Avatars in the hospital
At the Duke University School of Medicine, students may soon be assigned an avatar in a virtual hospital setting and tasked with different patient care responsibilities. Dr. Jeff Taekman, in …
21st Century Teaching & Learning Workshop Series
From May 12 to May 18, CIT will offer a series of free hands-on workshops on teaching and technology for Duke faculty, staff, graduate students and postdocs. Topics include digital …
Undergraduate online courses at Duke
Undergraduate online courses at Duke Duke Today recently highlighted two new online courses for undergraduates available at the university. The Center for Instructional Technology is consulting with the faculty teaching …
Everyone is talking about… mobile learning
Smartphones seem to be more and more useful for everything, including research, teaching and learning. Read more for examples.
Things I learned while not attending SXSW 2010
Many may not realize it, but South by Southwest (the well-known music and film conference/festival held annually in Austin, TX) also includes an “interactive” conference. Over the last few years, …
Use Screencast Video to Connect with Students
Screencasts are short videos that you can create in very little time on your work or home computer and easily share the results with students. Screencast software records your actions …
Goingon offers interactive communities to education
Goingon combines the open source platforms of Moodle and Drupal to create online communities that are dynamic and interactive by incorporating social networking and learning management tools into one easily …
Open Learning Initiative Web Seminar
Join us for a web seminar on Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative. This initiative offers “open courses backed by learning research.” The course materials are freely available online and …
Visualizing data with Many Eyes
A few months ago, Many Eyes, a web-based application from IBM’s alphaWorks emerging technologies group, was mentioned in a CIT blog post about online visualizations for the 2008 elections. Many …
Exploring alternatives to Blackboard
The eLearning Roadmap group at Duke is examining Duke’s needs, getting input from faculty and students, and coming up with principles to make a recommendation for Duke’s next generation Learning …