Nicholas Gessler, Information Science & Information Studies
What if you could create your own world, which followed your own rules, a world with agents whose perceptions and behaviors you designed, who lived in environments that you constructed? What if you could put evolution to work inside that world? How would that society change through time? In ISIS (Information Science & Information Studies) 72, in LINK Classroom #6, and as part of the Visual Studies Initiative at Duke, we do just that. We build highly interactive, visually compelling computer simulations that introduce participants to the philosophies and practices of the emerging “New Sciences of Complexity” and “Evolutionary Computation.” Most students began with no previous programming and yet all of them have fashioned creative and imaginative experimental worlds relevant to the biological and social sciences, the humanities and arts. Come see what we have done and where we’re going next.
Blackboard is changing! Learn what’s new and how it might impact you! Blackboard is being upgraded from version 6.3 to version 8 during May 7 - May 10. On May 11 we will have an upgraded version of Blackboard. Learn about the most important changes and what you need to know to be prepared.
Todd Stabley, OIT Academic Services
With over 60 classrooms hard-wired for capture on campus, and with multiple streaming, download, and podcasting options available through DukeStream, there are many choices available for instructors and presenters at Duke who wish to capture their classes and events and make them available for later viewing. In this session we will outline a number of these options, focusing on what purposes they serve and why you might want to select one over the other. Additionally, we will look at key enhancements on the horizon for these services as well as related ad-hoc options such as Duke on YouTube that are emerging as technology evolves.
John Biewen, Documentary Studies
I’ll describe and demonstrate how we use iTunes U as a mechanism for students to have their documentary work heard by an audience beyond the class and the campus.
Jennifer Kim, Undergraduate Student
What makes some blogs successful and others not? Class blogging is a cool idea but often does not work. Students view it as a chore and students stop blogging when there is no response and the blog is not seen as relevant. On the other hand, there are successful and enjoyable class blogs. Jennifer will share her student perspective and talk about factors that keep students engaged, so that faculty can successfully use blogs in the classroom.
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