Sakai Gradebook and help
Instructors who have been using Blackboard’s Grade Center may find that Sakai’s Gradebook is quite different. In Blackboard Instructors can use Bb Grade Center to manage student records of assignments, …
Doctor of Physical Therapy program explored using iPads in clinical teaching
Led by Dr. Kyle Covington, over 60 Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students used iPads during a two-week clinical experience. Groups of three or four students were issued one iPad loaded with …
First day of class and beyond: Faculty case stories at MERLOT ELIXR
In this multimedia case story “Goals for First Day of Class” provided by MERLOT ELIXR, experienced faculty from Engineering, Graphic Communications, Information Systems, Music, and Physics share their goals and …
Sakai Tips and Tricks: Organize your Sakai menu using “divider”
Often I found myself stumbling to locate a specific item on the menu bar of my Sakai site. Especially since I have multiple Sakai sites and tools were often arranged …
What should my students know about Sakai?
This fall more than 180 faculty begin using Sakai to teach, and we are expecting more in Spring 2012. Many instructors are asking, “What should my students know about Sakai?” and …
Sakai Tips and Tricks: Use ‘Sign-up’ to schedule office hours, meetings and presentations with your students
Asking students to sign-up for office hours, meetings, presentations or group projects can be a hassle. Some faculty pass around sign-up sheets in class, or even tape them to their …
Duke School of Nursing wins 2011 Campus Technology Innovators Awards
For the second time, the Innovative Nursing Education Technologies (iNet) team with the Duke School of Nursing won the Campus Technology’s Innovators Awards. Out of a total of 393 entries, …
Lecture capture in the Clinical Research Training Program
Lecture capture is not new to Duke Medical Center’s Clinical Research Training Program (CRTP). Since August of 1998, when classes were first video-conferenced live to students at the National Institutes …
Inspiring students to learn beyond classrooms
Helen Gordon, assistant professor at Duke University School of Nursing teaches the maternity nursing course in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN). She always thinks of inspiring ways …
Mastering your art: MERLOT Pedagogy Portal
If you have questions such as How do I teach large lecture classes effectively? How do I engage my students in problem-based learning? Do I have to teach adult learners …