As our regular readers know by now, I have been a participant in the MITx pilot course “Circuits and Electronics” since it launched in March. The course is now moving into week 10 of 14.
In my last update, I was forecasting that I would score a [...]
The 2012 CIT Instructional Technology Showcase was held on April 27, 2012 at the Bryan Center. Sessions held in the Griffith Theater during this year’s Showcase were recorded and are now available for viewing. Check out the video of the panel on using iPads with a class of students, teaching with Sakai,
There’s an old adage that the best way to learn something is to teach it to someone else. MIT students are trying that out by creating short videos that teach basic concepts in science and engineering for K-12 students. For example, one 8 minute video provides a humorous and highly engaging explanation of the
The CIT’s annual Instructional Technology Showcase was held last Friday, April 27th at the Duke University Bryan Center. Faculty and staff from Duke and other local institutions attended the annual one-day conference, featuring sessions on iPads, Sakai, social media, alternate reality games, and many other topics.
Throughout the day attendees used social [...]
If you are interested in incorporating sustainability principles into your courses, consider attending the 3rd annual Duke Trillium Workshop on Sustainability Across the Curriculum, May 9, 2012, and/or becoming a Trillium Fellow and redesigning your course to include sustainability content and methods.
To apply complete the brief application form by Friday 5/4/2012.
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Guest blog post by STAP program founding team Ben Cook (Trinity ’15), Stephanie Downey (Trinity ’14), and Jenny Su (Trinity ’15).
The CIT Student Technology Ambassador Program is a new student group on campus aimed at fostering personal relationships between faculty and undergraduates, developing faculty members’ social media skills, [...]
With the proliferation of mobile technologies such as the iPad and Kindle, which impacts what is possible with e-books, what constitutes a “textbook”? What opportunities do these new technologies provide for your students to work with material in innovative ways? Since self-publishing is becoming easier and academics are moving towards open and Creative [...]
The Center for Instructional Technology maintains a pool of approximately 125 iPads and iPad2s dedicated to student/faculty use in semester-long courses. Interested Duke faculty whose instructional goals are compatible with CIT’s annual investigative goals as listed below may submit an application to use iPads in their class. First consideration will be given to applications received before [...]
The transition from Blackboard to Sakai continues. June 30, 2012 will be the last day Blackboard will be available at Duke. A few important notes to keep in mind:
Finals and grades for Spring 2012: Read our recent CIT blog post for tips on using the Sakai gradebook [...]
CIT will be holding its annual May Workshops throughout next week.
Workshop topics will include flipping your class, creating and backing up
courses in Sakai and implementing team-based learning. Other workshops will go in-depth showing you how to find e-resources for your course, record course videos, and leverage social media for teaching.
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- STAP: Student Technology Ambassador Program
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