Every day is the first day of classes
Plan Your Free Online Education for Spring 2012, the headline at Life Hacker reads, followed by recommendations for open-access educational content in many disciplines from universities, Khan Academy, TED and …
Marine Megafauna course to use iPads to access custom textbook and mapping applications
Dr. David Johnston is a Research Scientist at the Duke Marine Laboratory. He is using iPads with students in his Marine Megafauna course during the Spring, 2012 semester. He describes the …
OIT Training offers in-classroom training and more
Guest post by Christine L. Vucinich, Technical Education & Outreach Coordinator, OIT Training Integrating technology into your assignment? OIT Training can help. Instructors can contact us to get in-class training …
Librarians support student research
Guest post by Diane Harvey, Head, Instruction and Outreach, Librarian for Global Health and the Thompson Writing Program, Perkins Library “It’s mostly the same steps for me when conducting research. …
Sakai Update: Create your Spring 2012 course site now!
The Spring 2012 term starts in just a few days – and even though Blackboard will still be available until June 2012, it’s a great time to start using Sakai. …
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 …
Brainshark – A presentation tool in the cloud
Brainshark is a presentation tool that is well suited to creating movies based on Powerpoint presentations and using voice-overs you can provide at your computer or by phoning in with …
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 …
Teaching statistics with Peer Instruction and open-source resources
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Assistant Professor of the Practice, taught 70 students Statistics using clickers and Peer Instruction, an open source text, online quizzing and Sakai.
Using iPads to explore the role of digital media in Theater creation, study, and teaching
During the Spring, 2012 semester, Jules Odendahl-James in Duke’s Department of Theater Studies plans to have students enrolled in the program’s Theater Production course use the video and audio capabilities …