Flexible Learning with the Immersive Classroom
DCE's new Immersive Classroom brings asynchronous students into the course community and makes it easier to give students the flexibility they need to succeed.
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Course Design Spotlight: Interactive Online Negotiation Simulation
Course Design Spotlights highlight innovative collaborations between DCE faculty and the Course Design Team in the Department of Teaching and Learning. Learn how the Course Design team helped Professor of Government Dustin Tingley adapt an interactive...
Instructional Technology Spotlight: Joanna Do on Online Assessments & Feedback
"The best feedback is targeted, not general, and acknowledges something specific in a students’ work, shares insights, and suggests next steps to enhance their work. Peer feedback is a great way to reduce, complement, and supplement instructor feedback...
LIGHTS, CAMERA, INTERACTION!
THE GRAND OPENING OF BRATTLE SQUARE STUDIO In the heart of Harvard Square, on the second floor of an unassuming office building facing the corner of Brattle Street, an “on air” light turns on, illuminating the entryway of DCE’s newest teaching space...
Design Gallery Spotlight: Thematic Course Illustration
Course Design Spotlights highlight innovative projects that members of the Teaching and Learning team work on with DCE faculty through the Teach Partnership program. This spotlight highlights a partnership with Emmy Waldman to introduce course themes in a...
Instructor Spotlight: Vanessa Aller on Checking-In with Your Students
In this Instructor Spotlight featuring Vanessa Aller, Instructor at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and Director of Education Technology at William James College, she shares how she infuses Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into her HMS course, Teaching 101...
Social Emotional Learning Workshop | Facilitated by Zahra Ahmed
In this virtual interactive workshop on Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), which was open to faculty and teaching staff across Harvard University, we explore how to cultivate relationships in both an online and in-person class. This workshop was hosted by...
Instructor Spotlight: Max Krasnow on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
"It really means caring enough that your teaching is accessible to your students and recognizing the fact that your students are a diverse audience." Max Krasnow is an instructor at Harvard Extension School. In this Instructor Spotlight, Dr. Krasnow...
Course Design Spotlight: Illustrated Branching-Scenario
Course Design Spotlights highlight innovative projects that members of the Teaching and Learning team work on with DCE faculty through the Teach Partnership program. This spotlight highlights a partnership with Perkins School for the Blind to design a...
How to Use Your Canvas Site and Why It Matters
Your Harvard DCE course has a Canvas site that goes hand-in-hand with your class sessions. Think of Canvas as the door to your classroom — it’s a unified space for you to share resources, communicate with your students, and assign grades. It’s a space for...
Spotlight: Student Engagement in Large Courses
The Challenge: Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology (BIOS E-1A), co-taught by Professors Casey Roehrig and Zofia Gajdos, focuses on principles of cellular biology. The course is part of an introductory series of courses that fulfill medical...