Technology changing the nature of historical research
The Boston Globe’s May 25, 2008 article, Everyone’s a Historian Now, describes how individuals’ contributions of photographs, descriptions and interpretations of historical events, including recent...
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Smartphones for Service-Learning
Lucy Haagen, Lecturer, Program in Education Project Background In Spring 2008, Lucy Haagen, Visiting Lecturer in the Program in Education, used mobile phones to develop learning communities connecting...
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Reaching students in large classes with a tablet PC
Connel Fullenkamp, Associate Professor of the Practice, Economics Connel teaches ECON 51D, Economic Principles, a very large class held in Griffith Theater in the Bryan Center. Connel uses a tablet...
View ArticleFlexible Learning Spaces Fellowship: Susan Wynn
Susan Wynn, Program in Education Hugh Crumley, Program in Education; Graduate School As a fellow in CIT’s Flexible Learning Spaces Fellowship (2008), Susan Wynn participated in meetings,...
View ArticleStudent video fellowship: Video to supplement written response papers in a...
Project Summary: During the 2008-2009 academic year, Satendra Khanna, Associate Professor of the Practice, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, participated in the CIT’s Student Video Fellows program....
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Students react positively to VoiceThread in an Arabic class
Mbaye Lo, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Arabic, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Mbaye Lo was one of fourteen faculty and one graduate student who participated in a Spring 2010 CIT Fellowship...
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Creative uses for VoiceThread in an advanced Chinese language course
Dan Wang, Instructor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies Dan Wang was one of fourteen faculty and one graduate student who participated in a Spring 2010 CIT Fellowship for language faculty interested in...
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iPad as a tool for Global Health fieldwork research
Jen’nan Read, Associate Professor, Sociology and Global Health Institute Project Description: CIT funded the purchase of several iPads for Duke sociologist Jen’nan Read’s Research Methods course to...
View ArticleLessons from the Great Recession (the Class)
Guest post by Nicholas Carnes, Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy and 2011-2012 CIT-TWP Research with Writing Faculty Fellow. This post is part of a series by the CIT-TWP...
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Duke Sports and Society MOOC Wraps Up
Professor Orin Starn‘s Sports and Society MOOC, which examined a number of cultural, political, and social issues that surround sports, wrapped up on June 21. The list of weekly topics offers an...
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Week One: “A Beginner’s Guide To Irrational Behavior”
On March 25th, Duke University launched “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior”, a course taught on Coursera by Dr. Dan Ariely, the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics....
View ArticleDuke’s “Sports and Society” MOOC Prepares to Launch
Orin Starn, Chair of Duke’s Department of Anthropology, is offering his MOOC (massive open online course) “Sports and Society” via Coursera beginning April 30. The course, like all MOOCs offered via...
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TBL in my course: An interview with Nicholas Carnes, Sanford School of Public...
In 2012, Dr. Nicholas Carnes, Assistant Professor of Public Policy, participated in the Team-Based Learning Course Design Fellows program organized by the Center for Instructional Technology....
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“9/11 and Its Aftermath – Part I” Begins Soon on Coursera
David Schanzer, a professor at the Sanford School of Public Policy, has been working throughout the summer to adapt his Duke University course into an online course. The Coursera version is the first...
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“9/11 and Its Aftermath” Finishes Its Run on Coursera
Before his course about the origins of the 9/11 attacks began, David Schanzer was concerned it would be difficult to present this controversial and emotionally heated topic in an open MOOC format. He...
View ArticleCongratulations 2014 Trinity Teaching Award winners
CIT congratulates all of the 2014 Trinity College and Alumni Teaching Award winners. Once again this year, CIT co-sponsored the Teaching with Technology Award. This year’s award winner, Denise Comer...
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Flipping the Duke Political Science Graduate “Math Camp”
One of the problems faced by many Ph.D. and M.A. programs in the social sciences is how to prepare graduate students for the advanced mathematical and statistical concepts they will be using as part...
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“That’s Awesome!”— Child Nutrition and Cooking
Great Examples from Online Courses What It’s About Child Nutrition and Cooking from Stanford University has some awesome video content. The lessons are presented from a cozy kitchen setting by...
View ArticleBuilding Foundational Knowledge with an Online “Level-Up”
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...
View ArticleDuke Community Invited to BRITE Ideas in Teaching and Research Series
Learning Innovation and BRITE Lab invite you to join us for BRITE Ideas, a new monthly discussion group to share and develop research on teaching and learning. Invited guest speakers include those who...
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