The ProfHacker blog* at the Chronicle of Higher Education had an interesting post last week by Billie Hara, an assistant professor of English at Texas A&M University and one of ProfHacker’s regular contributors. Hara described her use of simple graphics to organize and display the relationships between her course’s student learning outcomes and the course […]
We’ve blogged a couple of times recently about open educational resources (OER) and open course materials, with the intent of spurring interest on the part of Duke faculty in exploring …
The Perkins Library System is investigating needs that exist on campus for language learning resources to support independent language learners (individuals not taking a Duke class, but who need to …
The Duke Digital Initiative is providing a loaner pool of Apple iPads (some wifi, some with 3G capability) for exploration in undergraduate courses this year. Several faculty have already taken …
As many Duke faculty and staff have undoubtedly heard, the eLearning Roadmap Committee has been charged with exploring and enhancing the “eLearning environment” at Duke. This means a focus on …
As mentioned in an earlier post, the eLearning Roadmap Group is hosting demonstrations of three learning management systems, with the intent of gathering feedback from faculty about the usefulness of …
The eLearning Roadmap Group was convened last summer to develop policies and services around the various computer-based tools faculty use in teaching. Although not the sole focus of the group, …
CIT’s 10th annual Instructional Technology Showcase will be held in Perkins/Bostock Library on Friday April 30, 2010. This year’s program will feature a plenary panel on Open Educational Resources, and …
Last month Apple announced their new slate-style computer, the iPad. With a nearly 10″ screen, multi-touch display and the ability to run applications like an iPhone, the iPad has potential …
Many faculty have heard about “open course” initiatives such as MIT’s Open Courseware, in which materials and recordings from courses are put online for open and free access. Other initiatives …
