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27 results for "Undergraduate Stories"

27 results for "Undergraduate Stories"

Science through Story: Podcasts in OEB50

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When OEB50: Genetics and Genomics wrapped in Fall 2019, Professors Robin Hopkins and Dan Hartl, who co-teach the course, decided to incorporate a creative project that would allow students to engage course material in new ways in the next iteration...

Learning Lab Featured in College News

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The Bok Center Learning Lab and Assistant Director Jordan Koffman were featured in a recent article in College News - "Progressing Education at the Bok Center." Tucked inside 50 Church Street on the outskirts of Harvard Square, faculty, graduate students...

One Month In: How Has Learning Changed?

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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...

Dispatches from the Field: Teaching Innovation Videos

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Back in July, Peter Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, reached out to the Bok Center after a series of informal conversations with faculty colleagues about their innovative ideas for the upcoming semester, which would be taught...

Graphical Abstracts to Teach Neuroscience

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In MCB80, The Neurobiology of Behavior, many Harvard undergraduates encounter scientific papers for the first time. As a way to augment students’ understanding of influential research papers in neuroscience, Media & Design Fellow Xiaomeng Han (PhD...

Celebrating Senior Learning Lab Undergraduate Fellows

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Learning Lab Undergraduate Fellows (or LLUFs) are a core part of the intergenerational team at the Bok Center’s Learning Lab. LLUFs often have terrific intuitions about the pedagogy that will most engage and appeal to their peers, and they use this...

Poetry Month and Poem in your Pocket Day

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One of the things we love most about our work in the Learning Lab is the challenge of responding quickly and dynamically to unusual requests in creative assignment design. One way we foster this dynamism is by leveraging our Learning Lab Undergraduate...

2019-20 Bok Annual Report

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We are pleased to share our 2019-20 annual report, which showcases highlights from the year, including how we helped facilitate the transition to remote teaching, examples of courses we supported, and stories of students who have taken part in our...

Harvard Gazette Interview: What's Next for the Bok Center

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Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director Karen Thornber was recently interviewed about her vision for the Bok Center by the Harvard Gazette. As Karen Thornber envisions the next chapter for the Bok Center, connection, collaboration, and innovation are her...

Becca Nesson Named Executive Director of the Bok Center

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Rebecca (Becca) Nesson , Dean of Academic Programs at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will become the new Executive Director of The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Nesson, who is currently dean of...

Back (on Zoom) Again: Winter Teaching Week 2022

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After a Fall semester full of reconnecting with colleagues, friends, students, and instructors in person and teaching and learning on campus, we were excited to plan our Winter Teaching Week to be an opportunity for graduate student teachers to refresh...