Dr. Minna Ng is currently teaching 74 first-year students face-to-face across two classes. One class is co-taught with Dr. Karen Murphy (Introduction to Biological Bases of Behavior), and the other is a new FOCUS course …
Professor Sheila Patek, Heymeyer Professor of Biology and Jacob Harrison, a Ph.D. student in Biology received a Jump Start grant in 2019 from Duke Learning Innovation to improve undergraduate students’ ability to communicate research, using …
The Computational Methods modules (Sakai site shown here) help students get up to speed on programming skills needed for their engineering coursework. This is a guest blog post by Jonathan Holt, a PhD student in …
Greg Hopper is an Adjunct Professor in the Master of Engineering Management Program in the Pratt School of Engineering, where he teaches EGRMGNT 542, “Competitive Strategies in Technology-based Industries.” Here, he shares his thoughts on …
By its signature on the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment, and through the University Climate Action Plan, Duke has committed to take actions that will make “climate neutrality and sustainability a part of …
I teach an advanced level course in photochemistry, primarily designed for students whose research involves physical chemistry. The concepts are abstract and difficult, despite the importance for understanding the many light-related phenomena in modern chemistry research and in technologies that impact society.
Guest Post by Dr. David Beratan, R.J. Reynolds Professor of Chemistry, and recipient of a Jump Start Grant from Learning Innovation. Teaching Biophysical Chemistry I have been learning how to teach Biophysical Chemistry (Chem 302) …
Guest post by Duke faculty member Stacy Tantum, Associate Professor of the Practice, Electrical & Computer Engineering, one of Learning Innovation’s 2017 Active Learning Fellows. One of the biggest differences I’ve experienced in my Fundamentals of Electrical …
During the summer and fall of 2017, the Center for Instructional Technology led the Active Learning Faculty Fellowship. Thirteen faculty from a variety of disciplines shared experiences and learned about using active learning techniques in their classrooms. In this …
When Bob Barnes was teaching his medical device design course, he noticed that students waited until the end of the course to begin searching for the relevant patent information for their designs. This resulted in …
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