national conferences, educator resources, and a quality framework …
Ideas for Great Group Work
Many students, particularly if they are new to college, don’t like group assignments and projects. They might say they “work better by themselves” and be wary of irresponsible members of …
Active Learning Fellows: Eric Green on How Students React to Active Learning
During the summer and fall of 2015, the CIT led the Active Learning Faculty Fellowship. Nine faculty from a variety of disciplines shared experiences and learned about using active learning techniques in their classrooms. …
Active Learning Fellows: Minna Ng on Her Student Teams
During the summer and fall of 2015, the CIT led the Active Learning Faculty Fellowship. Nine faculty from a variety of disciplines shared experiences and learned about using active learning …
Calling on Students by Name in a Large Class
Dr. Canelas clearly enjoys her students and teaching. So how and why would she put her students on the spot by calling on them at random to answer questions in …
Flipped classrooms at Duke: Chemistry 201 Spring 2015
What does a flipped classroom look like? In Professors Amanda Hargrove and Dorian Canelas’s Organic Chemistry course, 143 students entered Gross Hall 107 and settled into small groups. They read …
Flipped classrooms at Duke: Physics 142 Spring 2015
What does a “flipped classroom” look like? If you peek into Physics 142, you see over 100 students seated at the ends of rows in an auditorium-style classroom; many are …
There and back again: Data Analysis and Statistical Inference MOOC comes back to Duke
Dr. Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel’s course began at Duke, spread throughout the world via Coursera (a provider of Massive Open Online Courses, MOOCs) and is now finding more ways to reach students at Duke and through Duke.