This past October, Learning Innovation hosted the second annual NextEd Festival. For this year’s festival, we invited the Duke community to join us as we looked at four “Grand Challenges” (thorny, critical issues) facing higher …
I recently attended the 6th Annual Serious Play Conference at UNC Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler School of Business. Serious Play is “a leadership conference for both those who create serious games/simulations and those who implement game-based learning programs.” …
We’re proud to present our most recent annual report (2014-2015). This year’s report is fully online, and covers three broad areas: eLearning Technology (Sakai, WP, etc), Teaching Innovation (flipped classes, active learning, etc) and Online …
Interested in experimenting with 3D printing or trying out Google Glass? Ever wanted to record yourself writing ‘on air’? This year’s Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) call for proposals is open now, offering Duke faculty the chance to …
CIT congratulates all of the 2014 Trinity College and Alumni Teaching Award winners. Once again this year, CIT co-sponsored the Teaching with Technology Award. This year’s award winner, Denise Comer (Thompson Writing Program) showcases excellence …
Sakai Upgrade coming May 11 Duke Sakai is scheduled for an upgrade (from version 2.7 to 2.9) May 11. The upgrade will provide over 500 bug fixes and keep Duke current with other peer institutions …
Sakai undergoes continuous improvement throughout each semester, and as such, has accumulated several new features recently. Here’s a brief summary of new(er) features and tools that you might have missed: Group Assignments: Using this option, an …
As previously reported in Duke Today, Duke’s Denise Comer (Assistant Professor of the Practice in Writing and Director of First-Year Writing in the Thompson Writing Program) was awarded a grant by the Gates Foundation to develop …
The Duke Sakai Team has completed the migration of Spring 2012 Blackboard courses into Sakai – marking the final migration before the Blackboard shutdown on June 30, 2012 (just 30 days away!). We encourage all faculty …
The transition from Blackboard to Sakai continues. June 30, 2012 will be the last day Blackboard will be available at Duke. A few important notes to keep in mind: Finals and grades for Spring 2012: …
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