We moved! We are now headquartered at the Bullpen in downtown Durham.
We moved! We are now headquartered at the Bullpen in downtown Durham.
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November 2021
Learning Innovation staff in front of the Bullpen doors

We Moved!

For the past three years, Learning Innovation called American Tobacco Campus home. However, like many Duke employees, nearly two years of that time was actually spent working from home. As we adapted first to a remote working culture and then again to a hybrid one, our team made the decision to continue with a hybrid working model based out of the Bullpen in downtown Durham. Though our main office location has moved, we will also remain available on-campus at Bostock 128.   

Learning Technology Updates

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Annual Sakai Site Cleanup Postponed

The upcoming Sakai retention site removal process has been postponed to a date TBD. To clarify, no Sakai sites will be removed at this time. We still recommended instructors backup important course content from past sites to their local machines and/or cloud accounts. If you need any assistance backing up course content, email us or stop by our open office hours.

Upcoming Events

Carrying the Innovation Forward to Teach Diverse Learners
Thursday, November 4, 12 - 1 pm

Join us and the Graduate School for a panel of Carry the Innovation Forward project teams as they share experiences and insights from their ongoing projects (2021 - 2022 academic year). Carry the Innovation Forward is a Learning Innovation program to "sustain and expand the learning innovations that arose at Duke during the COVID-19 pandemic." This panel is perfect for any instructor or teaching assistant wanting to learn how their Duke colleagues approach engaging diverse learners.
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Bass Digital Education Fellowship Information Session (for AY ‘22-’23)
Monday, November 8, 11 am – 12 pm

The Bass Digital Education Fellowship is a semester-long fellowship that provides Duke Ph.D. students professional development opportunities in the growing area of digital teaching and learning, offered through a partnership of Duke Learning Innovation and The Graduate School. The fellowship offers students an opportunity to collaborate on leading-edge projects in partnership with Duke faculty and to explore new digital technologies for teaching and learning. Fellows who complete the program will also partially fulfill the requirements for the Certificate in College Teaching.
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Processing the impacts of COVID on undergraduate learning
Tuesday, November 9, 3 - 4 pm

Over eighteen months into the pandemic, the Duke community has developed a good understanding of how the pandemic both challenges teaching and learning but also forces new opportunities for teaching innovation and inclusivity in the classroom. This online discussion hosted by the Office of Assessment revisits and recommits to some of our earliest questions about Covid-era education. The conversation will include some recent published research on this topic. The Office of Assessment also will explain the College’s 2020-2021 survey work and seek discussion among participants. Contact assessment@duke.edu for the Zoom link to this session.

Fostering Transformative Learning: Core Components
Tuesday, November 16, 12 - 12:45 pm

Join Prof. Edward W. Taylor in a conversation about core elements of transformative learning. We invite you to consider how Duke's culture supports transformative learning, a framework for considering how changes to critical thought transform students' beliefs and practices in their future studies and life. Faculty, staff, and students are invited to participate. 
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Our full calendar also includes teaching and learning events from our partners.
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From Our Partners

David L. Paletz Call for Innovative Course Enhancements

Proposal Deadline: November 15, 2021
Award Amounts: $200- $1,000

The Trinity College of Arts and Sciences liberal arts curriculum focuses on student learning that is active and inquiry-based. When students engage firsthand, the learning process is deeper and richer. Trinity College is inviting proposals for funds to add innovations to courses taught in the Spring 2022 semester. For more information, contact Coco Wilder (coco.wilder@duke.edu).

Bass Connections + Duke Libraries offering “Foundational Research Modules: Data Analysis and Workflow Management”

Friday, November 5, 12:30 - 2 pm
In this session, The Duke Center for Data & Visualization Sciences will provide tips for reproducible computational analysis. This event is open to faculty, staff and students. Learn more & register.
Find more events and opportunities for training, funding, consultation and more from the Duke Teaching Support Network.

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