HILT hosts teaching and learning lectures, seminars, and discussion panels for general Harvard audiences.

Summary and video assets from past events:

Dr. Tanner Vea Interrogating and Supporting Psychological Safety in Learning
November 20, 2024
Tanner Vea, University of Washington
Right Question Institute Team Building Students’ Ability to Drive Their Learning: The Practice and Theory of the Question Formulation Technique
November 14, 2024
Dan Rothstein, Luz Santana, Naomi Campbell, and Tomoko Ouchi, The Right Question Institute
Teaching in the Age of Misinformation HILT event flyer Teaching in the Age of Misinformation
February 28, 2023
Neil McGaraghan, Shifali Singh, and Eric Torres. Moderated by Meira Levinson, Harvard University
Teaching Climate Change Across Disciplines HILT event flyer with various speaker headshots Teaching Climate Change Across Disciplines
April 26, 2022
Jim Stock, Marianna Linz, Mayra Rivera, Lucas Stanczyk, Robert N. Stavins, and Dustin Tingley, Harvard University
Paul Farmer and Arthur Kleinman headshots Connecting Scholarship with Action
November 17, 2021
Paul Farmer and Arthur Kleinman, Harvard University
Ethical Reasoning for Computer Scientists HILT event flyer Ethical Reasoning for Computer Scientists
November 10, 2021
Jeff Behrends, James Mickens, and Trystan Goetze, Harvard University
I Learn Best HILT event flyer I Learn Best When
April 29, 2021
Sherri Charleston and Alta Mauro, Harvard University
Joan Donovan headshot How to talk about far-right extremism and disinformation in the classroom
February 9, 2021
Joan Donovan, Harvard University
Still image from Human Bridges in the Study of Race, Religion, Art, and Politics HILT event
Human Bridges in the Study of Race, Religion, Art, and Politics
December 7, 2020
K. Healan Gaston and Steven Harris, Harvard University
Next Gen Success HILT event poster Inclusive Practices for Supporting First-Gen, Lower-Income Students In and Beyond the Classroom
November 10, 2020
Becca Spindel Bassett, Shandra M. Jones, Danny Rojas, and Amanda Sharick, Harvard University
Speakers Kelly Wisnaskas, Shelby Acteson, Linda Sullivan, and Timothy Rogers How Good Accessibility Practices Enhance Online Teaching
September 20, 2020
Timothy Rogers, Linda Sullivan, Kelly Wisnaskas, and Shelby Acteson, Harvard University
Photo: Speaker Series Curriculum mapping projects across Harvard
June 4, 2018
Dustin Tingley, Logan McCarty, Louis Deslaurier, and Brittany Butler, Harvard University
Photo: Speaker Series Integrating my online course to improve the classroom experience
December 8, 2017
Kathryn Parker Boudett, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Photo: Speaker Series Debate as pedagogy: Practices, tools, and examples from Harvard faculty
April 24, 2017
Charles Nesson, Eric Beerbohm, Jill Lepore, Harvard University, and Errikos Pitsos, Kialo
Photo: Speaker Series Pre-Texts: The Arts Teach (Anything)
November 30, 2016
Doris Sommer, Gigi Luk, Viviane Gontijo, and Adriana Gutiérrez, Harvard University
Photo: Speaker Series Linking Learning Outcomes and Topics across the Undergraduate Curriculum
January 26, 2016
Karen Willcox, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Photo: Speaker Series Structuring Peer Interactions for Massive Scale Learning
October 26, 2015
Chinmay Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Photo: Speaker Series A Conversation with Harvard Faculty about Improving Undergraduate Science Education
May 1, 2015
Susan R. Singer, Carleton College and National Science Foundation
Photo: Speaker Series Mastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing
December 9, 2014
Steven Pinker, Harvard University; With commentary by Jill Abramson
Photo: Speaker Series Research-based principles for multimedia learning
May 5, 2014
Richard E. Mayer, UCSB
Photo: Speaker Series Forgetting as a Friend of Learning: Implications for teaching and self-regulated learning
October 11, 2013
Robert A. Bjork, UCLA