Overview

  • Dates: May 2015 – December 2015

The purpose of this Fellowship was to help faculty achieve greater student learning and deeper engagement with course material by using active learning and flipped classroom techniques proven successful at Duke and elsewhere.  Participants shared teaching experiences with other faculty and practice with ideas from the pedagogical literature to help them redesign activities in a Fall 2015 or Spring 2016 course.

Participants

CIT consultants Andrea Novicki, Randy A. Riddle and Seth Anderson  supported the Fellowship. Faculty Fellows participating in the program were:

Fellows Activities

The Fellowship consisted of four parts.

  • Fellows Kick-Off Week
    The Kick-Off Week consisted of five meetings from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm daily, Monday-Friday, May 4 – 8, 2015.  During the week, faculty exchanged ideas with colleagues and learn about methods and techniques used successfully here at Duke.
  • Summer Roundtable
    Participants developed their syllabus and teaching materials throughout the summer. Summer roundtable meetings were planned by participants to investigate topics from the Kick-Off Week in more depth, try out teaching techniques, and get feedback from other faculty on their plans for the fall.
  • Visit a Classroom
    During the Fall, faculty in the program visited two classes taught by other participants in the program to reflect on their own teaching and share ideas.
  • Blog Post
    Fellows were expected to produce a short post for the CIT blog that looked at one or more changes made to their Fall 2015 course to incorporate active learning.

Outcomes

Blog posts from the participants will be posted at the CIT’s website after the Fellowship.