2014 Conference Resources
Read about the 2014 HILT Conference
Media Coverage:
- Microbursts in learning: HILT conference forges path between engagement and distance - Harvard Gazette
- Engagement and distance at the HILT - Harvard Magazine
- At Conference, top admins weigh ups, downs of virtual education - The Harvard Crimson
- Frenetic Fall - Harvard Magazine
Explore the 2014 HILT Conference speakers
Session Recordings
Recordings from the 2014 HILT Conference "Engagement and Distance" are available to view below.
Welcome Remarks
Featuring: Drew Faust, President, Harvard University; Erin Driver-Linn, Director, Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching
Institutional Adaptation Part 1
Is there such a thing as an educational innovation? A panel of faculty discussants from different parts of the University.
Featuring: David Garvin, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration; Glenda Carpio, Professor of English and of African and African American Studies; Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics; Lawrence Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law
Institutional Adaptation Part 2
Managing educational reform: A panel of senior leaders responsible for managing educational reform.
Featuring: Robert Reischauer, Former Senior Fellow, Harvard Corporation; Peter Bol, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning; Huntington Lambert, Dean, Division of Continuing Education; James Ryan, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Clayton Spencer, President, Bates College
Early lessons from research in Teaching and Learning with Malia Mason
Insights and practical findings from in-progress research, 3 bodies of work underway, and a facilitated discussion of them.
Featuring: Malia Mason, Gantcher Associate Professor of Business, Columbia Business School
Early lessons from research in Teaching and Learning with Sam Moulton
Insights and practical findings from in-progress research, 3 bodies of work underway, and a facilitated discussion of them.
Featuring: Samuel T. Moulton, Director of Educational Research and Assessment, Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching
Practice of Instruction
Breakout session: Lessons from recent experiments and how-to “Design and teach using HarvardX”
Featuring: Samantha Earp, Executive Director, HarvardX; Robert Lue, Faculty Chair, HarvardX; Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, 300th Anniversary University Professor; Trudy Van Houten, Clinical Instructor in Radiology
Practice of Instruction
Breakout session: Lessons from recent experiments and how-to “Simulations, games, and instructional design for engagement”
Featuring: Stephen Blyth, Professor of the Practice of Statistics; Karen Brennan, Assistant Professor of Education; Selen Turkay, Research Fellow, HILT
Practice of Instruction
Breakout session: Lessons from recent experiments and how-to “Structure collaborative learning”
Featuring: Beth Altringer, Lecturer on Innovation and Design; Kyle Parry, Doctoral Candidate, Visual and Environmental Studies; Dustin Tingley, Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political Economy
Practice of Instruction
Breakout session: Lessons from recent experiments and how-to “Teach using blended learning approaches”
Featuring: Jenny Bergeron, Director of Educational Research and Assessment, Bok Center; Peter Galison, Pellegrino University Professor; Katherine Merseth, Senior Lecturer on Education; Pamela Rist, Instructor in Medicine; Sara Suchman, Ed.D. '14, Education Policy, Leadership and Instructional Practice; Adam Sullivan, Doctoral Candidate, Biostatisics; Katie Vale, Director of Digital Learning, Harvard School of Public Health