July 2024

If so, we want to help. In collaboration with Duke University Libraries and Duke Health, we are providing support for Duke faculty incorporating generative AI into an aspect of their existing 2024-25 courses with AI Jump Start Grants. Proposals are being accepted on a rolling basis. Awards may provide up to $7,500 for implementation, as well as a $1,000 stipend deposited into a faculty discretionary account (for projects with a faculty co-lead, the two faculty will share the stipend).

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

Canvas Workshops

Join one of our upcoming live, virtual workshops for guided instruction on how to use Canvas:

Introduction to Canvas

Mon, July 22, 12 - 1:30 pm > | Mon, Aug 12, 12 - 1:30 pm >

Recommended for anyone who has not used Canvas as an instructor before or those who would like a refresher on Canvas. It will cover basic “getting started” and Canvas configuration information. 

Designing Your Canvas Site for Student Success

Tue, July 23, 12 - 1:30 pm > | Tue, Aug 13, 12 - 1:30 pm >

Strongly recommended for all instructors. This session will focus on the core of Canvas – the Modules tool – and how to use it and several other key Canvas tools to best organize your site. 

Assessing Student Learning in Canvas

Wed, July 24, 12 - 1:30 pm > | Wed, Aug 14, 12 - 1:30 pm >

This session will cover assessing student learning in Canvas using quizzes, graded discussions, assignment submissions, and the gradebook.

Accessibility in Canvas

Thur, July 25, 12 - 1 pm > | Thur, Aug 15, 12 - 1 pm >

Do you know how easy it can be to ensure your course materials are accessible to students in Canvas? Come learn with us! This workshop will cover the principles of accessibility and how to apply them when designing your course sites in Canvas. We will also review tools within Canvas you can use to improve the accessibility of your course. 

Yakut Gazi, Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Digital Education, spoke with host Amrit Ahluwalia, Executive Director of Continuing Studies at Western University, about how professional, continuing and online (PCO) units support universities' future readiness. 

We are currently seeking a new program director to lead our Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke team. The program director will provide oversight of the development and execution of educational programming for the mature adult learning community of the OLLI at Duke. Working with staff, instructors, vendors, volunteers and campus and community program partners, the next OLLI program director will be responsible for ensuring the overall excellence and relevance of programming and developing campus and community partnerships.

Duke’s Hello, Ethi{CS} Cohort Helps Bridge the Equity, Ethics, and K-12 Computing Education Gap in Durham Schools

From Academia to Learning Experience Design through the Bass Digital Education Fellowship

Beth Owen Selected To Lead Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education Finance & Business Operations At Duke

Every month we share the latest adventures of Lile the crocodile, LILE's unofficial mascot.

Lile traveled with Yakut Gazi (left) to Washington, DC for the New Global Universities Summit. Lile joined a remarkable group of founders, presidents, and provosts from around the world to discuss creating and guiding innovative, high-quality educational initiatives.