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  • 2023 HILT Conference

    The 2023 HILT Conference comes at a pivotal time when artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly discussed and experimented with in higher education. AI holds immense potential to enhance personalized learning experiences, automate administrative tasks, and provide data-driven insights to improve educational outcomes. However, its deployment also raises important questions and challenges. It is crucial to address concerns related to privacy, bias, transparency, disinformation, and the impact on human agency and social dynamics within educational settings. Together, we will explore how AI can be designed, implemented, and governed in a way that prioritizes human relationships and connection in education. By considering the ethical and social implications, as well as the affordances, we aim to shape a future where generative AI tools are used to empower learners, support educators, foster inclusivity, and promote a holistic approach to education.

  • Build Opportunity Lead Discovery

    Build Opportunity Lead Discovery Awardees: Rukaiya Sharmi (College) and Anna Pacheco (College) Summary: coming soon.

  • Syllabus Explorer

    Harvard Syllabus Explorer is a web application developed by the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning - Research Group. Syllabus Explorer combines registrarial data and syllabi from Canvas to give users the ability to search for and download syllabi across Harvard.

  • For All

    For All Technology is designing a device to revolutionize the way low-vision students access the chalkboard/whiteboard

  • Right to Sight

    We believe that education is a powerful tool to expand the reach of eye-care in rural, underprivileged areas India.

  • Catalyst

    Catalyst is an online educational platform focusing on English for the K-6 segment in Indonesia.

  • Heard

    Heard is an app for parents to use with their children to hold in-person conversations on topics from friendship and school, to divorce and mental health

  • rankED

     The goal of our platform is expanding the reach of recruiting from top-tier and prestigious universities to underrepresented populations.

  • YourCampus

    The main purpose of YourCampus is to provide an educational networking platform for prospective applicants to connect with current students from their top choice universities.

  • Moving from passive learning to active exploration of the physical world

    Scott Edwards, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Curator of Ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), makes extensive use of the museum’s ornithology collections in his courses and brings specimens into his lecture sessions to engage students in close analysis during weekly three-hour labs. Edwards models “ways of making meaning” by looking to specimens as key evidence for testing claims and theories.

  • Global Health Education and Learning Incubator

    The Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University inspires and supports innovative learning, teaching, and dialogue about cutting-edge, multidisciplinary global challenges.