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  • In the Classroom

    Resources on in-class teaching from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, including 1) Building Rapport, 2) Classroom Contracts, 3) Active Learning, 4) Instructional Strategies, and 5) Technology and Student Distraction.

  • Learning Spaces Week at Harvard

    Learning Spaces Week at Harvard convened June 8 – 11, 2015 with over 200 Harvard affiliates participating in an event similar to an academic scavenger hunt. Participants were given a suggested itinerary to tour various learning spaces around Harvard University in Cambridge, Allston, and the Longwood Medical Campus. Each of the 23 locations provided demonstrations on the use of the space or enabled participants to tour via an open-house style.

  • Getting the most out of classroom space

    Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, rethought her teaching by rethinking her classroom. She created a flexible classroom, “the SciBox,” to encourage active learning, greater engagement, and student ownership.

  • Project Nights and open-ended design research

    Awardees will measure the effects of open-ended extracurricular projects on student learning.

  • Sound studies

    Awardee plans to create a computer lab for sound analysis that could support a number of existing courses across several departments.

  • SciBox 1.0: An innovative, experimental learning space inspiring creative approaches to teaching

    Awardees plan to redesign a 2,500 sq ft space in the Science Center into an experimental "black-box" classroom that could be used for existing classes beginning in Spring 2013.

  • Innovative studio space

    Awardees plan to design and teach a studio class in a technology-enhanced, active-learning classroom.

  • HMS Department of information technology, Education computing

    Department of information technology, Education computing supports technologies and digital media for teaching and learning needs at HMS.

  • HGSE Teaching and Learning Lab

    Support for instructional design and development through consultations, grants, programs, projects and tools.

  • SEAS “Active Learning Lab”

    The SEAS academic plan emphasizes the need for hands-on engineering experiences and student design projects. The Active Learning Laboratories are expected to take the lead and excel in supporting these student experiences.
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