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Take the Pulse of Student Learning

After evaluating two semesters of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings with initial and enhanced course re/design, we have learned a great deal from our experience and student feedback. I …

Streaming Media with Warpwire

Warpwire is a streaming media solution that is now available to the Duke community. The service allows users to upload videos and images to folders that can be accessed anywhere …

Embed VoiceThreads into WordPress Sites

Duke recently added a multimedia discussion tool, VoiceThread, to Sakai. Instructors and students are able to leave written, video, and audio comments on media items such as slides, videos, or images. The functionality of the tool has been expanded to another Duke-supported teaching tool. Duke’s instance of WordPress (sites.duke.edu) now allows a VoiceThread to be embedded easily into your course website.

An alternative to PollEverywhere or Clickers

If you teach a large introductory course and are very interested in being able to use PollEverywhere, clickers, or something equivalent for in-class real time responses, you might consider the Q&A Poll tool in Piazza. …