HILT 2018 Conference

Facilitated by Josh Bookin (HGSE), Adrienne Phelps-Coco (DCE), and Allison Pingree (HILT), this session allowed participants to identify some easy-to-implement strategies and create a plan for immediate use. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu

Facilitated by Henrike Besche (HMS), David Levari (HBS), and Tamara Brenner (FAS, Bok Center), this session explored approaches to systematically studying students’ learning—whether through interviews and focus groups, surveys, observations, qualitative coding, or more—to better inform your teaching decisions. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu

Facilitated by Julia C. Lee (SEAS), Richard Schwartzstein, MD (HMS), Barbara Cockrill, MD (HMS), and Erin Driver-Linn (HPSH), this session explored two approaches to promoting the achievement and advancement of effective teaching. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu

Facilitated by Deputy VPAL Dustin Tingley, Harvard University Provost Alan Garber and Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Bharat Anand conversed about efforts to improve teaching and learning at the University. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu

Moderated by Harvard Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay, Former U.S. Senator of Nebraska Bob Kerrey and Founder, President, and CEO of Foundry College Stephen M. Kosslyn discussed educational practices at Harvard through a science of learning lens. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu

Dean for Education at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Founding Director of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) Erin Driver-Linn welcomed conference attendees and framed the overarching themes and goals for the day’s events. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu

Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow provided welcome remarks to kick-off HILT’s seventh annual conference: “Implementing the Science of Learning to Advance the Art of Teaching held Friday, September 21, 2018 in Wasserstein Hall at Harvard Law School. For more, visit hilt.harvard.edu