2014 Conference Agenda

2014 HILT Conference, "Engagement and Distance"

Held on Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at Wasserstein Hall, Harvard University.

 

Program Overview

8:00 am Registration and Breakfast

9:00 am Welcoming Remarks by Drew Faust, President, Harvard University

9:15 am Institutional Adaptation Part 1: Is there such a thing as an educational innovation? Facilitator David Garvin, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, HBS. Panel: Glenda Carpio, Professor of English and of African and African American Studies, FAS; Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, FAS; Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law, HLS

10:15 am Break

10:30 am Practice of Instruction Breakout Session: Lessons from recent experiments and how to Design and teach using HarvardX; Teach using blended learning approaches; Helping students study effectively; Simulations,  games,  and  instructional  design  for  engagement; Teach ethical reasoning; Structure collaborative learning; and Future directions in technology-­‐mediated  learning: Insights on research and teaching from the HarvardX Research team

12:00 pm Lunch

1:00 pm Early Lessons From Research in Teaching and Learning: Insights and practical findings from in-­‐progress research. Facilitator Richard Schwartzstein, Ellen and Melvin Gordon Professor of Medical Education, HMS-­‐BIDMC. Panel: Bharat Anand, Faculty Chair, HBX; Malia Mason, Gantcher Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School; Samuel Moulton, Director of Educational Research and Assessment, HILT

2:30 pm Break

2:45 pm Institutional Adaptation Part 2: Managing educational reform. Facilitator: Robert Reischauer, Former Senior Fellow, Harvard Corporation. Panel: Peter Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard University; Huntington Lambert | Dean, DCE; James Ryan, Dean, HGSE; Clayton Spencer, President, Bates University

3:45 pm Closing Remarks by Alan Garber, Provost, Harvard University

4:00 pm Reception

Full list of speakers and facilitators