Fall 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Supporting Trans* Scholars (Webinar)
In this webinar, Dr. D-L Stewart will address the key questions and strategies needed to support trans* scholars, but also to reform and transform how we consider gender in the academy. Through discussion of institutional systems and processes, career advancement, microaggressions, and trans* resilience, attendees will gain greater insight into how they and their institutions can support trans* scholars. This free webinar is provided through Duke's institutional membership to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity.
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
TA Training: Sakai Overview: Teaching Tools, Assignments and Gradebook
Learn how to manage a Sakai course site. Demonstration of commonly used Sakai teaching tools, resources tool, site navigation, key features of assignments and the gradebook, and using Sakai forums. This workshop is part of the Teaching Assistant (TA) Training Series cosponsored with Duke Learning Innovation and is open to all with an interest in using Sakai in your instructional role.
Thursday, September 16, 2021
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
TA Training: Effective Use of Video in Teaching and Learning
Learn how to effectively use video in your instructional role. We’ll explore options for creating video with a focus on Panopto. This includes providing feedback to students and creating knowledge checks (assessments) to facilitate learning. We'll also share best practices for recording video.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Teaching with Empathy and for Equity at the Graduate Level (Webinar)
Are you an advanced-stage PhD student considering a faculty career that will include graduate teaching? In this webinar, we will discuss how faculty can effectively, efficiently, and inclusively advise, mentor, teach, and support their graduate students. We will discuss strategies for building a foundation of trust in graduate teaching and mentoring relationships, providing constructive feedback on student work, and being advocates for students' needs. This free webinar is provided through Duke's institutional membership to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity and is featured as part of the Teaching Ideas series.
Thursday, September 23, 2021
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
TA Training: Engaging Learners: Inclusive Online Discussions
Learn effective skills to facilitate, engage and manage inclusive online discussions using Sakai Forums, Zoom, and VoiceThread. Hear from a panel of graduate students as they share their experiences as teaching assistants and current Bass Digital Education Fellows.
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
The Teaching Statement: A Workshop
A teaching portfolio is more than a collection of documents: it is set of claims about your teaching and evidence to support them. In this workshop, you will examine how claims and evidence can be framed in way that allows you demonstrate your skill (or potential) as a university instructor in a teaching statement supported by materials created by you.
Thursday, October 14, 2021
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
TA Training: What I Wish I Had Known About Being a TA (POSTPONED)
Join us for a panel discussion, co-organized with Duke Libraries, with experienced graduate students who have TA’d and/or have been Instructors of Record from an array of disciplines. The panel discussion will include past experiences of managing in-person classrooms, office hours, grading, department-specific training, inclusivity, and active student engagement.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Carrying the Innovation Forward to Teach Diverse Learners
Join a Zoom panel of Carry the Innovation Forward (CIF) project teams as they share experiences and insights from their ongoing projects. Carry the Innovation Forward is a new Duke 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.
Monday, November 8, 2021
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Bass Digital Education Fellowship Info Session (for AY 22-23)
Duke Learning Innovation and The Graduate School offer this semester-long fellowship to provide Duke Ph.D. students professional development opportunities in the growing area of digital teaching and learning and an opportunity to collaborate on leading-edge projects in partnership with Duke faculty and to explore new digital technologies for teaching and learning.
Spring 2022
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
TA Training: Effective Use of Video in Teaching and Learning
Learn how to effectively use video in your instructional role. We’ll explore options for creating videos with a focus on Panopto.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Spring 2022 Teaching Triangles
This orientation is for graduate student instructors who are teaching or TAing a class in Spring term 2022 (online, in-person or hybrid) and would like to participate in peer teaching observation and feedback. Completion of Teaching Triangles during a semester in which you are an instructor or TA can fulfill the teaching & observation requirement of the Certificate in College Teaching.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
TA Training: Sakai Overview: Teaching Tools, Assignments and Gradebook
Learn how to manage a Sakai course site. Demonstration of commonly used Sakai teaching tools, resources, site navigation, key features of the lessons tool, assignments and gradebook.
Thursday, February 17, 2022
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
TA Training: Engaging Learners: Inclusive Online Discussions
Learn effective skills to facilitate, engage and manage inclusive class discussions using Sakai Conversations and VoiceThread.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
TA Training: What I Wish I Had Known About Being a TA at Duke
Join us for a panel discussion, with experienced graduate students who have TA’d and/or have been Instructors of Record from an array of disciplines. The panel discussion will include past experiences managing in-person and virtual classes, office hours, grading, department-specific training, inclusivity, and active student engagement.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
1:00 pm to 1:45 pm
Certificate in College Teaching (CCT) Information Session
Find out more about The Certificate in College Teaching (CCT) at this open information session with the program director.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm
Bass Digital Education Fellowship Showcase
Join Learning Innovation and the Duke Graduate School for a showcase event highlighting the digital projects of this year’s Bass Digital Education Fellows.
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Information Session
Learn more about the Preparing Future Faculty program at Duke, which provides a yearlong experience for PhD students and postdocs to prepare them for the multiple roles they may be asked to assume as future faculty members in a variety of academic institutions.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm
Summer Term One 2022 Teaching Triangles
This orientation is for graduate student instructors who are teaching or TAing a class in Summer term 1 2022 (online, in-person or hybrid) and would like to participate in peer teaching observation and feedback. Completion of Teaching Triangles during a semester in which you are an instructor or TA can fulfill the teaching & observation requirement of the Certificate in College Teaching.