Sakai Update: Bb ORG site migrations and more
We first mentioned Sakai project sites when they became available to the Duke community in November. As part of the transition from Blackboard to Sakai, the Duke Sakai Team has …
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Blogging in the undergraduate science classroom
At ScienceOnline2012 a roundtable discussion of “best practices” for incorporating blogs into undergraduate course traded ideas for scaffolding student blog contributions, helping students with technology, addressing privacy and “trolls” and grading.
Sakai Gradebook and help
Instructors who have been using Blackboard’s Grade Center may find that Sakai’s Gradebook is quite different. In Blackboard Instructors can use Bb Grade Center to manage student records of assignments, …
Doctor of Physical Therapy program explored using iPads in clinical teaching
Led by Dr. Kyle Covington, over 60 Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) students used iPads during a two-week clinical experience. Groups of three or four students were issued one iPad loaded with …
Evernote on the iPad
Evernote is a free note taking and archiving software to save notes including audio and text files, images, websites and screen shots, and many other bits of digital information. These notes …
Documentary Writing, Fall 2011: The iPad as a Creative Tool
Duncan Murrell is a Writer in Residence at Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies. During the Fall 2011 semester, he used iPads with his students in DOCST 111S – Documentary Writing. He details …
Statistics Education Summit at Duke Feb 3, 2012
Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, Kari Lock Morgan and Dalene Stangl, faculty in Duke’s Department of Statistical Science, are pleased to invite you to the Statistics Education Summit, February 3, 2012, 11 a.m. …
iPads in an Advanced Writing Workshop
During the Fall 2011 semester, Deb Reisinger and Karine Provot in Romance Studies included iPads as part of the curriculum for two sections of French 101, an advanced writing workshop. …
Spring 2012 Teaching IDEAS workshops
The annual Teaching IDEAS workshop series hosted by the Graduate School is designed to educate Duke faculty, instructors, postdocs and PhD students about current research, best practices and university resources …
iTunes U app newest of Duke’s e-texbooks experiments
With Apple’s announcement of its iTunes U app, educators now have access to over 100 free, online courses. Duke has contributed the Open Chemistry materials – created by Professor Stephen …