Register for BRITE Ideas Teaching and Research Fall 2019 Series
Learning Innovation invites the Duke community to join us for BRITE Ideas, a discussion group to share and develop research on teaching and learning. BRITE Ideas is sponsored by the …
Duke Community Invited to BRITE Ideas in Teaching and Research Series
Learning Innovation and BRITE Lab invite you to join us for BRITE Ideas, a new monthly discussion group to share and develop research on teaching and learning. Invited guest speakers …
Building Foundational Knowledge with an Online “Level-Up”
The Challenge: Prepare Students for U.S. Civics Major Courses Students come to Duke from a variety of educational backgrounds, and not all students have the same background coming in to …
“That’s Awesome!” — Child Nutrition and Cooking
Great Examples from Online Courses What It’s About Child Nutrition and Cooking from Stanford University has some awesome video content. The lessons are presented from a cozy kitchen setting by instructor Maya …
Flipping the Duke Political Science Graduate “Math Camp”
One of the problems faced by many Ph.D. and M.A. programs in the social sciences is how to prepare graduate students for the advanced mathematical and statistical concepts they will …
Congratulations 2014 Trinity Teaching Award winners
CIT congratulates all of the 2014 Trinity College and Alumni Teaching Award winners. Once again this year, CIT co-sponsored the Teaching with Technology Award. This year’s award winner, Denise Comer …
“9/11 and Its Aftermath” Finishes Its Run on Coursera
Before his course about the origins of 9/11 started, David Schanzer was concerned there would be conspiracy theorists making trouble in the forums. They were there. But the more important story of the course is not about controversy, rather how it opened students’ eyes in ways they did not expect.
“9/11 and Its Aftermath – Part I” Begins Soon on Coursera
David Schanzer, a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy, has been working throughout the summer to adapt his Duke University course into an online course. The Coursera version …
TBL in my course: An interview with Nicholas Carnes, Sanford School of Public Policy
In 2012, Dr. Nicholas Carnes, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, participated in the Team-Based Learning Course Design Fellows program organized by the Center for Instructional Technology. Participants in the Fellows …
Duke Sports and Society MOOC Wraps Up
Professor Orin Starn‘s Sports and Society MOOC, which examined a number of cultural, political, and social issues that surround sports, wrapped up on June 21. The list of weekly topics offers an …