Speaker Series

Save the date! RITL Spring 2026 Event: Journal Club on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

AI event hosted by the HILT Learning Design and GenAI Affinity Groups.

The HILT-TLC Learning Spaces & Learning Design Affinity Groups invite you to “Access, Literacy, and Learning: The Assistive Technology Center and Why Braille Matters,” a special event highlighting how Harvard’s Assistive Technology Center (ATC) supports...

An Interactive Roundtable on Learning Data & Analytics hosted by the Learning Data & Analytics Affinity Group.

Fall RITL event with Tina Grotzer (HGSE).

Join the HILT AI in Teaching and Learning Affinity Group for a virtual lunchtime discussion with Joscha Legewie, FAS Professor of Sociology and the creator of Beaverapp.ai.

2025 HILT Conference, "Learning Now: Strategies for a Changing Landscape".

Please join HKS faculty member Teddy Svoronos on Thursday, June 26th, from 12pm - 1 pm, to get a hands-on demo of a new web tool to test, evaluate, and iterate the prompts for tutor bots and other teaching/learning bots. Teddy worked with Chris Perez, a...

This panel will feature three learning design initiatives across Harvard.

Please join us to learn more about the emotion of awe and its power to motivate learning, featuring Megan Powell Cuzzolino, from Project Zero’s Next Level Lab. Megan will present on the existing literature on awe and emotion in learning along with her own...

Please join us on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, from 9:30 - 11:00 am at Gund Hall for our spring Learning Spaces Affinity Group event

Visiting RCCH fellow Dr. Núria Hernández Nanclares, Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Oviedo, and Dr. Doris Sommer, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures (Spanish) and in African and African...

The panelists will share projects they are working on in this area and we will open for networking and Q&A. We welcome participants to share any related work. 

The Generative AI in Teaching and Learning TLC Affinity Group invites you to explore the expansive applications of AI through the lens of museums and collections. Join us for an interactive discussion with Jeff Steward, the Director of Digital...

Bring your curiosity and your own stories from the field about Panopto in learning -- things you wish you knew about Panopto stats and things you have discovered yourself and want to share. We’ll also have an excellent opportunity to “ask-the-expert” with...

Join us as Dr. Shelby Clark shares her methods and findings from two recent studies on intellectual risk-taking in the classroom. You will learn practical tools to foster a culture of questioning, risk-taking, and mistake-making in academic environments

In this one-hour workshop, Tanner Vea, PhD considers the meaning and importance of psychological safety in learning environments using an “emotional configurations” framework based in the critical learning sciences and informed by empirical research with...

The Generative AI in Teaching and Learning TLC Affinity Group invites you to an insightful presentation on students' use of generative AI tools for learning and research. Join us to hear from Amy Deschenes, the Head of UX & Digital Accessibility at...

 In this session, leaders of the Right Question Institute and current HGSE lecturers will lead an active learning experience in the Question Formulation Technique (QFT), a simple but rigorous, structured method for generating and improving one’s own...

Our fourth meeting will take place on Friday, October 18 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Dan Levy, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy (HKS) will provide some insights from his new book, “Teaching Effectively with ChatGPT”.

The tour will be led by Meredith Solomon, Manager, Outreach & Public Services, and Paul Bain, Manager, Research and Instruction. Meredith and Paul will show us the recently renovated Library showcasing how the new space continues to “engage and align...

This online Zoom session will give us insights and exposure to the Teachly platform. Developed by HKS faculty, this platform helps faculty get to know their students and supports them in building inclusive classrooms. We’ll learn how Teachly uses student...

HILT’s thirteenth annual HILT Conference, "Open Minds in Dialogue". 

Our third meeting will take place on Monday, August 5 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. Logan McCarty, Associate Dean for Science Undergraduate Education and Lecturer on Physics (FAS) will share from his experience teaching the spring 2024 course, General Education...

In our second meeting, we will explore the various ways that AI can assist (for better or worse) with project based learning. Karen Brennan, Timothy E. Wirth Professor of Practice in Learning Technologies (HGSE), and Paulina Haduong, Postdoc Fellow (HGSE)...

