Teaching Students to Visualize Data with R
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’ …
Engineering students level-up with new computational programming modules
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 …
Stages of Acceptance and Hope
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, …
Sustainability Education at Duke: Two Support Programs
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 …
Modernizing a Photochemistry Course
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.
Revising Biophysical Chemistry with Student Help
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 …
From “How?” to “Why?”
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 …
Active-Learning Fellows: Revamping a Graduate-level Dendrology Course
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 …
Patents 101: A Free Duke Online Course
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 …
New Models for Teaching Using Coursera Groups
Professor Daniel Egger creates a new blended model for teaching and learning for his on-campus and distance education students and “flips” his class using the Coursera Groups feature.