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Virtual reality narratives in foreign language pedagogy
Awardees will engage foreign language students in cultural and linguistic immersion through virtual reality (VR) film narratives. -
Choice architecture: When students become designers of optimal decision processes
Awardee will develop in-class and online activities to improve student decision-making and increase classroom engagement. -
The Diversity Journal Club
Awardee will pilot a Diversity Journal Club (DJC) to understand how diversity issues impact learning, teaching, research, and culture in the science community. -
Evaluating methods of teaching and assessing critical thinking: A mixed methods study of faculty and students across Harvard University
Awardees will conduct a mixed methods study analyzing the teaching and learning of critical thinking skills at Harvard—the differences in approaches across Schools, and faculty and student perceptions of critical thinking instruction and assessment. -
Revision history analytics in service of analyzing the writing process
Awardees analyzed revision patterns in student writing, how they relate to activities within specific passages of a written text, and how revision-history analytics can play a role in supporting teaching and improvement in writing skills. -
New methods for hands-on teaching in the history of technology
Awardee developed experiential learning opportunities for students in history of technology courses, including in-class demonstration and simulation. -
Creating real-time connections in online courses
Awardees evaluated types of interactivity between faculty and students and generated a resource guide of best practices to assist instructors in interacting with online and residential students in Canvas. -
Understanding the impact of using mechanistic concept mapping as a collaborative learning tool
Awardee conducted a mixed-methods study in HMS course Homeostasis I. -
Transforming team-learning teaching cases in public health for online platforms: an e-learning module development project
Awardees transformed STRIPED teaching cases for online delivery, consistent with digital learning research and toward expanded outreach to working professionals. -
DIY flipping kit: Blended learning in the context of Canvas
Awardees created a “do it yourself” flipping kit to help faculty across the University develop blended learning materials using Canvas.