The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) will pilot a Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Teaching and Learning Affinity Group for Harvard affiliates who are seeking to attend small, regular meetings for sharing resources, success...

Looking to enhance your school's online learning services? This interactive panel session introduces a novel course design support model – the Online Learning Fellows. Developed at the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Teaching and Learning Lab (TLL)...

Join us for a discussion on evaluating teaching interventions in the classroom. Our panel will share their firsthand experiences conducting research in their own classrooms, with an emphasis on strategies for conducting educational research.

Many courses are beginning to offer custom genAI bots in the course site. We’ll convene for an open discussion guided by these questions: (a) When a custom genAI bot is used inside a course, what are learning analytics of interest? (b) What are the...

Our goal is to convene instructors from across the University who use project-based, learning-by-doing pedagogy in entrepreneurship, innovation, and design courses for undergraduate and graduate students. This is the 3rd seminar in an i-Lab & HILT series...

Join the Learning Spaces Affinity Group for a tour of One Brattle Square, DCE's premier executive facility

Please join the Learning Spaces Affinity group for a tour of the Bok Center Learning Lab Studio, a space that thrives on innovation and adaptability.

In this session we will first provide a brief overview of five evidence-based strategies for learning and collectively discuss key takeaways from the article. 

Discover how FAS faculty are using the latest generative artificial intelligence technology in the classroom. Join us for dynamic live demos and discussions to exchange ideas and uncover practical ways to integrate Al into your work.

After the launch of How People Learn (HPL) we found that students were spending a disproportionate amount of time on tasks, as compared to what we estimated.  Join members of the TLL as we take you through our journey of starting with the original Rice...

Gain practical insights into qualitative data analysis with the Harvard Sandbox in our upcoming webinar, where we will walk you through a detailed demonstration based on our experience with a recent project.

Please join us for in-person tours of the HBS Live Online Classrooms in Cumnock Hall and a hybrid classroom in Aldrich. Jonah Sobol, Associate Director, HBS Live Online Classrooms, and Michelle Munoz, Instructional Designer, HBS Information Technology...

HILT’s twelfth annual HILT Conference, "Teaching in the Age of AI: Nurturing Connections and Empowering Learners".

The HILT Learning Design Affinity Group invites you to join an in-person hands-on social with the discussion topic on how to leverage AI tools when designing and improving courses. 

The HILT Learning Data & Analytics Affinity Group invites you to join an in-person event for Harvard teaching and learning professionals with an interest in learning analytics.

In this session, hosted by the Research-Informed Teaching & Learning (RITL) TLC Affinity Group, HGSE Assistant Professor Anthony Abraham Jack will discuss findings from a chapter of his new book project, When Campus Closed: Inside the Upended World of...

Please join us for a tour of Learning and Making Spaces at the Science and Engineering Complex (SEC).

Join the Learning Analytics Affinity Group virtually for an informal sharing and discussion about the intersection of artificial intelligence tools and learning data. 

In this event they discuss teaching in the age of misinformation and how we engage in thinking about and understanding misinformation.

Please join us for an in-person event with the Learning Spaces Affinity Group. The Harvard Art Museums will provide a tour of the facilities at the museum, specifically the spaces that are used for teaching and learning.

Building off of the HILT conference's theme of teamwork and collaboration, the Learning Design Affinity Group invites you to attend a social event which will feature hands-on examples of both!

HILT’s eleventh annual HILT Conference, "Teamwork: Facilitating Group Dynamics and Encouraging Student Collaboration".

This event, jointly hosted by the Research-Informed Teaching & Learning (RITL) and Learning Design HILT Affinity Groups, will summarize the scholarly research informing the “ungrading” movement and explore the implications of ungrading for teaching and...

In a follow-on to HILT's 2021 Conference, Harvard faculty from STEM and non-STEM disciplines will share how their students learn about climate change through various lenses. James H. Stock, Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability and the Harold...

Brent Benson will talk about what makes the HBS Online platform and pedagogy different, how metrics and analytics are captured and stored, and give specifics around social engagement and procrastination metrics and how they are being used to improve...