VPAL researchers have studied response times in self-paced, online courses: the time the learner takes to read the question and select an answer to submit.... Read more about To Complete a MOOC, Slow Down
Integrating peer learning into pedagogy: the subject drew nearly 400 people to the eighth annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) conference on September 27, 2019. Read more...
The new Harvard Link, an online app developed by the research arm of VPAL, creates a personalized dashboard for you. It recommends news stories, events, suggestions of potential Harvard collaborators – all automatically... Read more about Link across Campus
The three goals of the annual conference are to promote dialogue across Harvard’s campuses about education innovation, to provide examples of experimental approaches and research studies that generalize across academic fields, and to expand the network of Harvard constituents who are improving educational practice.... Read more about Harvard Gazette features 2018 HILT Annual Conference
Now it’s even easier to find funding, explore University-wide tools, and connect to teaching and learning communities. The new hilt.harvard.edu website features a powerful search engine to find content from throughout Harvard. Read more about New HILT Website Launch
The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning is proud to announce Harvard Syllabus Explorer, a new syllabus search tool to use across FAS. It is designed to help Harvard students explore and select courses as well as to serve as a research asset for Harvard students, faculty, and staff. Syllabi are collected from Canvas and course information is provided by the Registrars / HUIT.
Harvard’s efforts to leverage technology to create more effective teaching tools, strategies, and resources will have a new leader this fall, with the appointment of Harvard Business School Professor Bharat Anand as the University’s new vice provost for advances in learning (VPAL).
Peter K. Bol, the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, will step down at the end of the summer as vice provost for advances in learning to return to the faculty and to his teaching and research on China’s history.
