Director: Dustin Tingley
Promotes best practices in residential education and strengthens University-wide networks in teaching and learning
Director: Dustin Tingley
Informs methods for
leading on-campus and
online learning through
education data science
Director: Daniel Seaton
Allows search, preview, and
reuse of Harvard digital
learning assets on campus
Executive Director: Michael Kan
Enables faculty to create and implement research-enabled online learning experiences for online and residential use
Welcome
Welcome to the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL). This site provides a gateway for faculty interested in finding resources, best practices, and opportunities for collaboration related to innovative teaching and learning.
Faculty Opportunities
VPAL provides support to faculty and instructors whether they wish to learn or share expertise, build a widget, entire module or course, or engage in cutting edge research.
Best Practices
Discover examples and case studies of innovative pedagogy, novel tools, and educational research happening around the University.
Spotlight
We invite applications from candidates interested in advancing Harvard’s ongoing research on assessing and improving residential, blended, and open digital learning environments.
Into Practice
Into Practice, a biweekly e-letter, highlights the pedagogical practices of individual faculty members from across schools and delivers timely, evidence-based teaching advice.