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.
Tag: 2011
Learning in 3 dimensions
Dr. Craig Roberts, the assistant director of education of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, teaches students about learning and memory, while experimenting with student learning using 2 and 3 dimensional learning materials. In one …
CIT and DDI iPad loans 2010-2011: Brief outcomes report
In fall 2010 and spring 2011 CIT and DDI loaned a pool of about 90 iPad 1s for exploratory course use. Our goal with the loans was mainly to get faculty and student reactions and …
Biology curriculum revision: Bio 112 Ecology for a Crowded Planet
Emily Bernhardt and Bill Morris taught a new course, Biology 112: Ecology for a Crowded Planet as part of the Biology curriculum revision in Spring 2011. Dr. Bernhardt explained the motivation for the course design: …
