Tag: Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning

  • Nation & World

    A link across campus

    Harvard Link is an application that for the first time funnels University-related events, news, organizations, and faculty and staff contact information into a centralized data bank. The system then analyzes that data and creates personalized dashboards for users based on their professional interests.

    4 minutes
    Judy Singer (from left), Anne Margulies, and Dustin Tingley
  • Nation & World

    Emerging challenges in digital higher ed

    The team at Harvard’s Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Research hosted digital-learning practitioners from around the nation to discuss common challenges in their work.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A virtual analysis

    A new analysis of four blended-format courses taught last fall offers practical guidance for faculty members interested in fresh pedagogical approaches. The pilot study led by the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning placed a premium on person-to-person interaction, and found redundancies between in-class and online instruction.

    7 minutes