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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:HILT Conference 2017: Evaluating teaching
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SUMMARY:HILT Conference 2017: Evaluating teaching
DESCRIPTION:<p>HILT’s sixth Annual Conference on “Evaluating teaching” was held on Wednesday, September 20, 2017&nbsp;in Wasserstein Hall. Thank you for joining&nbsp;us&nbsp;to explore various facets of evaluating teaching effectiveness at Harvard and beyond that incorporate partnerships between academic professional staff and faculty toward improving teaching and learning. <a href="https://hilt.harvard.edu/news-and-events/events/2017-hilt-conference/">Event materials, video recordings, and resources</a>.</p><h2>Program</h2><h3>8:30am Breakfast and Registration</h3><h3>9:00am Welcome remarks from Erin Driver-Linn, Director, Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching; Associate Provost for Institutional Research</h3><h3>9:20am Evaluating teaching within a research university&nbsp;</h3><ul><li><strong>Drew Faust</strong> (moderator), President, Harvard University</li><li><strong>Ann Blair</strong>, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor, Harvard University</li><li><strong>Gary King</strong>, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University</li><li><strong>Douglas A. Melton</strong>, Xander University Professor, Harvard University</li></ul><h3>10:40am&nbsp;Models and practices (<a href="https://hilt.harvard.edu/news-and-events/2017-conference-breakout-sessions/">Breakout Sessions</a>)</h3><ul><li>Creating connections &amp; increasing engagement: Improve teaching without changing your syllabus</li><li>How to fail successfully</li><li>Looking beyond Harvard: The teaching evaluations landscape</li><li>Which decision-making practices promote excellent teaching?</li></ul><h3>11:50am&nbsp;Ideas and innovations (<a href="https://hilt.harvard.edu/news-and-events/2017-conference-breakout-sessions/">Breakout Sessions</a>)</h3><ul><li>Emerging approaches to evaluating learning</li><li>Getting the most out of faculty &amp; staff partnerships</li><li>Making the most of student evaluations</li><li>Stories of effective and ineffective evaluations of teaching</li></ul><h3>1:00pm Lunch with remarks from Provost Alan Garber</h3><h3>2:30pm Closing</h3>
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