We partner with Duke faculty to support new approaches to student-centered teaching and active learning.
We work with faculty to develop online courses and university programs as well as support school-level strategies for online education.
We conduct research on the effectiveness of innovative teaching approaches and technologies.
We explore and evaluate innovative ways to use learning technologies for teaching at Duke.
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In partnership with the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan and Penn’s Online Learning Initiative, Duke Learning Innovation is co-hosting the Pandemic Pedagogy Research Symposium on May 5, 2021. This …
Social media academic communities are now well-established hubs of information focused on research, teaching and professional development. The onset of COVID-19 demonstrated just how valuable social media is to the …
The first BRITE Ideas event of 2021 featured research from two Duke students. You can watch a full recording of the event online. Grading Systems and Student BeliefsFirst, Jingxuan Liu …
David DulceanyLearning Innovation Bass Fellow “What has impressed me the most about the use of emerging digital technologies in teaching and learning is the community of people open to collaboration and dialogue at Duke. I have learned so much from others who have implemented online or digital learning in their teaching.”
Ming LiDuke Kunshan University Ming Li is an associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at DKU. He employed “frequent quizzing” as one of his pedagogies when he taught Fall 2018 STATS 102 Introduction to Data Science. “The result-driven quiz allows students to make use of any resources they can reach but they have to give me the expected outcome within a short time,” Dr. Li stressed.
Nicolette CagleNicholas School of the Environment “The [Learning Innovation] Fellows Program provided me with the final framework needed from which to develop a dozen in-class Active Learning activities. These Active Learning activities provided a way to develop connections between the students and material that went beyond students simply listening and taking notes…”
