December 2019

In November, Learning Innovation hosted an annual teaching event for new faculty titled “What I Wish I Had Known About Teaching (at Duke)."
 
Upcoming Events

Promoting Skillful Learning: What is Metacognition and Where to Start with Students?

Brainstorm and discuss ideas about where to apply metacognitive instruction with students in this workshop sponsored by the Pratt School of Engineering, Office of the Dean.

 

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More Events

BRITE Ideas: What do Duke Students Believe About Intelligence?
Wednesday, December 4

Managing Your Course with Kits
Monday, December 9

Promoting Skillful Learning: Designing Activities for Metacognitive Growth
Monday, January 6



Promoting Skillful Learning: Addressing context, barriers, and challenges
Tuesday, January 7

Promoting Skillful Learning: What is Metacognition and Why Should I Care?
Tuesday, January 7

Learning Innovation Office Hours
Wednesdays and Thursdays

Highlights from the Blog

Duke Faculty Highlight New Research on Team Based Learning

 
Duke faculty member Thomas Newpher recently shared research he is doing in collaboration with Minna Ng to evaluate Team Based Learning.

Kits: Building the NGDLE Outside the LMS

In Educause Review, Learning Innovation's Jolie Tingen explains Duke's latest effort to provide a next generation digital learning environment (NGDLE) for the Duke community and beyond.

Reclaiming the Nudge

"The small interventions designed to influence student choices are neither panacea nor failure -- but tools worthy of continuing experimentation," writes Learning Innovation's Kim Manturuk for Inside Higher Education.

Duke's Hindi Students use 3D Printing to Connect with Culture and Language

In this faculty guest post, Kusum Knapczyk, PhD, Lecturer of Hindi Language of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, shares how students in her Hindi 101 and 203 classes use 3D printing for language assignments.

Sakai Virtual Conference Keynote: Matthew Rascoff

In this video, Matthew Rascoff, Duke's Associate Vice Provost for Digital Education and Innovation, discusses the potential of community-led ed tech that starts with the values of education and solves meaningful challenges facing our sector.

Workshops on Metacognition for Skillful Learning

The Pratt Engineering Education Resource (PEER) Team is hosting a workshop series for current and aspiring faculty on integrating metacognitive concepts and frameworks into courses.

What We're Reading

Do Students Really Learn Nothing From a Lecture?
(The Chronicle of Higher Education)

Easy to Implement Strategies for Disabilities in the College Classroom
(Faculty Focus)

Teaching and Decision Fatigue
(Inside Higher Ed)

Long Live The English Major—If It’s Paired With An Industry-Recognized Credential
(Forbes)

In the Driver’s Seat: Online Professional Learning Design Features in Action
(EdSurge)

Going Multimodal: 5 Tips for Making the Switch to Multimodal Assignments
(Faculty Focus)

Research-Based Learning Findings from MIT Open Learning
(MIT Open Learning)

Why Books Don't Work
(Andy Matuschak)
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