Make Your Spring 2022 Courses Successful
This post was updated January 4, 2022 The Duke administration decided that classes will be online until January 18 in order to reduce the spread of COVID. Given that the …
Preparing Your Spring 2022 Course
Teaching and learning during the pandemic has been and will continue to be a challenge at Duke, even with the return of classroom teaching. Many teaching practices that became common …
Fun on the Flight Deck: Building Professional Learning Communities that Last through Discord
The Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Applications and Operations in Environmental Science three course sequence kicked off in October, beginning with the course Introduction to Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Biology, Ecology, …
Students Generating Questions as a Way of Active Learning
Chuanhui Gu Ph.D. considers himself primarily an educator. In this story, his student Alberto Najarro, Class of 2022, recommended his unique way to foster student engagement in the classroom by including student-generated questions in tests.
How is Your Course Going? Let Learning Innovation Solicit Mid-Semester Student Feedback
As we approach the midpoint of the Fall 2021 semester, Duke Learning Innovation is offering help for faculty who wish to reflect on successes and identify areas for improvement within …
Symposium Spotlights: Why Students Do Not Turn on Their Video Cameras During Online Classes and an Equitable and Inclusive Plan to Encourage Them to Do So
Duke Learning Innovation co-hosted the 2021 Pandemic Pedagogy Research Symposium on May 5, alongside institutional partners: the Center for Academic Innovation at the University of Michigan, Penn’s Online Learning Initiative, the McGraw Center …
Handling Extended Student Absences
For the Fall 2021 semester, if any of your students need to miss several consecutive days of your class due to isolating with COVID-19 or any other reason, you are …
Bridging Biology and Humanity
Duke Kunshan Biology Professor Katherine Robertson and literature Professor Yitzhak Lewis joined forces to teach an interdisciplinary course, Molecular, Behavioral and Social Evolution: Evolution of Genomes, Traits, Behaviors, and Societies. They emphasize the importance of cross-disciplinarity that allows the collision of ideas between students and instructors.
Using Online Tools to Increase Student Communication
There are a wide-range of asynchronous communication tools that can be used to engage students in face-to-face, online and hybrid courses. This blog will explore a selection of tools that …
Using Podcasts in Your Classroom
Podcasts are a versatile medium that have become more and more a part of the higher education landscape. Your students may encounter podcasts alongside other materials in their reading and …