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

Creative Inclusivity and Community-Building

Mon, February 20, 1:30 - 3 pm

This virtual interactive workshop offers non-traditional arts and creative writing-based strategies for exploring and implementing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices in your class, clinic, meeting or conference. Brief exercises focus on community building, deep listening, and creating safe spaces. We will play with concepts that help participants navigate sensitive topics and interpersonal or group conflicts. Finally, we will model simple games that explore and sensitize us to subtler inequities and biases.

Emerging Pedagogies: How to use ChatGPT and other AI Tools

Fri, February 24, 10:30 am - 12 pm

In this session you will see the writing assistant ChatGPT and the media generator Midjourney in action. We will explain how to log into these tools, understand the types of output they can produce, help you craft effective prompts, and describe the tasks the AI can help you complete. We will also touch on the current AI tools used to detect text generated by AI and discuss the implications of using such tools.

Vital and Valuable: The Relevance of HBCUs to American Life and Education

Wed, March 8, 4 - 5 pm

James V. Koch and Omari H. Swinton discuss their book Vital and Valuable: The Relevance of HBCUs to American Life and Education, which describes the distinctive features of historically Black colleges and universities and positions them in the broader higher education landscape. Using data on admissions, enrollment, student performance, debt, and spending, they recommend policies to strengthen HBCUs.

Supercharge learner content creation with interactive video: PlayPosit Learner Made Bulbs

Wed, March 1, 1 - 2 pm

You know how to use interactive video and have experienced the benefits in your courses. Did you know your learners can also create bulbs using the Learner Made Bulb application? Use PlayPosit's learner-made bulbs to promote student leadership, agency, and content expertise.

Gradescope Workshops

Multiple Dates and Times

Gradescope is offering a workshop series open to all faculty & TAs at Duke. This series includes sessions focused on different use cases and course formats.