What we’re reading this month – April 2012
Here’s a sample of articles, blog posts, reports and web resources that CIT consultants and staff are looking at this month on teaching, technology and higher education trends. Got an …
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Win an iPad or Kindle Fire at the CIT Showcase
The CIT encourages Duke faculty to try new technologies and explore new ideas for their teaching. To support this, at the CIT Showcase, we’ll be raffling a new iPad and …
Distance Education Special Interest Group at Duke
By Marc Sperber (Guest) and Haiyan Zhou Marc Sperber, Educational Technologies Consultant, Duke Global Health Institute (DGHI), and Haiyan Zhou, Academic Technologies Consultant, Duke Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) have …
Sakai Tip: An alternative to Sakai’s Gradebook tool
If you want to provide custom grades such as mixed letters (A-/B+), Pass/Low Pass/ High Pass/Fail, Complete/Incomplete, or simply give written comments to your students, you might find the Sakai …
Join us for the 2012 CIT Showcase
The 2012 Instructional Technology Showcase is almost here! Register to attend on Friday, April 27th in the Bryan Center. This event highlights innovative teaching ideas and outstanding work by Duke faculty over the …
Teams for Learning @ Duke workshop report
On Friday, March 16, 2012, about 70 Duke faculty and staff met to talk about and experience Team-Based Learning. Read more for a description, pictures and videos.
MITx: A view from the inside
Since it was first announced in December 2011, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s foray into the world of massive online open courses known as MITx has been a hot topic in …
DataFest at Duke
Encourage your students to participate in DataFest! The Department of Statistical Science proudly announces the first annual DataFest! DataFest is a team competition where teams of students will be analyzing …
Students shift to mobile devices
The 2012 Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets found that students’ purchases of iPads and other tablet devices is increasing rapidly, that students find those devices useful for education and …
Sakai Update: What is ‘Duke Toolkits’? Plus: summer courses and new training opportunities
Adding guests and managing participants with Toolkits Duke’s move to Sakai promises added flexibility and better integration with several other Duke tools that exist in Duke’s eLearning landscape. As of last …