The Active Learning Institute is designed to help faculty deepen learning and increase student motivation using active learning techniques proven successful at Duke and elsewhere.

The Institute is a compact, one week experience that will be offered twice in Summer 2022, and sessions will run for one week from 11 am to 2 pm each day. Participants who complete the program are eligible for a $500 stipend to be paid to a faculty research account. 

The Institute’s week of activities and examples are tailored to the interests and subject areas of the applicants and are taught using interactive active learning methods. Each day, faculty will engage and exchange ideas with fellow faculty members in the Institute from a range of different departments.

The Spring 2022 Center for Computational Thinking Symposium
Celebrating Computational Thinking at Duke
Thursday, March 3, 1 - 5 pm
The Spring 2022 CCT Symposium will be an opportunity to celebrate and learn from the various work of Duke faculty to advance computation-based research and education across Duke, including integrating computation in academic fields and programs across the university. Quentin Ruiz-Esparza, Learning Innovation's Associate Director of Online Duke, is a panel member for the 4 pm event "Innovating Computational Education."
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BRITE Ideas: Investigating the Effect of Webcams on Student Attention and Learning in Virtual Classrooms 
Monday, March 14, 12 - 1 pm
Learning Innovation and BRITE Lab invite you to join us for BRITE Ideas, a monthly discussion group to share and develop research on teaching and learning. This session will feature Noah Forrin, a Postdoctoral Researcher at McMaster University. Please join us and contribute to an engaged discussion to advance teaching excellence at Duke.
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Creating Inclusive Learning Environments
Thursday, March 24, 10 - 11:30 am
How can instructors create more inclusive learning environments in their classes? The new book "Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education: Strategies for Teaching" presents a four-phase approach beginning with critical self-reflection, followed by designing an inclusive curriculum, implementing inclusive pedagogy and creating inclusive assessment. Join the book's editors, Rita Kumar and Brenda Refaei, for an interactive session which will provide some time for faculty and instructors to begin the process of reflection needed to develop inclusive pedagogical approaches that use active learning strategies. This session is open to Duke and non-Duke faculty, other instructors, and academic staff.
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