#  2015 Conference Resources & Videos 

 



## 2015 HILT Conference, "Designing an Assessment for Learning"

The 2015 HILT Annual Conference was held on Friday, September 25th. Thank you to everyone who joined us!

**Conference Materials:**

- [Agenda/program](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2015-conference-agenda)
- [At-a-glance Participant List](https://hilt.harvard.edu/2015-speaker-facilitator-bios)
- [Detailed Participant List](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:ac39a79d-b942-48ea-8fc2-9a41ec7782db)
- [Example of Assessments, Techniques, and Pedagogies](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:6331ccd7-3d69-44cb-b95e-107bbf5165f6)



 

This year’s event was constructed to build on prior themes, but reflect HILT’s strategically phased approach to its work. Specifically, a shift from “launching and catalyzing” to **“deepening and documenting”** the impact of innovative teaching and learning.

With that goal in mind, HILT extended invitations to all **tenured- and tenure-track faculty** at Harvard, targeting those who are a) teaching a new course, b) overhauling an existing course, or c) new to the University.

The conference program highlighted a range of assessment examples across disciplines and provided the opportunity for faculty colleagues to work with one another to **design personalized assessments** for their own 2015-2016 courses.



 

##  Assessment to Improve Student Learning: Transforming a Large Introductory Physics Course 

**Logan McCarty, Director of Physical Sciences Education, and Louis Deslauriers, Director of Science Teaching and Learning,** adopted an active pedagogy for an introductory physical sciences course and saw significant gains in student learning and attitude. Assessment played a role every step of the way.