Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education

Duke Learning Innovation & Lifetime Education (LILE) is Duke University’s central source for teaching and learning innovation on campus and through Duke’s professional, continuing, and online education offerings. Our research-driven educational consulting and market-driven lifetime learning opportunities serve all learners, from pre-college to post-career. To learn more about LILE, visit learninginnovation.duke.edu.

Bass Digital Education Fellowship

LILE, in partnership with the Duke Graduate School, offers a semester-long fellowship program to provide PhD students professional development opportunities in the growing area of digital education and online college teaching.

The Bass Digital Education Fellowship offers PhD students an opportunity to collaborate on digital projects in partnership with Duke faculty and under the guidance of Learning Innovation to explore new technologies for learning, and to develop new online education models and programs.

The program helps graduate students develop new skills to distinguish themselves in the academic job market and to explore emerging career paths in education technology, digital publishing, online education, and teaching and learning innovation. Fellows will consult with Duke departments and/or individual faculty to uncover needs, research solutions, draft project proposals, and execute a digital project in support of undergraduate education. Fellows who complete the program will also partially fulfill the requirements for the Certificate in College Teaching. For more information about the Fellowship, visit learninginnovation.duke.edu/learning-networks-communities/bass-digital-education-fellows-1.

Duke Graduate Academy

The Duke Graduate Academy offers free online short courses that help emerging scholars prepare for high-level research, innovative teaching, leadership and/or public engagement. Duke University graduate and professional students and postdoctoral fellows can build skills, tools and knowledge to augment their regular coursework and research. Courses in the Duke Graduate Academy cover topics not typically included in a graduate curriculum, or they provide an intensive introduction for graduate students and postdocs who might not have the time or inclination to pursue a full course in a subject. Instructors are Duke faculty as well as highly trained Duke staff and Ph.D. students. Duke Graduate Academy courses are offered during Summer Sessions I and II. To learn more about this opportunity, visit learninginnovation.duke.edu/duke-graduate-academy/

Resources for Instructors & Teaching Assistants

  • Teaching Guides: Great teaching is part art, part science. Complement your personal teaching approach with these teaching techniques proven effective through evidence-based research.

  • Workshops & Events: Throughout the year, we offer teaching and learning workshops and events at Duke on topics like Sakai (soon to be replaced by Canvas), learning technologies, inclusive teaching practices, and course design.

  • Learning Technologies: We curate and maintain an ecosystem of learning technologies for the Duke Community, and can consult on how to best use a tool in your course.

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