Upcoming Events

All events are virtual and in Eastern time unless otherwise noted.

Book Talk Series: Academic Innovation for the Public Good
Lean Semesters

Wednesday, Mar. 23, 7 - 8 pm

A conversation with author Sekile M. Nzinga, the Chief Equity Officer for the State of Illinois. Her book, Lean Semesters: How Higher Education Reproduces Inequity, addresses in depth the reality that women of color, particularly Black women, face compounded exploitation and economic inequality within universities.

Organized by Stanford Digital Education and Trinity College-Hartford and co-sponsored by Duke Learning Innovation.

Creating Inclusive Learning Environments

Thursday, Mar. 24, 10 - 11:15 am

In this interactive online session led by the editors of the new book, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Strategies for Teaching, instructors will have the opportunity to reflect on what is needed to adopt pedagogies, curricula, and assessment processes to become a more inclusive practitioner.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Examine the principles that guide their DEI work.
Consider a variety of inclusive pedagogies appropriate for their teaching contexts.
Review strategies for curating inclusive curriculum materials appropriate for their teaching contexts.
Identify potential inclusive assessments appropriate for their teaching contexts.

This session is open to Duke and non-Duke faculty, other instructors, and academic staff.

Student Lightning Talks
BRITE Ideas

Monday, Apr. 11, 12 - 1 pm

Learning Innovation and BRITE Lab invite you to join us for BRITE Ideas, a monthly discussion group to share and develop research on teaching and learning. This session will feature current BRITE Lab students presenting on their theses. Please join us and contribute to an engaged discussion to advance teaching excellence at Duke.

We also feature teaching and learning events from other Duke units and external vendors on our full calendar.