2023 Conference Resources

Welcome and introduction from Dustin Tingley, Professor of Government (FAS); Deputy Vice Provost for Advances in Learning; Faculty Director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT).

Framing remarks featuring Mitchell B. Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice (Harvard Business School).

Morning plenary session featuring:

Kristina Ishmael, Deputy Director, US Department of Education, Office of Education Technology; Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor of Management and Academic Director, Wharton Interactive, UPenn; Jeffrey Schnapp, Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature; Chair of the Department of Comparative Literature (FAS); Faculty co-director of Berkman Center for Internet and Society (HLS).

Moderated by: Bridget Terry Long, Dean of Faculty; Saris Professor of Education and Economics (HGSE).

Breakout session featuring:

Emily Bottis, Managing Director, Academic Technology (HUIT); Sebastian Schmidt Dalzon, Assistant Dean for Academic and Strategic Planning (GSD); Mitchell B. Weiss, Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice (HBS).

Breakout session featuring:

Louis Deslauriers, Director of Science Teaching and Learning and Senior Preceptor in Physics (FAS); Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy (HKS); John FitzGibbon, Associate Director, Digital Learning Innovation, Boston College; Erin Baumann, Senior Associate Director of Professional Pedagogy (HKS-SLATE); Xueying Prawat, Curriculum and Assessment Specialist (HGSE-TLL).

Breakout session featuring:

Greg Kestin, Associate Director of Science Education; Lecturer on Physics (FAS); Nicole Mills, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures; Director of Language Programs for French, Italian, and Portuguese (FAS); Adrienne Phelps-Coco, Executive Director of Teaching and Learning (DCE); Gabe Abrams, Principal Software Engineer and EdTech Innovator (DCE); Jascha Smilack, Director of HarvardX Courses (VPAL).

Breakout session featuring: 

Harvard Students from the College, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard Graduate School, and Harvard Law School; Christine D’Auria, Assistant Director of the Learning Lab, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (FAS); Liz Rowell, Educational Programs Coordinator (HSPH).

Breakout session featuring:

Sarah Newman, Director of Art & Education, metaLAB (FAS/HLS); Justin Reich, Director Of Teaching Systems Lab & Associate Professor Of Comparative Media Studies/Writing (MIT); Author of Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education; Teddy Svoronos, Lecturer in Public Policy, SLATE Faculty Liaison for Pedagogy and Digital Learning (HKS); Ellen Popko, HarvardX Instructional Technologist (VPAL); Nick Wilson, Director of Teaching Innovation (HILT).

Afternoon plenary session featuring:

Alan Garber, Provost of Harvard University; Amanda Claybaugh, Dean of Undergraduate Education; Samuel Zemurray, Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Professor of English (FAS); Tsedal Neeley, Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research (HBS); Author of The Digital Mindset: What It Really Takes to Thrive in the Age of Data, Algorithms, and AI.

Moderated by: Bharat Anand, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (CADM); Henry R. Byers Professor of Business Administration (HBS).