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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 2020-2021
The Learning Incubator (LInc) is pleased to announce a Call for Proposals for LInc Faculty Fellowships for the 2020-2021 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 2019-2021 Faculty Fellowships
Congratulations to David Clarke, PhD, and Yiling Chen, PhD who have each been awarded the LInc Faculty Fellowship.
David Clarke, PhD
Extended Tarr Family Professor of Materials
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
New Course Design: Materials Selection for Engineering Systems
Design New Course- Fall 2019
Course Implementation - Fall 2020
Yiling Chen, PhD
Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
New Course Design - Tentative Title- AM 122 Convex Optimization and Applications
Design New Course - Fall 2020
Course Implementation - Fall 2021
LInc Postdoctoral Fellowships- Call for Applications
LInc is currently accepting applications for Post Doctoral Fellowships with a start dates of August/ September 2020. The position requires a combined expertise in a specific scientific discipline with in-depth knowledge of teaching methods and research on learning. The postdoctoral fellows will collaborate with SEAS LInc Faculty Fellows to develop and implement course transformation (design/ redesign of an existing course of design of a new course), as well as provide background research on teaching and learning; identify evidence based educational practices; and design assessment instruments to measure learning and gather comprehensive data on student learning and thinking. More information - please click here.
SEAS LInc in the News
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 a 2017-2018 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. The foundational arc supporting this process has students move from observations through abstraction, analysis and communication, and iteration - 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.
Linc Conversations
LInc Conversations - Eric Mazur, Linc Faculty Director, engages educational leaders in conversation. Click here for more info. SEAS LInc Activity Report - 2018-2019
The SEAS LInc Activity Report is now available.
Many thanks to all who participated in the past year!
We look forward to your participation in the coming year!
Link to SEAS LInc Activity Report
Brandon Busteed
Dan Rothstein, EdD
Pooja K. Agarwal, PhD
Ken Bain, PhD