Learning Lab News

In a typical semester, the Bok Center’s Learning Lab hosts an array of workshops and hackathons on a wide range of skills, including photography, game design, animation, and infographics. These workshops help students in Bok-supported courses complete...

One month ago, Harvard students transitioned to remote learning. Over this time, we have regularly asked the Bok Center’s undergraduate fellows to reflect on their experiences with online courses and with learning in new environments. Last week, we asked...

On the morning of Tuesday, 10 March, Harvard’s faculty, students, and staff logged on to their email to find unprecedented news from president Larry Bacow: in just under two weeks (including Spring Break), Harvard would move instruction online, with the...

As we are all gaining experience with remote teaching and learning, we are pleased to share a post on lessons from game design. Learning Lab Graduate Fellow Ceci Mancuso reflects on the mechanics that asynchronous online games use to connect players...

The Bok Center’s Learning Lab was featured in a recent Harvard Gazette article highlighting “Social Engagement Through Music: Histories, Economies, Communities,” a new course launched this spring by the Department of Music. In this collaborative course...

The GSAS Harvard Horizons program was featured in the Crimson this week following the Symposium on April 10. The Bok Center supports the mentoring component of the program, which is designed to promote interdisciplinary sharing of PhD students’ big ideas...

Alexandra Schultz, 2019 Harvard Horizons Scholar, is featured in a recent interview with GSAS. Check out the article to learn about how she became interested in the classics and her current research on ancient libraries. Then, come hear her present on her...

Emily Dolan, Gardner Cowles Associate Professor of the Humanities, co-teaches graduate seminar Instruments and Instrumentalities with Professor Jonathan Sterne of McGill University. The Bok Center's Learning Lab helped Professor Dolan with the first...

The ABLConnect Teaching Innovator Prize celebrates Harvard University instructors for their development and use of active learning exercises in their classes, and we would love to post a teaching activity you used in class to the website. Submitting your...

Caitlin Schmid, Bok Learning Lab Graduate Fellow and former Pedagogy Fellow in Music, is featured in the Winter 2019 edition of Colloquy, the Harvard GSAS alumni magazine. Check out the article to learn more about what drew her to the Learning Lab and the...