#  2021 Conference Resources 

 



## "Tackling Global Challenges from the Harvard Classroom and Beyond," was a virtual event held on Friday, September 24, 2021

### Explore recordings, resources, and materials from various sessions below.



 

##  Conference Video Recordings 

### Click on the following cards to view all 2020 HILT conference video recordings



 

  [###  The Future of Teaching and Learning at Harvard: Local and Global Opportunities -2021 HILT Conference

 ](https://youtu.be/Nal2fovE2mI?si=bIz1njB7aF3XMuG9)Speakers:

- Bharat Anand, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (CADM)
- Bridget Terry Long, Dean and Saris Professor of Education and Economics (HGSE)
- Michael D. Smith, John H. Finley, Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)



 

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  [### Interdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing Real-world Problems

 ](https://youtu.be/0Ks9b_V5_PA?si=hAwyDsmeqdJ8GRPJ)Speakers:

- Bradley Coleman, Director, Curriculum Fellows Program; Lecturer in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases; Lecturer on Microbiology (HMS)
- Fawwaz Habbal, Executive Dean for Education and Research; Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics (SEAS)
- Salmaan Keshavjee, Director, Harvard Medical School Center for Global Health Delivery; Associate Professor of Medicine; Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine (HMS)
- Rebecca Nesson, Dean for Academic Programs (SEAS)
- Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr. Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies (FAS)
- Alain Viel, Director of Northwest Undergraduate Laboratories; Senior Lecturer on Molecular and Cellular Biology (FAS)



 

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  [### Experiential Learning: The Power of Authentic Learning Challenges

 ](https://youtu.be/ZGfgXlfhXjA?si=OAzUKHL2mdPCDOUO)Speakers:

- Erin Baumann, Associate Director of Professional Pedagogy for SLATE (HKS)
- Esme Caramello, Clinical Professor of Law (HLS)
- Maria Flanagan, Associate Director for Digital Learning Design for SLATE (HKS)
- Sean Kivlehan, Instructor in Emergency Medicine (HMS)
- Kelly Miller, Associate Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics (SEAS)
- Flavia Peréa, Director of Engaged Scholarship; Lecturer on Sociology (FAS)
- Rand Wentworth, Louis Bacon Senior Fellow in Environmental Leadership (HKS)



 

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  [### Meaningful Assignments that Demonstrate Learning

 ](https://youtu.be/VKCbCm6itYw?si=Axawz-2taxg2QKuY)Speakers:

- Adam Beaver, Director of Pedagogy for the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (FAS)
- Allan Brandt, Amalie Moses Kass Professor of the History of Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, and Professor of the History of Science (FAS)
- Yasmin Escobedo Lozoya, Research Fellow in Genetics (HMS)
- Ingrid Katz, Associate Professor of Medicine (HMS)
- Kathryn Lehigh, Research Fellow in Genetics (HMS)
- Karina Lin-Murphy, Manager of Faculty Development (DCE)
- Leonie Marinovich, Instructor (DCE)



 

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  [### Incorporating Cultural Humility: Cultivating Context and Respect

 ](https://youtu.be/ApjauBCtr8E?si=iUkFXDq-9J8q98C1)Speakers:

- Jocelyn Chu, Director of Community Engaged Learning (HSPH)
- Ra’Shaun Nalls, Director of Community Engagement (HSPH)
- April Opoliner, HarvardX Project Lead (VPAL)
- Rebecca Shingleton, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology (FAS)
- Sejal Vashi, Manager of Learning Design and Instructional Support (HSPH)



 

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##  Conference Resources: 

### Plenary: “The Future of Teaching and Learning at Harvard: Local and Global Opportunities”

- [Ideas and resources saved from the Chat](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:8ed10b77-c3bb-4591-854f-9ab17777d89a)

### Experiential Learning: The Power of Authentic Learning Challenges

- [Session handout with additional resources](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:c6e4a8f5-a865-4e4e-9abe-9ab04162faa9)

### Incorporating Cultural Humility: Cultivating Context and Respect

- [Session slides](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:fe079cf6-0377-43bc-9402-a465dc263395)
- [Activity responses](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:93a8c657-ff67-4ea4-b5c5-177a90b84368)

### Meaningful Assignments that Demonstrate Learning

- [Session slides](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:718f58ff-a245-4027-a1a8-69c40c72465f)
- [Resources shared in the Chat](https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:d3427467-48ae-42d9-b388-1b825ef1f4a4)

### Media Coverage

- “[To Repair This Imperfect World](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/09/2021-hilt-conference)” – *Harvard Magazine*, September 29, 2021

### Follow-on events

- **November 10, 2021:** “[Ethical Reasoning for Computer Scientists](https://hilt.harvard.edu/event/ethical-reasoning-computer-scientists)” with Jeff Behrends, James Mickens, and Trystan Goetze
- **November 17, 2021:** “[Connecting Scholarship with Action](https://hilt.harvard.edu/event/connecting-scholarship-action)” with Paul Farmer and Arthur Kleinman