The following is a guest post by Sandra Valnes Quammen, Lecturer in Duke’s Romance Studies Department and the Coordinator of French 1/2. CIT’s November 2012 blog post looking for faculty members willing …
Mobile devices, such as the iPad, iPhone and Android, have created new opportunities for faculty to rethink how they approach course materials. Tools are now available that allow you to …
During Summer 2012, a number of Duke students travelled to Zhuhai, China as part of the DukeEngage program. Duke students in the program teach English at Zhuhai No. 9 Middle School …
CIT still has a number of first-generation iPads available to faculty members interested in using the devices with their students during the Fall 2012 semester. During the 2012-2013 academic year, …
The Center for Instructional Technology maintains a pool of approximately 125 iPads and iPad2s dedicated to student/faculty use in semester-long courses. Interested Duke faculty whose instructional goals are compatible with CIT’s …
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 …
The CIT encourages Duke faculty to try new technologies and explore new ideas for their teaching. To support this, at the CIT Showcase, we’ll be raffling a new iPad and …
The 2012 Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets found that students’ purchases of iPads and other tablet devices is increasing rapidly, that students find those devices useful for education and …
CIT’s 12th annual Instructional Technology Showcase will be held in the Bryan Center on Friday April 27, 2012. This year’s program, on the theme “Shaking it up: Moving beyond the traditional classroom” includes …
During the Fall 2011 semester, Dr. Cheryl Lin used iPads in conjunction with her Marketing Management course, encouraging students to use the digital version of the textbook. She also offered …
