Past Summit Agendas
2024 Summit: Designing and Scaling Transformative Learning For All
Wednesday, October 9
1 – 2 pm | Opening Keynote by Bridget Long
This talk will explore the pressing issues facing education today, such as access disparities and resource limitations. It will highlight the role of higher education to bridge gaps and create new learning opportunities for diverse populations. Attendees will gain insights into how technology can transform education, offering hope and practical strategies for a more equitable future. Watch the recording of the keynote >
2 – 4:30 pm | Hands-on Workshop on Generative AI led by Carter Zenke
When might generative AI be a tool to foster pedagogical innovation? When might it hinder an already powerful learning experience? Join this highly interactive workshop to explore and critique the role of generative AI in pedagogical innovation. Hear about lessons learned from pedagogical experimentations with generative AI, and get hands-on with code. No prior experience with computer science or generative AI required.
Thursday, October 10
8:15 – 9 am | Breakfast & Conversation
9 – 9:45 am | Thursday Keynote by Nisha Botchwey
Explore how lifelong learning strengthens democracy, emphasizing early instillation of its value before high school graduation. Discuss successful youth programs and stress the importance of early engagement for lifelong learning. Watch a recording of the keynote >
10 – 10:45 am | Alternative Credentials for Innovation in Higher Education
- Hilary Culbertson, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications, Duke LILE
- Helen Chen, Senior Vice Provost for Instructional Programs, NCSU
- Kemi Jona, Vice Provost for Online Education and Digital Innovation, University of Virginia
Alternative credentials provide a skills-based, learner-centered way for universities to meet learners where they are and prepare them for a lifetime of career success. Panelists in this session will share experiences, challenges, and lessons learned from alternative credential implementations at two leading institutions.
11 – 11:45 am | Digital Learning for Scale
- Yakut Gazi, Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Digital Education, Duke
- Joel Sokol, Harold E. Smalley Professor, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Director, Master of Science in Analytics, Georgia Institute of Technology
In this fireside chat, Yakut Gazi will engage with Joel Sokol, the faculty director of the nation’s largest Master’s Degree in Analytics, to explore the journey and rationale behind transitioning a successful on-campus program to an at-scale online format. The conversation will delve into the inception of the online degree, the faculty governance process, and his adaptation to a unique instructional model. Joel will also address the challenges and successes of teaching online, and discuss the ongoing efforts to ensure the quality of online programs compared to their on-campus counterparts. Watch a recording of the fireside chat >
12 – 1:30 pm | Lunch & Emerging Pedagogies: Growing Research and Learning Communities
Lunch will feature a series of brief updates about LILE’s 2024 Emerging Pedagogies Grants and Fellows projects, a status report on the two-year Ithaka S+R research project on which Duke is partnering with 17 other institutions, “Making AI Generative for Higher Education,” and a little about LILE’s future plans for supporting applied educational research at Duke. Watch a recording of the announcement of CARADITE >
1:45 – 2:30 pm | Scaling College Pathways for Underrepresented Students
- Remi Kalir, Associate Director of Faculty Development and Applied Research, Duke LILE (Moderator)
- Andy Rosen, CEO, Kaplan
- Sharmla Chetty, CEO, Duke Corporate Education
- Richard Freishtat, Assoc Dean, Executive Education, Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Panelists in this session will discuss recent advancements in increasing access to higher education. The session will feature policy innovations, programming successes, and future trends aimed at increasing college enrollment, persistence, and completion for students who have historically encountered systemic barriers to college success.
3:45 – 5 pm | Birds of a Feather & Campus Explorations
Attendees will have the option of joining one of several arranged tours of campus sites, or joining topical discussion groups with colleagues.
Friday, October 11
8:15 – 9 am | Breakfast & Conversation
9 – 9:45 am | AI, Ethics, and Education
- Aria Chernik, Assistant Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Applied Research, Duke LILE (Moderator)
- Ken Rogerson, Director of Graduate Studies in Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy MPP Program
- Emma Braaten, Director of Digital Learning, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Adaptive lessons, real-time and anytime feedback, engaging content creation, and virtual tutors are just a few examples of how AI is changing the education landscape. But with these innovations come critical questions about the ethical implications of AI, such as how biases in training data can perpetuate discrimination against student groups and how learner data is used and protected. We will explore the intersection of AI, ethics, and education in this interactive session.
