Sakai Update: Blackboard will be gone forever in 30 days
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 …
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Saving Blackboard Tests, Quizzes, and Question Pools
How to retrieve Tests and Quizzes that did not import correctly from Blackboard Tests and Quizzes were included in the migration of Blackboard course materials into Sakai course shells. While …
CIT Fellows program update
As we head into the summer months, we would like to congratulate faculty working with the Center for Instructional Technology in our Faculty Fellows program. The 2011-2012 Teaching Researching with …
On the home stretch – reflecting on the MITx pilot
As our regular readers know by now, I have been a participant in the MITx pilot course “Circuits and Electronics” since it launched in March. The course is now moving …
CIT Showcase 2012 recordings and pictures now available!
The 2012 CIT Instructional Technology Showcase was held on April 27, 2012 at the Bryan Center. Sessions held in the Griffith Theater during this year’s Showcase were recorded and are now …
Students create videos to teach science
There’s an old adage that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. MIT students are trying that out by creating short videos that teach …
Check out the CIT Showcase 2012 on Storify
The CIT’s annual Instructional Technology Showcase was held last Friday, April 27th at the Duke University Bryan Center. Faculty and staff from Duke and other local institutions attended the annual …
Trillium Workshop on Sustainability Across the Curriculum
If you are interested in incorporating sustainability principles into your courses, consider attending the 3rd annual Duke Trillium Workshop on Sustainability Across the Curriculum, May 9, 2012, and/or becoming a Trillium …
STAP: Student Technology Ambassador Program
Guest blog post by STAP program founding team Ben Cook (Trinity ’15), Stephanie Downey (Trinity ’14), and Jenny Su (Trinity ’15). The CIT Student Technology Ambassador Program is a new …
The fractured marketplace: A look at the state of e-textbook and electronic course materials
With the proliferation of mobile technologies such as the iPad and Kindle, which impacts what is possible with e-books, what constitutes a “textbook”? What opportunities do these new technologies provide for …