The Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) will continue to accept proposals to explore new and emerging technologies throughout 2016. Proposals are being accepted for projects (open to faculty, librarians, graduate students), attendance at technology-focused conferences (open to faculty), and the development of innovative visualizations to improve learning in any undergraduate Duke course (open to anyone who teaches a Duke undergraduate course). For the full description and link to submit a proposal, visit https://dukedigitalinitiative.duke.edu/projects/2016-ddi-call-for-proposals/.

What if you could view a video as though you were in the middle of it instead of looking straight ahead at one view? Would that full perspective (up, down, behind you, to both sides) enable you to identify important elements or connections you might otherwise miss? Even if you are part of the activity being recorded, you can only look at one perspective at a time, and might easily miss an important cue that isn’t in your current field of view. 360 video allows you to see all around you and can be replayed as many times as needed to understand and absorb what might otherwise be missed.

360 video can be viewed on a computer or mobile device or it can be viewed using a virtual reality device such as Google Cardboard or the Oculus Rift.

The Duke Digital Initiative (a collaboration between OIT and CIT) is exploring 360 video and invites you to hear what we’ve discovered so far and to share your ideas for how 360 video might benefit your research and/or teaching.

Exploring 360 Degree Video at Duke: A New Frontier for Research and Teaching
Date: Monday, August 1
Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Location: Field Auditorium (EH 1112) – Environment Hall

Register online. Walk-ins welcome.  Snacks & drinks will be available.

Agenda:

• 3:00-4:00: What is 360 degree video, and what do you need to know to create and use it? Discuss with us how 360 video can be used at Duke in research and in teaching and learning.
• 4:00-4:30: Technical Q&A session

The Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) invites you to join us in exploring what we can learn about the future of teaching and learning from science fiction novels.

We’ll begin by discussing Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. Learning is a key component of the novel from free interactive educational programs used as babysitting tools to an entirely online public education system to the problem-solving and critical thinking skills necessary to solve Anorak’s Invitation.Are we on a path that will lead to systems like those described in Ready Player One? What would that mean for Duke and other higher ed institutions? Should we be excited? Worried? Both?

Date: Wednesday, May 18
Time: 3:00-4:30 PM
Location: Bostock Library 024
Free and open to all faculty, staff & students
RSVP by emailing ddi-requests@duke.edu. Walk-ins are welcome, but space is limited.

Snacks and drinks will be served.

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DDI is a collaboration between Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology and Office of Information Technology to explore new and emerging technologies and how they might be applied to teaching and learning.

In the last two to three years, smart glasses introduced into surgical specialties have shown great potential for enhancing patient care and training processes. Dr. Selene Parekh, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, has been at the forefront of applying technology to healthcare, especially using smart glasses to aid training of fellow surgeons from his native country of India. Dr. Parekh has used multiple commercially available devices, such as Google Glass and Pivothead SMART, to record and live broadcast his operations for synchronous telementoring. Dr. Parekh is also working on applications of computer vision that would aid materials management in operating theaters around the world. He will describe his work and then lead a conversation and discussion about how this kind of technology can benefit teaching and learning and mentoring. If you’re interested in new and creative ways to share skills and expertise whether at the operating table or in a chemistry lab or showing a particular piano technique, you will find this event useful.

Enhancing Patient Care and Training with Smart Glasses
Date: Friday April 1
Time: 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Location: 024 Bostock Library

No registration required.
Dessert and drinks will be offered; feel free to bring your lunch.

This event is sponsored by the Duke Digital Initiative.

What if you could view a video as though you were in the middle of it instead of looking straight ahead at one view? Would that full perspective (up, down, behind you, to both sides) enable you to identify important elements or connections you might otherwise miss? Even if you are part of the activity being recorded, you can only look at one perspective at a time, and might easily miss an important cue that isn’t in your current field of view. 360 video allows you to see all around you and can be replayed as many times as needed to understand and absorb what might otherwise be missed.

360 video can be viewed on a computer or mobile device or it can be viewed using a virtual reality device such as Google Cardboard or the Oculus Rift.

The Duke Digital Initiative (a collaboration between OIT and CIT) is exploring 360 video and invites you to hear what we’ve discovered so far and to share your ideas for how 360 video might benefit your research and/or teaching.

Exploring 360 Degree Video at Duke: A New Frontier for Research and Teaching
Date: Monday, May 2
Time: 2-3:30 p.m.
Location: The Edge Workshop Room (Bostock Library).

Register online. Walk-ins welcome.  Snacks & drinks will be available.

Agenda:

• 2:00-3:00: What is 360 degree video, and what do you need to know to create and use it? Discuss with us how 360 video can be used at Duke in research and in teaching and learning.
• 3:00-3:30: Technical Q&A session

The Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) is accepting proposals for funding to continue exploring new and emerging technologies in support of teaching and learning at Duke. During 2016, DDI will support the following areas:

• Projects to explore new and emerging technologies (open to faculty, librarians, graduate students);
• Attendance at innovative technology conferences (open to faculty); and
• Innovative visualizations (open to instructors of undergraduate courses).

We encourage students who have a project or visualization idea to discuss the idea with a Duke instructor who might be interested in submitting a proposal.

Proposals will be accepted throughout 2016.

For details, see https://dukedigitalinitiative.duke.edu/projects/2016-ddi-call-for-proposals/.

DDI is a collaboration between Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) and Center for Instructional Technology (CIT).