Past Events & Recordings
Explore past events hosted or sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL) and its Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) office.
Gen AI in Teaching and Learning Affinity Group Meeting
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...
Marrying Human and Artificial Intelligence for Social and Personal Impact
How can AI accelerate social impact? Ted Ladd, Instructor at Harvard’s DCE and Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the Hult International Business School, and Milind Tambe, Harvard’s Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science and Director of...
Rethinking American Indian Mental Health Services: Explorations in Alter-Native Psy-ence
In an early part of his career, Joseph P. Gone, Professor of Anthropology and of Global Health and Social Medicine (FAS/HMS/HSPH), explored depression and problem drinking among his own people on the Fort Belknap Indian reservation in Montana, USA. He...
Practical Chats on Panopto Stats
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...
Intellectual Risk-Taking in Higher Education
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...
Interrogating and Supporting Psychological Safety in Learning
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...
GenAI in Teaching & Learning Session 5: “Library Insights into Student AI Usage”
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...
Building Students’ Ability to Drive Their Learning: The Practice and Theory of the Question Formulation Technique
What changes when students learn to formulate better questions? How can learning to formulate their own questions increase their readiness to participate in class discussions, deepen their understanding, foster constructive dialogue and strengthen their...
The Good Life: On Preparing Young People to Lead Moral and Meaningful Lives
High percentages of both teens and young adults these days are hyper-focused on their achievements and happiness while reporting little or no meaning and purpose in their lives and suffering high rates of loneliness and mental health challenges. The costs...
GenAI in Teaching & Learning Session 4
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”.
Tour of Countway Library at Harvard Medical School
Please join the Learning Spaces Affinity Group for our first tour of the 2024-25 academic year at Countway Library.
The tour will be led by Meredith Solomon, Manager, Outreach & Public Services, and Paul Bain, Manager, Research and Instruction. Meredith...
The Teachly platform for effective and inclusive classrooms
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...