Custom Training

CIT can provide custom training for 3 or more faculty or staff on the instructional uses of various technologies. We can do a "road show" for any of our prepared workshops, and can also create training on topics of your choice related to instructional technology.

Some examples are below, but we can often create a workshop for you on a topic you have in mind, as well.

Please contact us to request a session, ideally two or more weeks in advance.

Dynamic Classroom Teaching
New teaching approaches that can be effective in technology-enhanced classroom spaces, including new flexible learning spaces

Effective use of student groups
Lecture busters: Keeping students engaged
Making student thinking visible

Teaching Toolkit
Basic tools and techniques that can enhance and streamline your teaching experiences

Getting started in Blackboard
Blackboard communication tools: Blogs, wikis and discussion boards
Managing student groups in Blackboard
Enhance your course with web conferencing
Assessing student group work: Creating fair assignments

Visual Resources for Teaching
Tools, resources and techniques that will bring greater visual interest to your class

Visual resources at Duke and beyond
Teaching with Google Maps
Managing and using images in teaching
Creating teaching resources in Google Earth

New web technologies to enhance your productivity
Online and"Web 2.0" tools can help you manage resources and interactions with students

Let the news come to you with RSS
Google Docs for online collaboration
Managing your bookmarks with delicious
Library online tools for student research
New communication tools: Twitter, Facebook, Ning and others
Finding and using online media: Flickr, YouTube and others

Exploring New Technologies
New technologies for teaching, presented in an informal session with time for discussion

Introduction to the iPhone and iPod Touch
Facebook and your course
Teaching using Second Life: Practical suggestions

Duke Digital Initiative / Digital Media for Teaching and Learning
Workshops and demonstrations focused on the technologies and new media applications supported through the Duke Digital Initiative as well as more general instructional uses of digital media.

Digital Media 101: Introduction to instructional projects using digital audio and digital video
Enhancing your course with digital audio
Enhancing your course with digital video
Creating video with Flip Cams
Creating screen movies as digital course material
Introduction to Wimba: Fast, easy, and built-in audio recording in Blackboard

Language Technology Workshops
Tools, resources and strategies for incorporating technology in language, literature and culture courses

Fast, easy, and built-in audio recording in Blackboard with Wimba
Integrating geography, culture and history using Google Earth
Technology-enhanced strategies for assessing student language production
Enhancing collaboration in and beyond the classroom
Creating rich communicative activities using comics, video simulations and animations
Second Life for second language: opportunities and challenges of virtual environments
Documenting student proficiency and language development
Creating and managing shared instructional media resources for language programs and departments