HarvardX

A new office, a global audience

In a Q&A session, Peter Bol, a leader in online learning, outlines the challenges and prospects ahead

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DateApril 7, 2015

David Malan (right), Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science, technologist Colton Ogden from CS50/CS50x, and a special robotic guest incorporated live broadcasts into their MOOC, “Introduction to Computer Science.”

Massive study on MOOCs

Harvard, MIT report provides new insights on an evolving space

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DateApril 1, 2015June 5, 2018

During the HarvardX lecture about the now legendary School of Engineering and Applied Sciences course "Science and Cooking," Glover Professor of Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics Michael P. Brenner (photo 1) introduces David Weitz (photo 2), Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, who spoke about volume. Audience members (photo 3) were also invited to experiment with volume, using whisks to create mayonnaise and meringue.

Science in the mix(er)

Ed Portal event examines how food prep and cooking methods lead to meals we love

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DateMarch 27, 2015May 31, 2019

Harvard’s Online Learning gateway houses the University’s open online learning opportunities under one roof for the first time, and anyone can access the breadth and depth of Harvard’s learning content.

A breadth of learning

Online gateway offers Harvard teaching on the Web

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DateJanuary 7, 2015

“Active Learning: From Evaluation to Practice” explored ways to create a safe environment for faculty to experiment. The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning held the workshop in November.

Activating ‘mindshare’

Mounting a movement to redefine teaching at Harvard, and beyond

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DateDecember 5, 2014

A Gen Ed course linked to the South Asia Institute takes an interdisciplinary approach to the region’s challenges. Students are faced with various scenarios that they must find solutions for (photo 1). In her four-week portion of the class, Professor Sue J. Goldie (photo 2) sought to give students background on the region’s health scene before drilling down to nation-specific challenges. Professor Tarun Khanna (right, photo 3) said that the cross-faculty approach of the course reflects the mission of the South Asia Institute.

Shaping problem-solvers

Course spans disciplines to address social, economic challenges in South Asia

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DateNovember 19, 2014April 10, 2019

Harvard Treasurer Paul Finnegan and Executive Vice President Katie Lapp discussed Harvard’s financial landscape and the ongoing financial pressure facing the University.

Harvard continues to face ‘foundational financial pressures’

Lapp and Finnegan discuss financial report and ongoing challenges

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DateNovember 7, 2014April 16, 2019

In a talk at the Ed Portal, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard Business School and South Asia Institute Director Tarun Khanna said that thinking globally opens up whole new ways to approach problems — if the entrepreneur has the vision to recognize them.

HarvardX course closes in on global view

Professor describes benefits of health care, entrepreneurship, and economies

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DateOctober 21, 2014April 17, 2019

The opening faculty panel for HILT featured Harvard professors Lawrence Lessig (from left, photo 1), Melissa Franklin, Glenda Carpio, and was facilitated by David Garvin. Professor Stephen Blyth's (photo 2) breakout session was titled “Simulations, Games, and Instructional Design for Engagement.” The audience of 400 faculty and students was asked to confer with colleagues and submit one question as a result of the panel discussion (photo 3).

Microbursts in learning

HILT conference forges path between engagement and distance

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DateSeptember 19, 2014April 23, 2019

A pilot study led by the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning placed a premium on person-to-person interaction. “The beauty of new digital teaching tools is that they provide us with the type of rich data that we haven’t been able to readily study before. This first iteration was a learning-by-doing adventure," said lead investigator Jenny Bergeron, director of educational research and assessment at the Bok Center.

A virtual analysis

Pilot study put blended-format courses to the test

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DateJuly 28, 2014March 21, 2019

A close-up image (photo 1) shows MS Typ 584, a ca. 1200 pedagogical and devotional tool showing seven vices and seven virtues as interpreted by Hugh of St. Victor. Professor Thomas Forrest Kelly (from left, photo 2), graduate student Zoe Walls, Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts William Stoneman, and Professor Beverly Mayne Kienzle put the final touches on an exhibit of medieval scrolls now on display at Houghton Library.

Scrolls and scrolling

Digital tools key to projects in medieval studies

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DateJune 25, 2014April 30, 2019

Harvard lost some giants this year, but made gains with the nearing completion of the Harvard Art Museums, the detection of gravitational waves by Harvard researchers, and notable guests such as Arianna Huffington and Malala Yousafzai. And when the Class of 2018 turns up to campus in the fall, it will be the one of the most diverse ever admitted to Harvard College.

