What We Gain When We Lose Grades
By Dr. Cecilia Márquez@ProfCeciliaM Cecilia Marquez For many in higher education, including myself, the COVID19 pandemic and the subsequent shift to online learning prompted a critical moment of reflection. What …

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During a period of change and uncertainty, Duke faculty, staff and students sought to build purpose and meaning through the adoption of new teaching methods and learning technologies, as well as stay connected to one another while physically apart.
By Dr. Cecilia Márquez@ProfCeciliaM Cecilia Marquez For many in higher education, including myself, the COVID19 pandemic and the subsequent shift to online learning prompted a critical moment of reflection. What …
Duke Learning Innovation co-hosted the 2022 Pandemic Pedagogy Research Symposium on May 11, alongside institutional partners: the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan, Penn’s Online Learning Initiative, …
With the start of the Fall 2022 semester right around the corner, here are answers to frequently asked questions instructors and students have asked in the past. Instructors How do …
Joshua WilsonVP & COO of Longsight “Longsight has partnered for many years with Learning Innovation to deliver Sakai at Duke University. Our partnership deepened with the launch of Sakai Conversations, in which we collaborated to create new capabilities in Sakai that facilitate meaningful, compelling learning conversations of all kinds. The Learning Innovation team members are invariably forward-looking, creative, energetic leaders in our ongoing work together.”
Dr. Sheila PatekDirector of Muser “Learning Innovation is an integral partner with Muser. They guided our university-wide launching of the program and encouraged our technology-based innovations for equity and inclusion. Muser has benefited tremendously from the breadth and expertise of LI’s staff and the depth of their engagement in supporting this important initiative here and beyond Duke.”
Dr. Cecilia MarquezHunt Family Asst. Professor of History “Having the opportunity to work as a Collaborative Project Course Fellow with both Duke Learning Innovation and Bass Connections has transformed the way I teach. They helped me integrate active learning pedagogies and project-based assignments in my courses. I am so lucky to have found this amazing group and look forward to continuing to grow as a teacher in partnership with them!”