10 – 11:30 am | Experiential Learning Throughout the Curriculum
- Ed Balleisen, Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary Studies, Duke University
- Ann Saterbak, Director, First-Year Design Program, Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME
- Jenifer Hamil-Luker, Director of Undergraduate Studies & Associate Professor of the Practice of Sociology
- Ryke Longest, Co-Director, Environmental Law and Policy Clinic, Duke Law
This session will explore the evidence for experiential learning, including how it benefits diverse student populations. We will present specific examples of efforts to integrate experiential learning into curricular frameworks – from undergraduate gateways to graduate student capstones. Participants will then engage in conversation to discuss how they might introduce more experiential learning into their courses or degree programs.
11:30 am – 12:45 pm | Lunch & Closing Keynote
In this keynote, Dr. Strecher discusses the multi-facet science, philosophy, and outcomes of having a strong purpose in life. He is on a mission to help one billion people to find purpose in their lives, leveraging digital learning. He’ll even help you strengthen your own purpose. Watch the recording of the closing keynote >
2023 Summit: The Inaugural Emerging Pedagogies Summit
Wednesday, October 4
11 am to 12:15 pm EDT via Zoom | Opening Keynote by Sanjay Sarma
Sanjay Sarma’s opening keynote will inspire attendees about the exciting possibilities emerging in teaching and learning right now. Watch the recording of the keynote >
Thursday, October 5
8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 AM | Opening Remarks by Candis Watts Smith, Interim Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education
9:15 – 10:30 AM | Humanizing Your Learning Design to Support Student Success
- David Malone, Professor of the Practice, Education (Facilitator)
- Michael Betts II, Assistant Professor of Film Studies in Sound Design, UNC – Wilmington
- Nicki Washington, Professor of the Practice, Computer Science
- Nicolette Cagle, Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, The Nicholas School
Research shows that inclusive teaching practices, and recognizing students as “whole humans,” help students feel like they belong in our classes, in turn supporting their success. But what does it look like to actually work towards humanizing our learning design? This is often accomplished by designing courses with care, where instructors make intentional course design choices that shape their teaching practice, and recognize that their practices are important for supporting student success.
In this session, the panelists will address questions such as: How do we define “pedagogies of care?” What strategies can we use in our different disciplines and course contexts to ensure students are in a safe and welcoming course community where they can be successful? How can we hold ourselves accountable as pedagogical leaders in creating these learning communities of care?
“Pedagogies of care” encompasses many facets, including anti-racism, Universal Design for Learning, accessibility, and trauma-informed teaching, among others. This session will touch on a variety of these facets and how they apply in different contexts to provide attendees with ideas for implementing pedagogies of care in their courses.
10:45 – 12:00 PM | Grading, Gamification, and the “Game” of School
- Barry Fishman, Professor of Learning Technologies, School of Information and School of Education, University of Michigan
- Shai Ginsburg, Associate Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
- Victoria Szabo, Research Professor, Art, Art History, & Visual Studies
We want our students to be deeply engaged in their learning. We want them to work hard and take on intellectual challenges. We want them to take risks and try new things. And perhaps most importantly, we want students to be resilient in the face of failure. So why is it that the design of our educational system – including colleges and universities – encourages exactly the opposite behaviors? I propose that our grading and assessment systems are the heart of the problem.
This talk discusses the deep-seated problems with traditional grading systems, and proposes an approach called gameful learning as a solution that supports deep engagement. This is not about learning by playing games. Rather, this talk posits that learning in school is already a kind of game, but a poorly designed one. The goal is to design a better game, and thus a system that re-engages students in learning.
12 – 1 PM | Lunch and Discussion
1 – 2:15 PM | Emerging Powers of Virtual Reality in Teaching and Learning
- Mark DeLong, Adjunct Instructor in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society (Facilitator)
- Eileen Anderson, Lecturing Fellow, Romance Studies
- Amanda Randles, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
- David Stein, Senior Education Partnership Coordinator, Durham and Community Affairs
- Augustus Wendell, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Art, Art History & Visual Studies
We know that experiential learning is powerful. What if the experience is a compelling projection or entirely “made up”? This panel of 4 Duke faculty will reflect on their own development and use of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR/AR), both as a medium for teaching and as a means of discovery and research. What are the unique powers of eXtended Reality or XR, the term encompassing Virtual and Augmented Reality? How easy (or difficult) are the tools to use for teachers and for students? What works well with XR … and what not-so-much? What might future developments in the technology offer teachers and researchers? What might be some pitfalls that panelists have run into?