Going forward, a look back

The Harvard Campaign, milestones in the arts, and scientific breakthroughs marked 2013-14 at Harvard

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DateMay 29, 2014

Peter K. Bol, Harvard’s vice provost for advances in learning and the Charles H. Carswell Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, spoke to more than 50 members of the Allston-Brighton community as part of HarvardX for Allston, a new educational initiative stemming from HarvardX and run in partnership with the Ed Portal.

Cultural Revolution comes to Allston

Harvard scholar examines China during HarvardX for Allston program

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DateApril 21, 2014

New to social media, Tom Kelly (left, photo 1) still found common ground with Michelle Luo ’14, who has been a teaching fellow for CS50 and an intern at Google. Judith Singer (from left, photo 2), senior vice provost for faculty development and diversity, remembered signing up for Facebook in its early Harvard-only days. Director of the Harvard Global Health Institute Sue Goldie said she uses Twitter in a targeted manner, to make sure her kids are not in any trouble.

Rapid-fire exchange

Faculty, students, staff put social media in their sights

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DateApril 9, 2014April 18, 2019

At a conference that cast a fresh look at data, artist Nathalie Miebach translated weather data into musical scores and sculptures (photo 1), GSD student Krystelle Denis (right, photo 2) showed a visualization pattern of historic data from the Arnold Arboretum, and graphic facilitator Kelvy Bird illustrated each presentation as it happened (photo 3).

Grasping with the eyes

Data gains power through graphics and charts, specialists say

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DateMarch 5, 2014July 26, 2019

Harvard Law School Professor Joseph Story, who was appointed an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court in 1812, is credited with having planted the seeds of the modern doctrine of fair use.

Copyright meets Internet

Universities work to maintain fair-use standards, mine open-access materials in online learning

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DateFebruary 27, 2014

Behind each HarvardX learning experience, from a course to a module, is a team of content, technology, video, and instructional experts providing support for the lead faculty instructors.

New horizons for HarvardX

Technological teaching initiative looks to reinvent MOOCs

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DateJanuary 10, 2014April 3, 2019

The HarvardX course module, “Early Christianity: The Letters of Paul,” HDS1554.1x, taught by Laura Nasrallah, explores the context of the Pauline correspondence in the Roman Empire and the impact of these powerful texts today.

The divine, online

First HarvardX course from Divinity School to examine early Christianity

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DateNovember 26, 2013February 28, 2019

The campaign's priorities build on a simple concept, said FAS Dean Michael D. Smith: "making sure Harvard continues as a place of discovery for people leading positive change in the world."

Harvard launches Arts and Sciences campaign

$1 billion start to $2.5 billion drive

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DateOctober 27, 2013April 15, 2019

Beginning Oct. 31, a new HarvardX course will examine China’s history, politics, philosophy, and hopes to draw both local students and those overseas.

ChinaX has global ambitions

HarvardX course will discuss Asian giant’s history, politics, philosophy

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DateOctober 24, 2013May 2, 2019

"I really believe in this course, and I really believe in people making meaning together," said Elisa New, the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature.

Poetry spreads its web

Elisa New will offer a HarvardX course spotlighting the literary art in America

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DateOctober 18, 2013April 30, 2019

“The millennial generation is completely comfortable doing things online, and here we are in the classrooms fighting everything,” edX President Anant Agarwal told his Askwith Forum audience. “Instead of fighting it, let’s embrace it and see if we can get them to learn with these new modalities and do better.”

On the frontiers of learning

EdX innovations offer new tools for education research and teaching, says Anant Agarwal

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DateOctober 3, 2013

The new Rita E. and Gustave M. Hauser Digital Teaching & Learning Studio will be equipped with green screens and 4K capabilities (the highest of high-definition video), and will be designed to accommodate on-camera lectures, learning modules, and classroom demonstrations in a professional studio environment.

Move over, Gutenberg

State-of-the-art digital teaching and learning studio to open in Widener Library

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DateSeptember 25, 2013May 2, 2019

Interdisciplinary collaboration touches every discipline at Harvard, including work at the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning (photo 1); the A.R.T. helping local high school students better understand issues related to the Civil War (photo 2); and Harvard students and professors collecting data during the Maha Kumbh Mela festival in India (photo 3).

