#  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**](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:99b1fa29-af91-4439-a61e-c8339864967d)