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Upcoming Lecture: The Assessment of Writing

By Elise Mueller, Ph.D. On May 1, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog

Edward M. White, Emeritus Professor of University of California, San Bernadino and currently a Visiting Scholar at the University of Arizona, will be a guest of the Thompson Writing Center in June. Through this year, he designed and consulted on assessment in Duke’s English-Composition MOOC. The Coursera course is taught by Denise Comer, the [...]

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Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship MOOC

By Amy Campbell On April 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In MOOC

Students from around the world have just completed the second full week in Duke’s newest MOOC course, Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship, taught by Bob Barnes from Biomedical Engineering and Marilyn Lombardi from the School of Nursing. The Coursera course is a derivative of a course of the same name Dr. Barnes and Dr. Lombardi [...]

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2013 Trillium Workshop: Sustainability Across the Curriculum

By Randy Riddle On April 29, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog

The 2013 Trillium Workshop will be held Wednesday, May 8, 2013, from 8:30 AM to 5 PM. This workshop assists faculty who teach in any discipline, helping them to connect sustainability-related concepts to the material they teach and to incorporate sustainability-related topics and practices into their courses. All faculty are welcome, and faculty with [...]

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IntroAstro: an intense experience

By Yvonne Belanger On April 23, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Assessment, Blog, MOOC

Introduction to Astronomy (“IntroAstro”) was one of Duke’s first MOOCs delivered on the Coursera platform. Launched in November 2012, this eight week journey through the universe offered by Dr. Ronen Plesser was based on a semester-long Duke University course . We’ve released a report which summarizes the development and delivery of this course and captures [...]

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The Elephant in the Room: Machine Translation in the Language Classroom

By Elise Mueller, Ph.D. On April 19, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog

Four lecturers in Romance Studies release their findings on the use of machine translation tools by Duke students and examine user trends.

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Duke’s “Sports and Society” MOOC Prepares to Launch

By Seth Anderson On April 17, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog, MOOC

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 Coursera, is free and open to everyone, and draws on the tools of anthropology, sociology, history, and other disciplines to give students new [...]

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Medical Neuroscience Day One

By Andrea Novicki On April 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In MOOC

On Monday, April 8, 2013, the MOOC Medical Neuroscience officially launched in Coursera. This intensive eight week course is taught by Professor Len E. White, based on his course for first-year medical students, requiring a background in cellular and molecular biology, systems physiology and human anatomy and a significant time commitment (16 or more hours each week).

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CIT May 2013 Workshops

By Randy Riddle On April 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog

Have some time in between grading finals and preparing for your summer break? Join the CIT for our annual series of May Workshops to get teaching ideas and learn about new technologies you can use in your classes this Fall.

Find out what the buzz is about with massive open online courses (MOOCs) with our session [...]

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Week One: “A Beginner’s Guide To Irrational Behavior”

By Chris Lorch On April 2, 2013 · 3 Comments · In Blog, MOOC

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. Over the course of six weeks, students explore a variety topics related to irrationality in the context of economics, including the psychology of [...]

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Sakai Update: Upgrade to Sakai 2.9 coming soon

By Shawn Miller On April 2, 2013 · Leave a Comment · In Blog

Sakai Upgrade coming May 11

Duke Sakai is scheduled for an upgrade (from version 2.7 to 2.9) May 11. The upgrade will provide over 500 bug fixes and keep Duke current with other peer institutions also planning to upgrade to Sakai 2.9 this year. During the upgrade, Sakai will be [...]

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