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How digital education transforms residential teaching: Systematic analysis of faculty attitudes and experiences creating MOOCs
Awardees will synthesize instructors’ pedagogically relevant experiences and lessons learned making Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and create a set of best practices. -
Evaluating methods of teaching and assessing critical thinking: A mixed methods study of faculty and students across Harvard University
Awardees will conduct a mixed methods study analyzing the teaching and learning of critical thinking skills at Harvard—the differences in approaches across Schools, and faculty and student perceptions of critical thinking instruction and assessment. -
Understanding the impact of using mechanistic concept mapping as a collaborative learning tool
Awardee conducted a mixed-methods study in HMS course Homeostasis I. -
Analyzing long-term retention of information in science gateway course
Awardees will administer a survey to Harvard College graduates to analyze the long-term retention of the concepts and abilities taught in a gateway science course. -
Bridging education research and practice using online learning modules
Awardees will explore the best-performing sequences of instructional materials in both controlled studies and in the context of real online courses. -
New models for evaluating learning outcomes in digital humanities teaching
Awardees will host a workshop around opportunities and challenges in digital humanities teaching, applying lessons learned to the assessment of metaLAB platforms. -
Improving statistics literacy in graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the life sciences
Awardees will study misconceptions about statistics in a high-enrollment life science course and develop a related computer-based module. -
Innovation and accountability in foreign language program evaluation
Awardees will organize a new symposium and series of workshops for faculty to explore contemporary approaches in assessing and renewing foreign language curricula. -
New gateway to STEM
Awardees will install an interactive, touch-screen kiosk running interactive WorldWide Telescope Tours in the Science Center and analyze usage. -
Teaching genomics across Harvard schools
Awardees will establish the “Harvard Genomics Teaching Group,” share pedagogical approaches, a dedicated platform for analysis, and document best practices.
