February 17, 2015
Congratulations to the Spring 2015 Spark Grant recipients! Awardees aim to:
- Catalyze the scholarly development of the “videographic essay.” Pierre Bélanger (GSD)
- Crowdsource a video repository of key concepts. Jacob Whitehill (CADM-HarvardX) and Margo Seltzer (SEAS)
- Design a new method of teaching writing. Stuart Shieber (SEAS)
- Explore the relationship between instructor performance and advice quality. David Levari and Dan Gilbert (FAS)
- Prepare students to evaluate evidence. Stephanie Sasse (FAS), L. Todd Rose (HGSE), and Leah H. Somerville (FAS)
- Prompt learners to generate their own questions. Jonathan Hausmann (HMS), Phil McGachey (CADM-HUIT), Sarah Schachman (College), Elliott Yates (CADM-HUIT), and Ziv Paz (HMS)