2015 Conference Agenda

PRECONFERENCE DETAILS: Harvard Art  Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge,  MA  02138

5:00 pm Cocktail reception begins

5:15 pm Remarks from President Faust

5:45 pm Productive Incongruities from Peter Bol, Charles H. Carswell, Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and Vice Provost for Advances in Learning; Eugene Wang, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art

CONFERENCE DAY DETAILS: Batten Hall, Hives Classrooms (2nd Floor) 125 Western Avenue, Allston, MA 02163

8:30 am Breakfast and registration

9:00 am Remarks from Provost Garber

9:15 am Skepticism about assessment: Framing remarks and an example with

• Louis  Deslauriers, Preceptor in Physics
• Erin Driver-­Linn, Director of HILT and Associate Provost for Institutional Research
• Logan McCarty, Director of Physical Sciences Education and Lecturer on Physics

9:30 am Design an assessment for learning I: Goal exchange; Challenge one another to identify specifically what you want students to learn, do, and demonstrate in your course

10:30 am Break

10:45 am Three examples from colleagues who have tried new ways of teaching and discussion

• Julie Buckler, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature
• Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Faculty Chair of the Kennedy School SLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence) Initiative, Eric Mazur, Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
• Rob Lue, Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty Director of HarvardX, and Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Jason Mitchell, Professor of Psychology

11:45 am Lunch: “What  is  a  grade?” A  facilitated  discussion with

• Andrew Ho, Professor of EducationMeira Levinson, Professor of Education
• Facilitated by: Judy Singer, James Bryant Conant Professor of Education and Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Diversity

12:45 pm Design an assessment for learning II: Create and “gut test” a new assignment or assessment; Challenge one another to design an authentic assessment of learning

1:45 pm What comes next? Follow-up resources for implementation

2:00 pm Coffee networking reception (optional)