2020 Sep 21
Open Discussion for Current HMS TAs
Registration Closed 5:00pm to 6:30pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
This session is being provided as an opportunity for TAs/TFs to share their experiences and get advice from their peers. The session is open to anyone currently serving as a TA or TF at HMS and will be lightly structured to support effective sharing of ideas. Please contact bradley_coleman@hms.harvard.edu with questions. 
Registration is required. Please register by clicking the link below. The Zoom link will be provided to registered participants prior to the start of the session. 
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2020 Aug 10
TA Training for Fall 2020
Registration Closed 10:00am to 11:30am
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
This session will provide a short introduction to critical aspects of being a TA or TF, with a particular focus on how these must be adapted for online teaching. Topics include how to prepare for your first class to help define your role and boundaries, how to create an equitable classroom environment, and how to handle common challenges. The session is open to anyone serving as a TA or TF in the Fall semester. 
Please contact bradley_coleman@hms.harvard.edu with questions. Register by clicking the link below. You must register in order to receive...
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2020 Jul 22
Open Office Hour - Bradley Coleman
Registration Closed
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Aug 12 2020 .
1:30pm to 2:00pm
1:30pm to 2:00pm
1:30pm to 2:00pm
1:30pm to 2:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link provided
Open office hours are being provided as opportunities for HMS faculty developing Fall 2020 remote courses to ask questions and get advice. We encourage all faculty to first consult the HMS How to Teach Online page for resources to help move their courses online. For technical advice on educational technologies such as Zoom or Canvas, please contact HMS IT. 

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Bradley Coleman is Director of the HMS Curriculum Fellows Program and a... Read more about Open Office Hour - Bradley Coleman
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2020 Jul 22
Open Office Hour - Bradley Coleman
Registration Closed
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Wed Aug 12 2020 .
1:00pm to 1:30pm
1:00pm to 1:30pm
1:00pm to 1:30pm
1:00pm to 1:30pm
Location: 
Zoom link provided
Open office hours are being provided as opportunities for HMS faculty developing Fall 2020 remote courses to ask questions and get advice. We encourage all faculty to first consult the HMS How to Teach Online page for resources to help move their courses online. For technical advice on educational technologies such as Zoom or Canvas, please contact HMS IT. 

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Bradley Coleman is Director of the HMS Curriculum Fellows Program and a... Read more about Open Office Hour - Bradley Coleman
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2020 Jul 17
Open Office Hour - Bradley Coleman
Registration Closed 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Open office hours are being provided as opportunities for HMS faculty developing Fall 2020 remote courses to ask questions and get advice. Before signing up for an open office hour, please check to make sure there is not a subject-specific session that meets your needs. We also encourage all faculty to first consult the HMS How to Teach Online page for resources to help move their courses online.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

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2020 Jul 16
Open Office Hour - Kale Hartmann
Registration Closed 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Open office hours are being provided as opportunities for HMS faculty developing Fall 2020 remote courses to ask questions and get advice. Before signing up for an open office hour, please check to make sure there is not a subject-specific session that meets your needs. We also encourage all faculty to first consult the HMS How to Teach Online page for resources to help move their courses online.
Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.
Dr. Kale Hartmann is the...
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2020 Jul 16
How do I translate my (whiteboard/powerpoint) lectures into something that works online? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
The limitations of a videoconference means that conventional lectures don't translate well to remote teaching. This session will help faculty adpt their lectures for online teaching.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Kale Hartmann is the Curriculum Fellow for the PhD Program in Genetics and Genomics at HMS. Contact her at kale_hartmann@hms.harvard.edu with questions or if the session is full and you'd like to be notified when additional sessions are added.
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2020 Jul 15
What should I be doing live in class and what should I have my students do asynchronously? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
We will think about what approaches are best suited to live remote class sessions and what we can do to engage our students in learning outside of live class sessions. We will consider how this varies for different types of content and the ways these two remote teaching tools combine into a cohesive learning experience.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Bradley Coleman is Director of the HMS Curriculum Fellows Program and a Lecturer in the HMS Dept. of Microbiology.... Read more about What should I be doing live in class and what should I have my students do asynchronously? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
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2020 Jul 15
How do I do group work in Zoom that feels productive and engaging? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 9:30am to 10:00am
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Zoom breakout rooms are a great way to get students working and learning together. This session will help faculty build substantive, engaging groupwork into their courses.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Deepali Ravel is the Curriculum Fellow for the Harvard Infectious Diseases Consortium and the Graduate Program in Bacteriology. She is a Lecturer in the HMS Department of Microbiology. Contact her at deepali_ravel@hms.harvard.edu with questions or if the session is... Read more about How do I do group work in Zoom that feels productive and engaging? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
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2020 Jul 15
How do I do group work in Zoom that feels productive and engaging? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 9:00am to 9:30am
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Zoom breakout rooms are a great way to get students working and learning together. This session will help faculty build substantive, engaging groupwork into their courses.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Deepali Ravel is the Curriculum Fellow for the Harvard Infectious Diseases Consortium and the Graduate Program in Bacteriology. She is a Lecturer in the HMS Department of Microbiology. Contact her at deepali_ravel@hms.harvard.edu with questions or if the session is... Read more about How do I do group work in Zoom that feels productive and engaging? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
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2020 Jul 14
How can I adapt the assignments or assessments I used to do in person for online learning? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link to be provided
Some assignments and assessments that work very well when students are face-to-face, like presentations and boardwork, don't translate well to online learning environments. Despite that challenge there are many approaches that work just as well or even better in a remote course. Once you consider the goals of your assessment, adapting your in-person assignment can be very straightforward. 
Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Bradley Coleman is Director of...
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2020 Jul 14
How can I design engaging and effective paper discussions for Zoom? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 2:30pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Just because we're on Zoom doesn't mean we can't have robust paper discussions! This session will provide strategies for how to plan and execute engaging and effective paper discussions (and discussions in general) in the virtual learning environment. 

