HILT Conference 2018
August 20, 2018
HILT Conference 2018: Implementing the Science of Learning to Advance the Art of Teaching Date: Friday, September 21, 2018 Location: Wasserstein Hall, Harvard University Registration is required for attendance. Seating is limited. We’ve reached capacity for this event and have started a waitlist! If you were unable to register and would like an opportunity to attend, […]
Curriculum mapping projects across Harvard
June 4, 2018
Curriculum mapping projects across Harvard Speakers: Dustin Tingley, Logan McCarty, Louis Deslaurier, Brittany Butler, Harvard University Date: Monday, June 4, 2018, 3:00pm to 5:00pm Location: Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium Have you wondered which instructors have also taught your current students? Or how many courses are offered for a specific topic like ethics, applied statistics, or […]
Integrating my online course to improve the classroom experience
December 8, 2017
Integrating my online course to improve the classroom experience Speaker: Kathryn Parker Boudett Date: Friday, December 8, 2017, 11:00am to 12:00pm Location: Harvard Hall 202 Lecturer Kathryn Parker Boudett shared how she utilizes her HarvardX online course, Introduction to Data Wise: A Collaborative Process to Improve Learning & Teaching, as pre-matriculation material in HGSE’s campus-based […]
Debate as pedagogy: Practices, tools, and examples from Harvard faculty
June 20, 2017
Debate as pedagogy: Practices, tools, and examples from Harvard faculty Speaker: Eric Beerbohm (government), Jill Lepore (history), and Charles Nesson (law) Date: Monday, April 24, 2017, 4:00pm to 5:30pm Location: Boylston Hall 110 – Fong Auditorium Why and when should debate be used as a teaching and learning tool? Professors Eric Beerbohm (government), Jill Lepore […]
Pre-Texts: The Arts Teach (Anything)
November 30, 2016
Pre-Texts: The Arts Teach (Anything) Speaker: Eric Beerbohm (government), Jill Lepore (history), and Charles Nesson (law) Date: Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 4:30pm to 6:00pm Location: Boylston Hall 110 – Fong Auditorium Arts is not only for appreciation. It can be used as a tool bridging content to audience. Through activities and interactions, content knowledge is […]
Linking Learning Outcomes and Topics across the Undergraduate Curriculum
January 26, 2016
Linking Learning Outcomes and Topics across the Undergraduate Curriculum Speakers: Karen E. Willcox, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016, 3:30pm to 5:00pm Location: Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium This talk discusses two ongoing educational projects aimed at linking topics and outcomes across the undergraduate curriculum. First, the Crosslinks project […]
Structuring Peer Interactions for Massive Scale Learning
October 26, 2015
Structuring Peer Interactions for Massive Scale Learning Speakers: Chinmay Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University Date: Monday, October 26, 2015, 4:30pm to 6:00pm Location: William James Hall Room 105 Carnegie Mellon University’s Assistant Professor, Chinmay Kulkarni discusses his research with the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and advances in the science of learning. He previously spoke on “Leveraging Global Diversity through Small […]
A Conversation between Susan Singer and Harvard Science Faculty about Improving Undergraduate Science Education
May 1, 2015
A Conversation between Susan Singer and Harvard Science Faculty about Improving Undergraduate Science Education Speakers: Susan R. Singer, Carleton College and National Science Foundation Date: Friday, May 1, 2015, 2:00pm to 3:30pm Location: By invitation only Susan Rundell Singer Susan Rundell Singer is Division Director in the Division of Undergraduate Education at NSF and Laurence […]
Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing
December 9, 2014
Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing Speakers: Steven Pinker, Jill Abramson, moderated by Samuel Moulton Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 5:00pm to 6:15pm Location: Farkas Hall, 10-12 Holyoke Street Why is so much writing so bad, and how can we better learn and teach it? Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist and one of […]
Research-based principles for multimedia learning
May 5, 2014
Research-based principles for multimedia learning Speakers: Richard E. Mayer, UC Santa Barbara Date: Monday, May 5, 2014, 4:00pm Location: Sever Hall 113 “People learn more deeply from words and graphics than from words alone. This assertion can be called the multimedia principle, and it forms the basis for using multimedia instruction—that is, instruction containing words […]
Forgetting as a Friend of Learning
October 11, 2013
Forgetting as a Friend of Learning: Implications for teaching and self-regulated learning Speakers: Dr. Robert A. Bjork, UCLA Date: Friday, October 11, 2013, 1:30pm Location: William James Hall 105 It is natural to think that learning is a matter of building up skills or knowledge in one’s memory and that forgetting is a matter of […]