HILT Conference 2017
Evaluating teaching
Wednesday, September 20, 2017
Wasserstein Hall, Harvard University
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HILT’s sixth Annual Conference on “Evaluating teaching” was held on Wednesday, September 20, 2017 in Wasserstein Hall. Thank you to those of you who joined us to explore various facets of evaluating teaching effectiveness at Harvard and beyond that incorporate partnerships between academic professional staff and faculty toward improving teaching and learning.
Conference materials:
Video
Evaluating teaching within a research universityModerated by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust, University Professors discussed how the University should be thinking about and supporting efforts to evaluate teaching and measure student learning in the context of historical and current applications
Afternoon remarksProvost Alan Garber provided afternoon remarks
Creating connections and increasing engagementBreakout session highlighting easily adoptable and adaptable practices for enhancing teaching
How to fail successfullyBreakout session focused on learning from failure in teaching and learning experimentation
Looking beyond HarvardBreakout session explored approaches to teaching evaluations external to Harvard and discussion of specific instrument examples
Which decision-making practices promote excellent teaching?Breakout session open discussion to share views and experiences across Harvard schools related to educational decision-making and curricular structures
Emerging approaches to evaluating learningBreakout session showcased emerging trends in evaluating student learning
Getting the most out of faculty and staff partnershipsBreakout session explored faculty and staff partnerships across Harvard schools
Making the most of student evaluationsBreakout session provided participants with practical tools for leveraging student evaluations to improve teaching
Stories of effective and ineffective evaluations of teachingBreakout session featured students from across the University sharing their experiences providing faculty feedback