Blackboard Great Ideas: Collaborative writing
Cary Moskovitz Director, Writing in the Disciplines, Thompson Writing Program An essential part of Cary Moskovitz’s Writing 20 courses is collaborative writing, encouraging students to work together to...
View ArticleBlackboard Great Ideas: Student website projects
Amaryllis Rodriguez Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies Blackboard wikis (websites which allow collaborative editing) are a convenient means for students to create websites as course projects. Amaryllis...
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Bb Tip: Give student groups private spaces to work in Blackboard
Blackboard’s Groups feature allows instructors to provide a group of students with their own set of communication tools that only the group members can access. A group of students collaborating on a...
View ArticleHow technology is changing learning at Duke
A recent Cisco-produced video includes several short interviews with Duke administrators, faculty and students as they discuss how learning is changing at Duke. Tracy Futhey, CIO and Vice President for...
View ArticleEssays on teaching excellence
The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, a national organization focused on faculty and TA development, recently made Volume 21 of their Teaching Excellence Essay series available...
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Join us for Teams for Learning @ Duke
Join other Duke faculty who are either interested in or actively implementing team-based learning at Duke, for this first, multidisciplinary Teams for Learning @ Duke workshop. Learn why educators at...
View ArticleChecking in on the Flipped Classroom Fellows
The Center for Instructional Technology’s Flipped Classroom Fellowship kicked off on October 11th with twelve faculty from a wide range of disciplines, from Chemistry and Physics to Public Policy,...
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Box: Collaboration at Duke Gets a Facelift
Collaboration across campus for students, courses, and staff just got easier. All students, faculty, and staff at Duke University and Duke Medicine now have a cloud storage account with Box. Users are...
View ArticleIntroverts Can Thrive with Group Work
Cooperative group work helps students learn, but some question, “What about the introverts?” Dr. Neil Davidson, self-professed introvert, professor emeritus at the University of Maryland, consultant...
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