CIT At A Glance

CIT Facts

Founded in 1999

Part of the Academic Technology and Instructional Services unit within Perkins Library

Located on Lower Level One of the Bostock Building of Perkins Library

For more information on CIT, see our Reports section or take a look at our Year in Progress.

CIT supports Duke faculty and instructors in innovative pedagogical development. CIT helps them achieve teaching goals such as increasing student engagement with course materials, supporting active learning strategies, deepening student understanding through authentic learning activities, fostering communication and collaboration, and streamlining course administration. The CIT offers a wide range of faculty support programs and in the past two years has interacted with over 500 faculty and awarded over $90,600 in direct project funding in the form of individual and group grants. CIT also supports the Blackboard course management system used by over 60% of courses each term. We also systematically monitor and evaluate the impact and effectiveness of instructional technologies on the teaching and learning experiences of faculty and students and share our findings with the campus community through reports, staff presentations and publications, and our annual Instructional Technology Showcase.

CIT's Mission	Recent sample activities
Serve as a trusted source of information about academic technologies at Duke	Consulted on over 1300 inquiries, requests for support and advice, and faculty instructional technology projects in 2008-09 Sponsored events for staff and faculty from all Duke schools on a wide range of topics including visualization in teaching, copyright and intellectual property, effective use of technology-enhanced classrooms, media-enhanced student research, creating digital course materials and improving the effectiveness of lectures Distributed monthly e-mail newsletters to Duke faculty and staff and individuals from 64 institutions of higher education in the US and 12 other countries, as well as bi-annual print newsletters to some Duke faculty and staff. Shared expertise and information about Duke's academic technology developments through presentations at local, national and international conferences
Increase faculty awareness of instructional technologies and how to use them	Supported Blackboard course management software, used by over 1600 courses and 80% of Arts & Sciences faculty each semester Made office visits to faculty to help them effectively use and integrate software and hardware tools in teaching including Blackboard, iPods, and Tablet PCs Supported the FACIT program to improve the flow of information to academic departments
Share expertise and build community around pedagogical aspects of technologies	Supported distance learning projects in the School of the Environment, School of Nursing and School of Medicine Organized events within and beyond Duke including the annual Instructional Technology Showcase, our annual May workshop series, and faculty communities on special topics including course video projects and teaching in the Link
Provide opportunities for faculty to explore new technologies in their teaching	Through its leading role in the Duke Digital Initiative, introduced multimedia tools now widely used for teaching and for course assignments, including Flip cameras, iPods, Tablet PCs, digital audio and video capture and editing tools, and streaming media tools Explored and shared information about educational uses of emerging technologies including Google Earth, Evernote, Voicethread, Second Life, MDID, iPhoto, Picassa Helped faculty acquire external funding for technology projects from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and others
Foster collaboration and connection in technology planning	Collaborated with OIT, A&SIST and other campus groups on campus-wide efforts to promote exploration of new technologies in education including the Duke Digital Initiative and the Link Worked with library public services to integrate course-related services into Blackboard, including course and subject guides, e-reserves, and reference services Worked with OIT to successfully upgrade Blackboard Plan for future LMS needs through participation in campus planning initiatives Worked with campus partners to ensure that the hardware and software in public computing facilities enables students to complete new types of course assignments