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How an Experimental Online Course Helped One Anthropology Department Keep a Professor and a Half

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Plus, it sounded a lot like a MOOC (short for “massive open online courses”)—free courses designed for thousands of students that were all the rage a few years ago, but which today are seen as having fallen far short of the hype. He also used some of the money to send his teaching assistants to cities around the globe.

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How Conducting a Mixed-mode Class is Similar to Hosting a Late-night Talk Show

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It’s also essential to have a student in the class, or a teaching assistant, monitor feedback during class via the chat so they can bring comments or questions to you. Riddle is a senior teaching consultant and has been a member of the Duke Learning Innovation team since 2000.

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How One Master Educator Uses Visuals and Tech to Make Dracula a Must-Take Course

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With Halloween upon us, we chatted with Stepanic about what his course addresses, how it became so popular, and why Bram Stoker’s Dracula is not a required read. EdSurge: Can you give us a little background on the history of the Dracula course? Professor Stanley Stepanic What do you cover in your course?

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