October 2019

Learn how Duke Learning Innovation helped Duke students learn more, and helped more people learn from Duke, in our 2018-2019 Annual Report.
The Teaching Collaborative

The Teaching Collaborative is a new weekly workshop and discussion series at Duke focused on pedagogy topics frequently requested by faculty. The sessions are intended to build a community of practitioners at Duke who learn together and learn from each other, to spread knowledge of teaching best practices.
 



Digital Project Management: Strategies for Success
Thursday, October 3

Boost Students' Content Retention with Nudge
Thursday, October 10

What It Means To Be An Empirical Educator
Thursday, October 17

Strategies for Successful Group Work
Thursday, October 24

Helping Students Learn How to Learn
Thursday, October 31

See All Fall 2019 Teaching Collaborative Sessions
Upcoming Events

Celebrate the Launch of NextEd Labs at Duke

The Duke and Durham communities are invited to celebrate the launch of NextEd Labs, a new coworking space focused on education innovation.


October 28, 2019
6:00 - 8:00 PM
215 Morris Street, Downtown Durham
 

Learn More and Register »

More Events

BRITE Ideas - Nudge: A Classroom Experiment in Forgetting Less
Wednesday, October 2

Dynamic Lecturing and the Science of Learning Workshop
Tuesday, October 8

Efficient and Effective Feedback for Student Writing
Wednesday, October 9

Bass Digital Education Fellowship Information Session
Thursday, October 10

Getting Useful Feedback on Your Writing
Wednesday, October 16

Digital Architectural and Art History: A View from the Field
Thursday, October 17

 



Centering Art History and Visual Culture in the Digital Humanities: 10 Years of the Wired! Lab 
Friday, October 18

Refining Practices in Student Mentoring
Tuesday, October 22

Managing Your Courses With Kits
Tuesday, October 22

Using Peer Feedback Effectively
Thursday, October 24

Gamefulness: A Framework for Language Learning
Friday, October 25

Engaging Faculty Colleagues in Assessment
Thursday, October 31

Learning Innovation Office Hours
Wednesdays and Thursdays

Highlights from the Blog

Learn More About NextEd Labs @ Duke

 
NextEd Labs supports collaboration in the Triangle’s education innovation community. The initiative is a joint venture of Duke’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative (I&E), Duke Learning Innovation and San Francisco-based Embark. 

Duke Online Learning Collaborative Fall 2019 Meetings - Join Us!

The Duke Online Learning Collaborative is a special interest group to share new ideas and innovations in the area of digital education and online teaching and learning.

Applications Open Oct. 1 for the Bass Digital Education Fellowship

Learning Innovation, in partnership with the Duke Graduate School, offers the Bass Digital Education Fellowship Program to provide Duke Ph.D. students professional development opportunities in the area of digital teaching and learning.

Innovation Co-Lab Offers Digital Citizenship Workshop Series

The Innovation Co-Lab have launched a new series of short talks to explore the human impacts of technology. 

It's All Fun and Games (And Teaching!)

Fall 2019 will bring another round of events around educational gaming to the Games and Culture Humanities Lab.

ThingLink's Augmented Images and Videos

Learning Innovation is conducting a pilot of the educational application ThingLink, which allows users to tag photos and videos with embedded text, videos, images, and links to more information.

Computer Science Faculty Talk Teaching and Course Design -- And You Can Too!

Early this summer, several faculty from Duke Computer Science met for a brief, three-day teaching retreat, supported by Learning Innovation.

Three Midterm Assessments to Improve Your Course Right Now

Try these three quick and easy assessment techniques in your class today!

"Teaching and Learning in the Diverse Classroom" MOOC

Cornell University’s Center for Teaching Innovation is offering “Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom” as a massive open online course (MOOC) on the edX platform.

What We're Reading

Lessons in Learning: Study Shows Students in Active Learning Classrooms Learn More Than They Think 
(The Harvard Gazette)

First Day of Class Activities That Create a Climate For Learning
(Faculty Focus)

The Dangers of Fluent Lectures
(Inside Higher Ed)

Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism in your Classroom
(HASTAC)

Rethinking the Context of EdTech
(EDUCAUSE Review)
 

We Desperately Need a Merger Between Education and Work
(Scientific American)

Everyone Has Invisible Bias. This Lesson Shows Students How to Recognize It.
(EdSurge)

'Learning To Fail' Class Teaches Students To Take Risks, Embrace Failure
(Duke Chronicle)

11 Steps to Planning a Course You've Never Taught Before
(Faculty Focus)


 
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