Students have arrived to campus and classes start on Monday - we hope you are feeling confident and prepared! To help you wrap up any last minute tasks, check out our latest blog post - Quick Tips for Teaching This Fall - which features tips on getting your Canvas course sites ready, developing a student-centered syllabus and getting useful feedback from your students.

If you are looking to connect with peers this fall, sign up for our visit a classroom program. Make a plan now to get mid-semester feedback from your students: let us conduct a small group instructional feedback session for you.

And remember: if you have any questions about teaching, we are just an email away at learninginnovation@duke.edu 

Join us for our online open office hours every Monday from 1 to 3 pm and Thursday from 10 am to 12 pm at duke.zoom.us/my/dukelearninginnovation. No registration is needed, just join during the listed hours. There will be no office hours on Monday, September 2 in observation of Labor Day. 

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

From Duke Faculty Advancement

Tuesday, August 27  |  4 - 5 pm

Faculty regularly engage with a wide variety of students while teaching, advising and mentoring. A number of factors can influence the success of this engagement for both faculty and students, including the learning and mentoring environments faculty create and the way they incorporate inclusive practices into their teaching, mentoring and assessment.

Join Leonard White, Kimberly Bethea, Yakut Gazi, Anthony Kelley, and Kevin Welsher to discuss effective strategies and tools to create environments where your students can learn and thrive. You will also discuss ways to develop practices that prioritize your own wellness as you begin the work of a new academic year. 

Pedagogies of Care Lunch & Learn
Thursday, September 12  |  12 - 1 pm

Extractive research “talks over” Indigenous peoples, silencing their voices by taking both knowledge and materials away from communities for colonial projects that erase and devalue Indigenous identities. Left unanswered, such research can bloom into disinformation that undermines tribal sovereignty. Native American communities in North Carolina have been subjects of extractive research for more than a century. In this session, Dr. Ryan Emanuel, Associate Professor of Hydrology in the Nicholas School of the Environment, will provide a brief overview of this tragic history, explain how it threatens tribal self-determination in this region, and offer recommendations both for healing the harms of extractive research and for preventing it from happening in the future.

Teaching techniques proven effective through evidence-based research.

Plan & Refine Your Course

Design & Grade Course Work 

Use Student Teams Effectively

Create an Inclusive & Equitable Course

Choose Course Materials

Foster an Active Classroom

Focused explorations of topics in teaching.

Bryan Center Studios are the central space at Duke for media creation and innovation. Designed for media professionals and the entire Duke community of faculty, staff and students, the Studios combine ease of use with professional quality equipment and services. Staff are available to support you and your students' video and audio production needs this fall. Recent upgrades include an additional space, Studio 5, which is an ideal location for instructors to conduct high-quality Zoom meetings and interviews.