Behavioral science interventions in online education

June 30, 2020

VPAL personnel collaborated to conduct one of the largest global field experiments in higher education to examine the scalability of several behavioral science interventions for online students. Read more about Behavioral science interventions in online education

VPAL and HLS collaboration, “Zero-L," to be free to all law schools

May 20, 2020

Amid COVID-19, Harvard Law and VPAL have made their online, pre-orientation resource temporarily available to aid student success.

Rebooting Online Education

April 27, 2020

The Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL) works to develop a new generation of online learning experiences, created and taught by colleagues from across the faculties, and drawing upon learnings from previous online courses. Read more about Rebooting Online Education

Extracurriculars for an Online Campus

April 21, 2020

Socialize Remotely, a new initiative launched by the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning (VPAL) and Harvard University Information Technology (HUIT), aims to bring together the Harvard community in a variety of online social gatherings.... Read more about Extracurriculars for an Online Campus

Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19

April 9, 2020

HarvardX and edX have announced the launch of a free online course designed to train frontline medical professionals to operate the mechanical ventilators needed to treat COVID-19 patients.... Read more about Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19

To Complete a MOOC, Slow Down

February 5, 2020

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

An App to Boost Classroom Inclusion

November 25, 2019

Teachly, created by Harvard Kennedy School faculty Teddy Svoronos and Dan Levy, and supported by a... Read more about An App to Boost Classroom Inclusion

Everyone’s a Teacher, Everyone’s a Learner

September 27, 2019

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...

Link across Campus

September 20, 2019

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

Operation Impact Launched: Students Power Learning Innovations

September 19, 2019

The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT) at the Office of the VPAL is announcing the launch of Operation Impact, a university-wide initiative to support student innovation in education. Operation Impact and VPAL will provide funding, resources, and community for students from all levels of Harvard University.... Read more about Operation Impact Launched: Students Power Learning Innovations

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