Past Events

  • 2022 Apr 12

    Reimagine Our Community: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Forum

    Tue Apr 12 (All day) to Thu Apr 14 (All day)

    Location: 

    Online event

    Attend the first Harvard-wide Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) Forum which will bring the University community together to learn and engage with critical EDIB topics. This year’s theme, Reimagine Our Community, is driven by the need to collaboratively explore how we might work together to build a campus environment where everyone can thrive. 

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  • 2022 Feb 03

    Teaching with Museum Collections Across Disciplines

    1:30pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Art Museums

    The Harvard Art Museums and the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning are organizing a workshop on Teaching with Museum Collections Across Disciplines, designed for faculty and TFs of any subject. This is a great opportunity to engage with objects and explore options for teaching in the physical space of the Harvard Art Museums. 

    Led by:

    • Jen Thum, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Assistant Research Curator, Harvard Art Museums
    • Rebecca Miller Brown, Assistant Director, Graduate Student...
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  • 2022 Jan 18

    Digital Teaching Workshop: Tools for Assignments and Activities

    9:00am to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Zoom event. Registration required.

    The Digital Teaching Methods seminar provides faculty and graduate students a hands-on introduction to several approaches that have been used successfully at Harvard, all grounded in specific pedagogical examples and use cases. Whether you will be teaching with digital tools for the first time in the coming semester, or have already been doing so for some time, this workshop provides a focused and supportive environment for improving your...

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  • 2022 Jan 13

    Course Materials through the Library

    2:00pm to 3:00pm

    Location: 

    Online event. Registration required.

    Librarians are prepared to help instructors assemble course readings, resources, and reserves for the upcoming semester. This may involve obtaining digital materials, linking to articles in licensed databases, setting aside physical copies of a key text, or incorporating films and special collections in Canvas. Bring your questions to this information session designed for instructors, where librarians J Armstrong and Steve Kuehler will be available to answer your questions, recommend strategies, guide you to key tools, and assist you as you prepare to incorporate library resources and...

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  • 2021 Oct 20

    Harvard Library Faculty Workshop: Working with Wikipedia

    1:30pm to 2:30pm

    Location: 

    Online Event. Registration Required.

    Wikipedia has become the bedrock of everyone’s information environment: an intermediate source you pretend you didn’t use, an opportunity to shape the world’s knowledge, the source of various parts of the web. In this workshop we’ll look at Wikipedia’s place in the larger Wikimedia universe, discuss ways to facilitate students’ critical engagement with the platform, and share some tips on managing your own Wikipedia presence.

    Our panel of librarians has experience running edit-athons, working with Wikidata and other aspects of Wikipedia's infrastructure, and helping students...

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  • 2021 Oct 06

    Senior/Adult Care Benefit Review for Faculty

    12:00pm to 1:00pm

    Location: 

    Online Event. Registration Required
    Harvard University offers multiple resources to help faculty and staff plan for and support an elder or other dependent adult. Harvard’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provides advice and recommendations on any elder- or adult-care issue as well as referrals to resources nationwide.  The Senior Care Planning program, provided by Care@Work, helps faculty and staff navigate the ever-changing demands of caring for an aging family member or other dependent adults by connecting them with a professional senior care advisor, a licensed geriatric social worker who is an expert in adult and... Read more about Senior/Adult Care Benefit Review for Faculty
  • 2021 Sep 24

    2021 HILT Conference “Tackling Global Challenges from the Harvard Classroom and Beyond”

    9:00am to 2:15pm

    Location: 

    Online Event. Registration Required.

    The last two years have emphasized the importance of active learning principles, working collaboratively in groups, and engaging with local communities on important issues. Given the ongoing worldwide challenges that were at the forefront of 2020 – 2021 (pandemics, racial justice, climate change, divided nations, food insecurity, equity, etc.), students want to talk about tough problems. How can we best prepare students to address global challenges in thoughtful and creative ways?

    The 2021 annual HILT Conference will explore how we teach students to become global agents of...

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  • 2021 Aug 25

    Course Materials Through the Library

    4:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    Online Event. Registration Required.
    Librarians are prepared to help instructors assemble course readings, resources, and reserves for the upcoming semester. This may involve obtaining digital materials, linking to articles in licensed databases, setting aside physical copies of a key text, or incorporating films and special collections in Canvas. Bring your questions to this information session designed for instructors, where librarians J Armstrong and Sarah DeMott will be available to answer your questions, recommend strategies, guide you to key tools, and assist you as you prepare to incorporate library resources and... Read more about Course Materials Through the Library
  • 2021 Aug 24

    Course Materials Through the Library

    10:00am to 11:00am

    Location: 

    Online Event. Registration Required.
    Librarians are prepared to help instructors assemble course readings, resources, and reserves for the upcoming semester. This may involve obtaining digital materials, linking to articles in licensed databases, setting aside physical copies of a key text, or incorporating films and special collections in Canvas. Bring your questions to this information session designed for instructors, where librarians J Armstrong and Sarah DeMott will be available to answer your questions, recommend strategies, guide you to key tools, and assist you as you prepare to incorporate library resources and... Read more about Course Materials Through the Library

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