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  • 2023 HILT Conference

    2023 Conference “Teaching in the Age of AI: Nurturing Connections and Empowering Learners” In-person event at Harvard Business School Friday, September 22, 2023 Register here by Thursday, September 21 at 5:00pm ET. This year’s HILT Conference comes at a pivotal time when artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly discussed and experimented with in higher education. […]

  • How Good Accessibility Practices Enhance Online Teaching

    When it comes to accessibility, it’s much better to be proactive than reactive—especially when designing major components of your courses. Furthermore, designing accessible courses helps provide equitable educational opportunities and added benefits for all learners. Join us to learn more from our panel of accessibility experts from across the University about the ways in which accessibility practices enhance classroom teaching and learning.

  • Designed Learning

    Designed Learning is a learning experience firm focused on adult learning.

  • 3D Virtual Global Classroom

    The purpose of this project is to develop a 3D Virtual Global Classroom software to make online courses more interesting and interactive between students and instructors. 

  • Usmosis

    Usmosis solves weak student engagement for distant learning communities creating connectivity through sincere peer engagement and virtual worlds.

  • Making “Inclass” into a campus-wide educational technology app store

    Awardee will scale the availability of the SEAS educational technology (edtech) app store across the University.

  • 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.

  • Extending active classroom activities to online students

    Awardees developed methods for online students to participate in active learning exercises designed for the traditional classroom.

  • Writing Center

    The Writing Center offers one-on-one tutorials to registered Extension School students working on any writing assignment related to Extension School coursework.

  • Math Question Center

    The Math Question Center support students in Harvard Extension School math and calculus courses, introductory statistics, and economy classes.

  • DCE Instructional Technology Group: integrated learning technologies

    Provides ITS support to the Extension and Summer School, the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, and the Professional Development Programs.

  • Office of Digital Teaching and Learning

    Supports pedagogical and technical aspects of course design, development and implementation, for instructors in Extension and Summer School.

  • Harvard Summer School instructor resources

    Online resources for Harvard Summer School. Primary information website for teaching and learning in the Summer School.

  • Harvard Extension School Faculty resources

    Online DCE faculty handbook. Primary information website for teaching and learning at DCE.