Apply for Spring '08 Duke Digital Initiative projects
December 2007
The Duke Digital Initiative (DDI) is now accepting applications from instructors, students and departments for spring 2008 projects.
New programs for the 2007–08 academic year include:
- Exploratory Projects, for ideas suggested by applicants
- Audio and Visual Capture Program, which captures classroom presentations
- Virtual Collaborative Worlds Exploration, through which educational projects can be established in the virtual world “Second Life”
- Wimba Voice Tools, which allow instructors to integrate audio recordings into almost all areas of their Blackboard course
These and other DDI projects—such as assigning audio/video production projects to students—can be found at http://www.duke.edu/ddi/, the DDI website launched at the start of fall semester 2007.
Applications for spring 2008 proposals can be found there or at the DDI pages on the website of the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) at http://cit.duke.edu/help/ddi/index.html. Case studies and examples of earlier projects can also be found on the CIT website.
The initiative is managed jointly by the CIT and the Office of Information Technology, http://www.oit.duke.edu. Staff from both offices will help faculty members learn how to use the technologies available.
The DDI was launched in fall 2005 as an outgrowth of the Duke iPod First-Year Experience, which started in fall 2004. The goal is to foster innovative and effective teaching, curriculum enhancement, infrastructure development and knowledge sharing.