Video conferencing offers some exciting possibilities for instructors who want to connect their classroom with the world beyond Duke’s campus. Perhaps you’d like to invite outside researchers or guests to speak to your students. Or you’d like to teach your own course from a conference hotel room. Video conferencing can help you go both. If you plan to use a video conferencing software, here are some best practices to consider.
Duke provides a wealth of teaching tools and resources to support you and your classes. Below is a sampling – if you’re wondering if another tool exists, would like to talk about best practices for …
The Challenge: Prepare Students for U.S. Civics Major Courses Students come to Duke from a variety of educational backgrounds, and not all students have the same background coming in to their major courses. Duke Learning …
After evaluating two semesters of Infectious Disease Epidemiology in Global Settings with initial and enhanced course re/design, we have learned a great deal from our experience and student feedback. I would like to highlight a …
Professor Lisa Merschel received a CIT Jump-Start grant to purchase 15 Boomalang licenses for her intermediate Spanish class (Spanish 203) in Spring 2017. Merschel is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Romance Studies. It’s …
Learning Innovation partners with Duke faculty and programs to develop online learning experiences that extend the impact and reach of the university. Online learning makes it possible for the university to offer flexibility to Duke …
The latest version of Warpwire (Duke’s streaming media too), released on December 30, has two important new features that allow users to organize content in libraries more effectively: tagging and sorting. Other new features are batch editing and a drop box mode for private file transfer. Workshops are being offered by CIT on Jan. 8 and 19.
Have you ever had a fascinating conversation with someone and wished you could share it with your students and colleagues? How about sharing the experience of a unique environment that illustrates a critical element in …
What It’s About? Content Strategy for Professionals 1: Engaging Audiences for Your Organizations by Northwestern University is a MOOC course that is part of the Content Strategy for Professionals in Organization Specialization. Designed with professionals …
Great Examples from Online Courses What’s It About Produced by Kennesaw State University’s Distance Learning Center, “Cybersecurity and its 10 Domains” on-demand MOOC takes a look at cybersecurity in a world driven by computers and how …
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