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