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

Empathy in Instructional Design

Part of the Spring 2025 Pedagogies of Care Lunch & Learn Series

Thursday, January 23 | 12 - 1 pm

In this session, Kisha Daniels will discuss her experience as a Faculty-in-Residence and how it has shifted her perspective on teaching. She will share how she approaches the instructional design of her courses to more fully incorporate her students and make her courses more relevant to their lives. She will also discuss how she has begun to think about new research directions that are inclusive of approaches such as co-designing courses with students.

Bass Society Seminars on Teaching Excellence

12 - 1:15 pm | Bolton Family Tower Room

Bass Society Seminars on Teaching Excellence highlight successful teaching strategies through expert-led, interactive sessions. Bass Society of Fellows are Duke faculty who have each been recognized for excellence in teaching undergraduates and have a distinguished record of scholarship. A Bass Fellow leads each seminar session, outlining an aspect of their successful teaching strategies. Space is limited, and registration is required. Junior faculty are encouraged to attend. Lunch is provided for registrants. For any questions, contact the Student-Faculty Engagement Office at fsengagement@duke.edu.

Jan. 29: Bringing Your Personal Passions to Your Teaching and Research

Led by Bridgette Hard, Professor of the Practice of Psychology and Neuroscience, and Mohamed Noor, Professor of Biology

Feb. 18: Supporting 1st Generation and Lower-Income Students in the Classroom

Led by Sachelle Ford, Director of Duke LIFE and David M. Rubenstein Fellows

Online Conference Open to Duke Community on Transformative Teaching

Monday, February 3 - Friday, February 14

LILE has purchased an institutional registration for the 17th annual virtual conference “Transforming the Teaching and Learning Environment.” Hosted and organized by Northeastern State University (Oklahoma) eCampus, the conference schedule features 60 live, interactive, sequential online sessions on a wide range of pedagogical topics such as student engagement, AI bots for learning, virtual reality, and playful pedagogy. Note that session times are in Central Standard Time. If there’s a session time that doesn’t work for you, all sessions will be recorded for later viewing.

Members of the Duke community who wish to attend virtual conference sessions should contact lile@duke.edu to receive the conference login information.

Audio Feedback for Student Writing

Monday, February 10 | 4 - 5 pm

Co-sponsored by the Thompson Writing Program & LAMP

While teachers have traditionally given students feedback on their writing in writing, advances in digital technology have made spoken, recorded feedback a viable option. Spoken feedback can be more pleasant and efficient to give than written feedback, and students tend to respond positively to the intimacy of the spoken voice and the greater nuance of spoken comments. Topics will include benefits and drawbacks of recorded oral feedback, types of oral feedback, and options for recording and disseminating recorded responses.

ICYMI: Recording Available of "Crafting Generative AI Tools for Your Classroom" Workshop

Watch a recording of a workshop facilitated by Carter Zenke ′20 to learn how to adapt the latest generative AI tools for your classroom or other learning setting. No prior experience with genAI needed. Resources: