Author: Michael Daul

Shaking it up: Transformations in Higher Education

The higher education market is bursting with new models and methods for teaching. Some of these new models may grow and others may fade, but all have the potential to shake up the traditional college education experience. Duke faculty and staff who are developing or participating in some of these new models will provide a fast-paced overview of massive, open online courses, experiments in alternative credentialing of student learning and technologies that encourage students in different parts of the world to work together to learn and to solve problems. After hearing about Udemy, MITx, Khan Academy, Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence course, and Google+ Hangouts, we will encourage audience reaction and discussion about the way these experiments are shaking up higher education.

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Learning from the Humanities Labs

Duke’s Humanities Labs aim to bring innovative, interdisciplinary research more fully into the undergraduate experience of students at Duke. This session will focus on different methods instructors in the labs are using to teach and deliver content, and how these methods may also be highly effective in courses taught outside the Humanities Labs.

Victoria Szabo
Co-Director, GreaterThanGames Lab

Deborah Jenson
Co-Director of Haiti Lab

Sara Seten Berghausen
Librarian for Literature and Theater Studies / Interim Slavic & Eurasian Studies Librarian, Duke University Libraries

Your questions about Team-Based Learning answered!

In this session, faculty who have taught using team-based learning (TBL) will be on hand to answer your questions in small discussion groups. Talk with Len White about getting started with TBL, Craig Roberts about the technology he uses for TBL, or Alyssa Perz-Edwards about how TBL encourages under-represented minority students.

Presenters

Len White

Associate Professor, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Craig Roberts

Visiting Instructor, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences

Alyssa Perz-Edwards

Assistant Dean at Trinity College, Director of the Cardea Fellows Program and Lecturer in the Department of Biology

Exploring games for learning

How do we debate controversial scientific topics and make evidence-based decisions? How do we build and maintain better relationships in an ever-changing social landscape? How can we promote sexual education and health seeking behaviors between students and their peers?

Today’s students are faced with many problems in both their professional and personal lives that may be difficult to address through traditional pedagogical means. These panelists designed games that confront real-world problems head-on with genuine discussion inside and outside the classroom.

The panelists will reflect on setting up, implementing and assessing games for learning. Discussion will focus on using games to generate student engagement and memorable learning experiences.

Presenters

Anthony Crider

Associate Professor, Chair of the Department of Physics, Elon University

• The Pluto Debate: Elon University

Elizabeth A. Evans
Manager, Games4Learning Initiative, School of Information and Library Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Laura Christopherson
Doctoral Student, School of Information & Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• ShBANGE: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Patrick Jagoda
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor of New Media, Department of English, University of Chicago

• Game Changer: The University of Chicago

Using e-textbooks in your course

This session will explore the current state of e-textbooks. A panel of faculty and staff will discuss the current faculty experience using e-textbooks, what things faculty should consider when exploring them, and what to expect going forward.

Presenters

Deborah S Reisinger
Lecturer, French, and and Assistant Director of the French Language Program 

Sharon Hawks
Assistant Professor, Duke School of Nursing, Director of the Duke nurse anesthesia program

Paolo Mangiafico
Director of Digital Information Strategy, Duke University Libraries

Kieran Healy
Associate Professor, Sociology

Duke’s inaugural University Course

The Spring, 2012 semester featured Duke’s inaugural University Course, convened by Dean Laurie Patton. The course was interdisciplinary, having been offered to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students across the university, and taught by professors from a number of departments.

Presenters

Kathy Rudy
Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Ethics

Cate Auerbach
University Course Teaching Assistant

Linda Daniel
Librarian for Sociology, Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics, Duke University Libraries

What are your students doing with social media?

In this session, Cara Rousseau, News and Communications Social Media Manager will outline how Duke students use social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter and what trends are occurring with the tools. Students on the panel will discuss and answer questions about how they use social media in their Duke classes and social life.

Presenters

Cara Rousseau
Social Media Manager and Public Relations at Duke University

and Duke University Students

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Teaching with Google SketchUp: Recreating the past in three (or four) dimensions

Faculty members from Wake Forest and Duke discuss how they, and students in their classes, are using Google SketchUp (free 3D modeling software) to build rich graphic environments. These digital projects, weaved into humanities courses, allow students to develop unique and relevant perspectives on place and time.

Presenters

Caroline Bruzelius
Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke

Rachael Deagman
Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Wake Forest University

DukeImmerse: Engaging students with authentic, interdisciplinary learning opportunities

DukeImmerse is a new curricular innovation in which students participate in four Duke courses focused around an interdisciplinary theme for part of the semester, and then travel to an international location for curriculum-related, authentic learning activities. One of the two Spring 2012 DukeImmerse clusters was “Black Freedom Struggles in the 20th Century: A Comparison of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle in South Africa” lead by Dean William Chafe and Visiting Associate Professor and South African scholar Karin Shapiro. DukeImmerse has been described as “FOCUS on steroids: a semester-long, research-based, student-faculty collaboration on a single theme–plus a three-week mid-semester field trip.” Come learn what DukeImmerse is all about, and hear a brief report from this inaugural Spring 2012 program.

Presenters

William Chafe
Alice Mary Baldwin Professor, History

Karen Shapiro
Duke University

How do Duke faculty teach with Sakai?

In this session, four faculty members who teach different disciplinary subjects will discuss how they use Sakai to teach effectively. They’ll also share their experiences using some specific Sakai tools such as the Syllabus, Schedule, Media Gallery, Wiki, Blog, Dropbox and more.

Presenters

Jane Blood-Siegfried 

Associate Professor, Nursing

Julie Noor

Lecturer, Biology

Maria Parker

Program Director, English for International Students

Kyle Covington

Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Clinical Education, Doctor of Physical Therapy

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