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Free online courses from Harvard University

For a second year, Harvard Law to offer pre-term ‘Zero-L’ course to other law schools for free

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A self-paced course with optional comprehension checks, Zero-L is taught by leading Harvard faculty members, and covers fundamental elements of the law — including an introduction to the U.S. Constitution, the court system, and concepts like federalism —...

Zero-L: Reimagining pre-orientation to prepare students for Day One success

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I. Glenn Cohen, James A. Attwood and Leslie Williams Professor of Law, Deputy Dean at Harvard Law, and Faculty Director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology & Bioethics, teaches courses on health law and civil procedure.

Enhancing Discussions in the Asynchronous Online Classroom: The Lack of Face-to-Face Interaction Does Not Lessen the Lesson

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This article addresses educators’ concerns about using asynchronous online discussions in lieu of face-to-face discussions. Drawing from research on asynchronous online education and Bloom’s taxonomy, the authors introduce the system of “original examples...

Connecting in the online classroom: building rapport between teachers and students

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Building rapport with students can revive the promise of online education, leading to greater success for students, more fulfilling teaching experiences for faculty, and improved enrollment for universities.More students than ever before are taking online...

Adapting residential courses for online cohorts

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James Honan, Senior Lecturer on Education at HGSE, has taught courses on nonprofit management and finance at Harvard since 1991 and additionally has 15 years of online teaching experience at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Harvard Graduate School of...

Understanding Lived Experiences of Faculty in an Increasingly Digitized World

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The paper “Understanding Lived Experiences of Faculty in an Increasingly Digitized World” indicates that by working with instructional designers, education researchers, and creative professionals, instructors are able to create more accessible...

Transferring best practices across teaching modes

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Aisha Yousafzai, Associate Professor of Global Health, launched the Early Childhood Development: Global Strategies for Implementation HarvardX course in 2021. This self-paced, asynchronous course is designed for practitioners of public health to learn...

Building virtual community in a foundational class

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Much like all our faculty across the University, Dr. Tamara Kaplan, Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, shifted the pre-clinical neuroscience course, Mind, Brain, and Behavior, to a remote learning space this past year. In addition to...

Research: In another multidisciplinary graduate seminar, students’ “microblogs” enhanced content learning and fostered community over the course of the semester.

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Student perceptions of online activities in a blended graduate seminar revealed the most effective to have four distinct design features: they promoted higher-order thinking skills and learner-learner interactions and provided personalized content and...