Duke Invests in Interactive Academic Integrity Education for Undergraduates
When the Class of 2026 began their first semester at Duke in the Fall of 2023, they were met with a message that would shape their experience at Duke: academic …
Creating Interactive Telehealth Training Modules for Medical Professionals
During Spring 2021 Duke Learning Innovation opened up applications for its Carry the Innovation Forward program. The idea behind this program was to invest in strong teaching innovations that had …
Embracing Universal Design for Learning
This post was written in collaboration with the featured professor, Rebecca Ewing. For many instructors, teaching online during the pandemic upended the traditional ways they approached student learning. Changes had …
Fun on the Flight Deck: Building Professional Learning Communities that Last through Discord
The Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Applications and Operations in Environmental Science three course sequence kicked off in October, beginning with the course Introduction to Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Biology, Ecology, …
Recipe for an Online Course Series: Drones in Environmental Science
For the past nine months, the Online Duke team has been working on a new course series on unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS or drones), UAS Applications and Operations in Environmental …
Choose Your Path Wisely: Creating Interactive Learning Experiences for Drone Pilots Through Twine
The Unoccupied Aircraft Systems Applications and Operations in Environmental Science three-course sequence kicked off in October, beginning with the course Introduction to Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (UAS) in Biology, Ecology, and …
Confronting physician burnout through faith and calling
Even before the pandemic, healthcare professionals, and in particular, physicians, have been burning out at record rates. A landmark study by Tait Shanafelt, et al., at Stanford University found that …
More Structured Classrooms and Supportive Instructors Lead to Better Student Experiences
Duke professors Minna Ng and Thomas Newpher conduct research on team-based learning (TBL). Throughout the 2020–2021 academic year, they were challenged to find ways to do TBL in online and …
Duke Students Speak: Reflections on Emergency Remote Teaching & Learning
Anastasia Kārkliņa is a Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Literature and currently enrolled in GS762: Digital Pedagogy, a course developed by the Learning Innovation team and offered as …
Insights on Developing a “Level-Up” on Computational Methods for Duke Undergraduates
Jon Holt is a Bass Digital Education Fellow with Learning Innovation. Holt is developing a “level-up” course on computational methods which is intended as co-curricular support for undergraduates taking courses …