2021
Nov
05
SEAS LInc ~ Innovating Pedagogy in Engineering and the Sciences
Welcome
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has established The SEAS Learning Incubator (SEAS LInc), whose mission is innovation of pedagogy in engineering and science. More
Call for Proposals: LInc Faculty Fellowships 2022-2023
The Learning Incubator (LInc) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for LInc Faculty Fellowships for the 2022-2023 Academic Year. A LInc Faculty Fellowship permits faculty to dedicate time normally devoted to teaching a course to the (re)-design of an existing course to implement new research-based pedagogies and improve learning gains. More
LInc Announces Recipients of 2021-2022 Faculty Fellowships
Congratulations to Boris Kozinsky, PhD; Dan Levy, PhD; Jia Liu, PhD; Kelly Miller, PhD and Elsie Sunderland, PhD who have each been awarded the LInc Faculty Fellowship for the academic year 2021-2022.
Boris Kozinsky, PhD
Associate Professor of Computational Materials Science
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Course Redesign: AP 275 - Computational Design of Materials
Course Design: Spring 2022
Course Implementation: Spring 2023
Dan Levy, PhD
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard Kennedy School
Course Redesign: API-201-Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods and API-209- Advanced Quantitative Methods I: Statistics
Course Design: Spring 2022
Course Implementation: Fall 2022
Jia Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Course Redesign: BE 131/ES 225 Neuroengineering
Course Design: Fall 2021
Course Implementation: Fall 2022
Kelly Miller, PhD
Associate Senior Lecturer on Applied Physics
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
New Course Design: Physics of Sports
Course Design: Fall 2021
Course Implementation: Fall 2022
Elsie Sunderland, PhD
Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry; Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering in the Department of Environmental Health; Affiliate of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
New Course Design: Establishing Interdisciplinary Courses Toward a New Joint Degree Program between the Harvard T.H. Chan and SEAS
Course Design: Fall 2021
Course Implementation: Spring 2022
Designing the classroom for deeper student engagement and feedback on learning
L Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics in SEAS, and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics in FAS used his SEAS Learning Incubator LInc Faculty Fellowship to emphasize active learning in his Mathematical Modeling course. He implemented a flipped classroom approach to enable students to come to class with problems and questions to collaborate on, time to develop their own problems from scratch, and work on modeling with peers. - More
Instrumental Lessons in Engineering
Rob Wood, SEAS LInc Faculty Fellow and Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences has implemented his newly designed course, Engineering the Acoustical World. Adam Zewe of SEAS News covers reactions to the new course in his article, Instrumental Lessons in Engineering. Driving student engagement
Physics projects become educational, inspirational lessons for high school students, teachers
When the students in Physics as a Foundation for Science and Engineering (AP 50) began presenting their first group projects via Zoom, they were doing more than demonstrating knowledge of kinematics—they were providing educational inspiration for high school teachers and students around the world. Read More
Lessons in Learning
Study shows students in ‘active learning’ classrooms learn more than they think
For decades, there has been evidence that classroom techniques designed to get students to participate in the learning process produces better educational outcomes at virtually all levels. And a new Harvard study suggests it may be important to let students know it.
The study, published Sept. 4 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that, though students felt as if they learned more through traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in classrooms that employed so-called active-learning strategies. Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer, September 4, 2019 Read More
Upcoming Events
Ron Ritchhart, EdD 
Ruth Graham, PhD LInc Exchange: Reimagining teaching & learning at Harvard
Welcome to the LInc Exchange, an innovative conference where Harvard faculty reflect on the lessons learned from last year's pandemic disruption and invite you to reimagine education at Harvard moving forward. Last year’s unprecedented disruption to the educational landscape challenged us to transform the way we teach. As we head into the next school year, this is the time to reflect on the lessons learned and consider new modes of engagement and assessment for the next academic year. More Information SEAS LInc Activity Report
Many thanks to all who participated in the past year!
We look forward to your participation in the coming year!
LInc Activity Report: July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021
Linc Conversations
LInc Conversations - Eric Mazur, Linc Faculty Director, engages educational leaders in conversation. Click here for more info.