Cooperating in educating

Increasingly, Harvard Schools meld resources to improve learning

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DateSeptember 23, 2013June 5, 2019

“For us, for this campaign, the real triumph will lie in our ability to rival the efforts and the commitment of those who have bequeathed this extraordinary institution to us, and to strengthen it for those who will follow,” said President Drew Faust at the launch of The Harvard Campaign on Saturday in Sanders Theatre (photo 1). Prior to Faust’s appearance, David M. Rubenstein (left), co-chair of the campaign, set the stage with a conversation with Bill Gates (photo 2). Earlier in the day (photo 3), "The Future of Knowledge" was explored by moderator Jonathan Zittrain (from left) and professors Rebecca Henderson and Peter Sorger, among others.

Harvard kicks off fundraising effort

$6.5 billion campaign to bolster key priorities

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DateSeptember 21, 2013

Historian and humanities scholar Peter K. Bol has been named vice provost for advances in learning. In his new role, Bol will oversee both HarvardX and HILT.

A boost for new ways to learn

Harvard names Peter Bol as vice provost for advances in learning

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DateSeptember 16, 2013April 23, 2019

Harvard President Drew Faust presented her opening year address on Tuesday, which included questions from Harvard Professor Herman "Dutch" Leonard (photo 1). “American higher education is undergoing seismic shifts, and we face extraordinary pressures. And Harvard is not immune,” Faust told the Sanders Theatre audience (photo 2). Following the opening year address, Faust spoke with Sam Rosin '15 (from left), Kevin Hilgartner '16, and Greg Schaefer '16 at the festivities in the Science Center Plaza.

Managing a ‘seismic shift’

Faust describes challenges of a new era in higher education

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DateSeptember 10, 2013July 18, 2019

To bring her online modules on American poetry to life, Professor Elisa New took advantage of Harvard's magnificent surroundings (in this case, Memorial Church) and coaxed some of her talented students to "sing" the verses of colonial era poet Edward Taylor. New is using multimedia to convey how, for Taylor, who wrote in strict, formal structures, poetry was a kind of apparatus to be used in the same way that gymnasts and weightlifters use uneven bars and weights.

Varied offerings from HarvardX

Learning options for fall include small modules as well as full courses

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DateJune 6, 2013April 16, 2019

In March, the men’s basketball team shocked the University of New Mexico in its first NCAA victory and second NCAA appearance. The team also nabbed its third straight Ivy League title by defeating Cornell, 65-56, before a sold-out crowd at Lavietes Pavilion.

A year of change, month by month

2012-13 was a year of inventions and ascensions, elections and projections, digitizing and prioritizing

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DateMay 30, 2013

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In a Q&A session, Peter Bol, a leader in online learning, outlines the challenges and prospects ahead

Harvard, MIT report provides new insights on an evolving space

Ed Portal event examines how food prep and cooking methods lead to meals we love

Online gateway offers Harvard teaching on the Web

Mounting a movement to redefine teaching at Harvard, and beyond

Course spans disciplines to address social, economic challenges in South Asia

Lapp and Finnegan discuss financial report and ongoing challenges

Professor describes benefits of health care, entrepreneurship, and economies

HILT conference forges path between engagement and distance

Pilot study put blended-format courses to the test

Digital tools key to projects in medieval studies

The Harvard Campaign, milestones in the arts, and scientific breakthroughs marked 2013-14 at Harvard

Harvard scholar examines China during HarvardX for Allston program

Faculty, students, staff put social media in their sights

Data gains power through graphics and charts, specialists say

Universities work to maintain fair-use standards, mine open-access materials in online learning

Technological teaching initiative looks to reinvent MOOCs

First HarvardX course from Divinity School to examine early Christianity

$1 billion start to $2.5 billion drive

HarvardX course will discuss Asian giant’s history, politics, philosophy

Elisa New will offer a HarvardX course spotlighting the literary art in America

EdX innovations offer new tools for education research and teaching, says Anant Agarwal

State-of-the-art digital teaching and learning studio to open in Widener Library

Increasingly, Harvard Schools meld resources to improve learning

$6.5 billion campaign to bolster key priorities

Harvard names Peter Bol as vice provost for advances in learning

Faust describes challenges of a new era in higher education

Learning options for fall include small modules as well as full courses

2012-13 was a year of inventions and ascensions, elections and projections, digitizing and prioritizing

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