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course. Registration closes July 13, 11:59 pm.

Dr. Tari Tan is the Director of Educational Programming for Neurobiology and the PhD Program in...
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2020 Jul 14
How can I design engaging and effective paper discussions for Zoom? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 2:00pm to 2:30pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Just because we're on Zoom doesn't mean we can't have robust paper discussions! This session will provide strategies for how to plan and execute engaging and effective paper discussions (and discussions in general) in the virtual learning environment. 

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course. Registration closes July 13, 11:59 pm.

Dr. Tari Tan is the Director of Educational Programming for Neurobiology and the PhD Program in...
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2020 Jul 14
Open Office Hour - Jelena Patrnogic
Registration Closed 9:00am to 10:00am
Open office hours are being provided as opportunities for HMS faculty developing Fall 2020 remote courses to ask questions and get advice. Before signing up for an open office hour, please check to make sure there is not a subject-specific session that meets your needs. We also encourage all faculty to first consult the HMS How to Teach Online page for resources to help move their courses online.
Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.
Dr. Jelena Patrnogic is the...
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2020 Jul 13
Open Office Hour - Nathalie Vladis
Registration Closed 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link to be provided
Open office hours are being provided as opportunities for HMS faculty developing Fall 2020 remote courses to ask questions and get advice. Before signing up for an open office hour, please check to make sure there is not a subject-specific session that meets your needs. We also encourage all faculty to first consult the HMS How to Teach Online page for resources to help move their courses online.
 
Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.
 
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2020 Jul 13
How do I decide what to record on video? How do I get my students to actually watch it? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
While videos are an important aspect of online learning, students generally don’t remain engaged with long lecture recordings. This session will help you decide which aspects of your course should be made into videos, and how to make those videos as engaging as possible.
Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to...
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2020 Jul 13
What can I can do to engage students across multiple time zones? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 10:30am to 11:00am
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
One of the greatest teaching challenges of teaching online comes from a logistical challenge: our students are all over the world. This session will explore asynchronous active learning approaches that will allow you to engage all of your students in substantive learning, regardless of their time zone.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to...
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2020 Jul 13
What can I can do to engage students across multiple time zones? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 10:00am to 10:30am
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
One of the greatest teaching challenges of teaching online comes from a logistical challenge: our students are all over the world. This session will explore asynchronous active learning approaches that will allow you to engage all of your students in substantive learning, regardless of their time zone.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Nathalie Vladis is the Quantitative Biology Curriculum Fellow. Contact her at nathalie_vladis@hms.harvard.edu with questions or if the... Read more about What can I can do to engage students across multiple time zones? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
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2020 Jul 10
How do I do group work in Zoom that feels productive and engaging? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 3:30pm to 4:00pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Zoom breakout rooms are a great way to get students working and learning together. This session will help faculty build substantive, engaging groupwork into their courses.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Deepali Ravel is the Curriculum Fellow for the Harvard Infectious Diseases Consortium and the Graduate Program in Bacteriology. She is a Lecturer in the HMS Department of Microbiology.
Registration: 
2020 Jul 10
How do I do group work in Zoom that feels productive and engaging? (Topic Specific Office Hour)
Registration Closed 3:00pm to 3:30pm
Location: 
Zoom link will be provided
Zoom breakout rooms are a great way to get students working and learning together. This session will help faculty build substantive, engaging groupwork into their courses.

Register by clicking the link below. Shortly after registration you will be contacted to provide additional information about your course.

Dr. Deepali Ravel is the Curriculum Fellow for the Harvard Infectious Diseases Consortium and the Graduate Program in Bacteriology. She is a Lecturer in the HMS Department of Microbiology.
 
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