Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT)
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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.

  • Identifying knowledge gaps through illustrations

    Dr. Carl Novina, Associate Professor of Medicine, and his co-instructor Shannon Turley, amended the traditional graduate seminar Critical Reading for Immunology to teach students comprehension and presentation skills essential to a career in biomedical science.

  • A Virtual public forum and online resource platform for speaking and communication

    Awardees will film a series of interviews (inspired by "Harvard Writes") to convene a campus-wide conversation on the role of spoken communication in teaching, scholarship, and collaboration.

  • Learning and teaching negotiation and conflict resolution skills to enhance patient safety in the OR

    Awardees plan to enable learners to apply principles of negotiation and conflict resolution in the high-stakes operating room environment, with the ultimate goal of improving medical teamwork and patient safety.

  • HBS Roland Christensen Center for Teaching and Learning

    Provides coaching, consultations, workshops, research, and resources for case method and participant-centered teaching to HBS instructors.

  • FAS Bureau of Study Counsel

    Counseling, workshops, peer tutoring programs, and courses in learning and study strategies.

  • Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning

    By supporting experimentation, innovation, and evidence-based practices, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning seeks to create transformational learning experiences for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

  • Cabot Science Library

    Cabot is Harvard's principal general science library. In addition to serving undergraduates, the library has research collections in mathematics, statistics, earth and planetary sciences, psychology and science-related interdisciplinary studies.