12:20 PM
Streaming Media in the Classroom
Film Librarian Danette Pachtner will demonstrate ways to bring video into the classroom using the Libraries’ streaming media resources, and Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology Rebecca Stein will share her experiences with using Films on Demand in the classroom. Learn about ways that you may use these sources to enhance your research and teaching.
Alice: Build Wonderlands for Your Class
Abrita Chakravarty, Computer Science Graduate Student
Alice is a simple programming environment that allows a user to create 3D animation movies. It can be used to demonstrate a simulation model, narrate a story, or create and play a game. The programming interface is extremely user-friendly and all programs are created by simply dragging and dropping elements into the editor. With a few mouse clicks, Alice can create a new virtual world, where the message or story in an unassuming piece of text transforms into an innovative animated display. It is also easy for students to master and provides a novel creative platform to express their ideas. Alice is freely available and does not involve installation of any new software.
The department of Computer Science offers an introductory programming course for undergraduates to learn Alice. The faculty have conducted several outreach programs for K12 teachers as well as middle and high school students, introducing them to computer programming through Alice worlds. Teachers have successfully used Alice to supplement traditional lesson plans across the disciplines of Art, Math, Science, English, History and Social Studies (http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice/aliceInSchools).
This presentation will introduce users to Alice, demonstrate briefly how the program is used, show some examples of animations created in Alice and provide all the information users need to download and learn Alice.
To learn more about Alice: http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice.
[CourseCast recording] or YouTube video (below)
The Pleasures and Pains of Doing an Academic Podcast
Mark Goodacre, Religion
A discussion of the NT Pod, a podcast offering a historical approach to the New Testament and Christian Origins: how it began, how it evolved, its benefits outside the classroom and how it has been received.
Video Workbook
0Helen Gordon, School of Nursing
In the School of Nursing face-to-face time with students is at a premium. Using a Flip video recorder, YouTube and core concepts of the clinical course, the presenter developed a teaching strategy she calls “The Video Workbook” for students to use as a supplement to traditional classroom time. This teaching strategy was made possible by a CIT grant and has now been “tested” with two cohorts of students. It has proven to be an low-cost yet effective way to extend the reach of this faculty member and free-up classroom time for more complex clinical content.
Utilization of an Open Source Web-based Resource as a Course Management System
Sharon Hawks, School of Nursing
Sharon Hawks teaches a professional leadership course to advanced practice nursing students. Content areas include topics such as health care reform, medical ethics and the implications of health care polices. Using Google sites, a wiki was created to manage course content and to provide a platform for increased interaction among students and faculty. Students were asked to evaluate the use of the wiki as compared to the Blackboard learning management system.
Enhancing Teaching @ Duke with Online Training Tutorials
0Christine L. Vucinich, Technical Education & Outreach Coordinator, OIT and Richard Lucic, ISIS and Computer Science
Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has made it easy for Duke students, faculty and staff to have access to online tutorials in computer-related topics such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Video Editing, Computer Programming, Web Design, Database Design and more through the Lynda.com online training pilot. Christine Vucinich, who leads OIT’s Academic Services Training program, will discuss the pilot and demonstrate how to access the training tutorials. Richard Lucic will talk about how he is participating in this pilot and using the online tutorials in the Information Science and Information Studies (ISIS) program. More Information: http://www.oit.duke.edu/training/online/.
[CourseCast recording] or YouTube video (below)