2:15 – 3:15 PM | Discussion and Technology Demos
In the Great Hall, participate with your colleagues in facilitated discussion about today’s topics, including the potential for applied educational research on these and related pedagogies.
In the Moyle Board Room, explore educational experiences afforded by AR/VR at several stations with applications from varied disciplines. AR/VR experts will be on-hand to answer your questions about how and where the technology can be used on campus, and how one might incorporate AR, VR or XR into classes.
3:15 – 4:30 PM | Reception
Mix and mingle with other attendees and presenters while enjoying beverages and light refreshments.
Friday, October 6
8:30 AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast
9 AM | Opening Remarks by Joe Salem, Vice Provost for Library Affairs and University Librarian
9:15 – 10:15 AM | Learning for the 100-Year Life
Speaker: Susan Golden Sc.D, Author, STAGE (Not Age), Lecturer, Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute
We are still in the early years of reimagining all the different ways hundred-year lives will impact education and work, as we begin to understand that careers will span over sixty years, be filled with many different types of career breaks, and learners will require new types of educational programs to support their work and life journeys. The traditional three-stage life course of learning, working and then retiring will no longer make sense with longer lifespans and healthspans. This presentation will focus on the changing needs in education to support learning throughout the one hundred-year life, filled with many new stages. Critical to healthspan and happiness, will be opportunities for continuous and life-long learning.
The new longevity presents an opportunity that every university needs to understand and to develop a strategy for. The key is to stop thinking of older adults as one market. People over sixty are a deeply diverse population. They are traveling through different life stages and therefore want and need different types of educational opportunities and experiences through the new life course.
There is an imperative to stop thinking about the age of older adults, and shift to thinking about the stages they’ll be living through as they enjoy longer lifespans and much longer healthspans. The importance of intergenerational learning, mentoring and portfolio career models, will be discussed. Examples of how different educational institutions are addressing this will be profiled, and challenge you to think of new models for education at Duke University that support purpose, wellness, and community.
10:30 – 11:45 AM | Design-Based Pedagogy for Transformative Learning: A Public Conversation and Micro-Sprint
- Aria Chernik, Associate Professor of the Practice, Social Science Research Institute
- Lesley-Ann Noel, Assistant Professor of Media Arts, Design and Technology, NCSU
What if education could be a transformative experience for learners and educators? This session will explore design-based pedagogy, an innovative approach to teaching and learning that centers equity, collaboration, creative problem-solving, iteration, and empathy-driven research. After lightning talks that offer an overview of how and why they use design-based pedagogies, Aria Chernik (Associate Professor of the Practice in the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University) will lead a public conversation with Lesley-Ann Noel (Assistant Professor in the Department of Media Arts Design and Technology at North Carolina State University). Sharing stories and case studies from their many years of teaching and community-engaged research, they will explore topics ranging from how design-based learning can cultivate inclusivity, facilitate authentic learning across disciplines, and enable participatory collaboration with local communities. The session will conclude with a mini-workshop, where participants will be given a brief design challenge relevant to their own educational contexts.
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM | Lunch and Discussion
12:45 – 1:45 PM | Learning at Scale: Strategies and Best Practices
Speaker: Nerissa Brown, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Professor of Accountancy, Gies School of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This keynote session will share innovative strategies and best practices for designing and operating at-scale learning programs and educational experiences. Insights from one of the nation’s largest graduate degree programs will be shared, along with opportunities for expanding educational access.
2 – 3:15 PM | Generative AI for Teaching and Learning at Duke
- Jon Reifschneider, Executive in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering (Facilitator)
- Craig Hurwitz, Executive in Residence, Pratt School of Engineering
- Andrea Lane, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Social Science Research Institute
- Mark Olson, Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
In many corners of Duke, artificial intelligence and machine learning have long been part of courses, research, and degree programs. The emergence of generative AI models, such as ChatGPT, which are able to deliver answers that closely resemble natural speech, have made AI suddenly relevant to everyone across the Duke community. This panel presents examples of how AI is being incorporated in new ways at Duke, both by departments that don’t typically use AI as well as existing experts.
3:15 – 4 PM | Interactive Discussion + Ice Cream Break
Enjoy a sweet treat while you participate with your colleagues in facilitated discussion about today’s topics, or explore the potential for applied educational research on these and related pedagogies.
