Tag: HarvardX

  • Nation & World

    Faculty Council meeting held April 10

    On April 10, the Faculty Council discussed consultation and communication, academic integrity, and HarvardX’s impact on campus.

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  • Nation & World

    Fine-tuning online education

    Andrew Ho, research director of HarvardX and an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, spoke with the Gazette about a recent study that found that interspersing online lectures with short tests improved student performance.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s hand in shaping education

    Opening a weeklong visit to Asia, Harvard President Drew Faust on Monday called knowledge “the most important currency of the 21st century,” highlighting faculty research, student engagement, and online learning as central to Harvard’s global strategy.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New leader in teaching, learning

    Robert A. Lue has been named the Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, placing him at the forefront of efforts to rethink teaching and learning, both on campus and off.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Technology to the classroom

    A two-week seminar in January offered Harvard doctoral students the chance to learn from experts from across the University about using technology to support education.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    EdX expansion set for spring

    EdX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, announced its spring course and module offerings, including four at Harvard.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Different perspectives

    Professor Robin Kelsey talked about “performing for the camera” in a Harvard Allston Ed Portal lecture, part of its faculty speaker series.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    HarvardX marks the spot

    Harvard has rolled out its first two courses on the new digital education platform edX, with more than 100,000 learners worldwide signing on.

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  • Nation & World

    Coming back, looking forward

    Members of Harvard’s Corporation and Board of Overseers, past and present, gathered at Harvard Law School’s new Wasserstein Hall Sept. 22 for a reunion afternoon featuring a panel discussion on teaching innovation and a question-and-answer session with Harvard President Drew Faust.

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    UC Berkeley joins edX

    EdX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and launched in May, announced today the addition of the University of California, Berkeley, to its platform.

    11 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Exploring edX 1.0

    MIT’s Anant Agarwal, who is the first president of edX, shared early results from the new online education venture’s first pilot course at the second annual Harvard IT Summit.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Ahead of the learning curve

    From the $40 million Hauser gift to support teaching and learning initiatives to the recent announcement of the global online platform edX, Harvard tackled the future of higher education head-on in 2011-12. As the University’s 375th anniversary draws to a close, the Gazette asked some prescient professors: “What’s the one big idea that will transform…

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  • Nation & World

    Educating Harvard, MIT — and the world

    Harvard and MIT are joining forces to launch edX, an open-source, online education platform. Leaders from both universities discussed how they hope to transform teaching and learning on campus and around the globe.

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