Duke University

Duke University (Duke)has long been a leader and pioneer in the realm of US online learning, as evidenced by the success of a variety of its online programmes over the years. Duke has offered university-wide support for e-learning through its Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) since 1999.

As noted on its web site in 2008:

The Duke Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) supports the academic mission of Duke University by helping instructors find innovative ways to use technology to achieve their teaching goals. Drawing on expertise in both technology and pedagogy, CIT staff assist instructors with projects, share information across the university about effective practices and examine the effect of technology on teaching and learning.

Duke’s Center for Instructional Technology administers the Blackboard course management system, in use by roughly 60% of all Duke courses. Degrees available largely or entirely online include the Master of Science in Nursing Programs (Duke School of Nursing); the MBA (Fuqua School of Business); an Environmental Leadership (DEL) Programme (Nicholas School of the Environment); and numerous others.

The Duke University campus is in Durham, North Carolina, US. Established in 1838, Duke itself is a private research university organized into two undergraduate and eight graduate schools. Undergraduates come from all 50 US states and 106 countries. Of 13,000 students, roughly half are undergraduate and half are postgraduates. There are roughly 2700 faculty members.

The Duke University web site is at http:// http://www.duke.edu/

Duke prides itself on its diverse, international community and global academic partnerships.

Reports

A complete set of CIT’s annual reports are available on their web site at http://cit.duke.edu/reports/annual_reports.html , tracking significant developments in CIT since 1999 (including early use of CourseInfo, predecessor to the Blackboard learning environment). The 1999-2000 annual report, for example, is at http://cit.duke.edu/pdf/reports/cit-annual_99_00.pdf

Read about Duke university’s early adoption of the iPod in education here: http://www.oclc.org/news/publications/newsletters/oclc/2004/265/downloads/duke.pdf

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