Project

This program gave students the ability to switch instantly between different frames, making many perplexing problems and apparent paradoxes transparent. Teaching Challenge: Relativity is not intuitive and everyone has difficulty visualizing it. Faculty...

The Q site is an iSite that covers the philosophy, theory, methods, and practice of qualitative research. The highly customized iSite includes video of faculty who teach qualitative methods, original content, and links to resources inside and beyond the...

The audio glossary or pronunciation guide for East Asian Languages was developed to help students pronounce commonly/frequently used words in languages other than the ones they were studying in their area of specialization. PITFs produced audio-image...

Podcast pronunciation exercises were developed around letter sounds of French phrases. These exercises incorporated video, as well as audio, in order to make pronunciation of sounds easier to understand for students. Podcasts allowed students to listen to...

The PITFs: a)Produced a series of 2D electronic illustrations of physical phenomena b)Created 3D models of primitive ships for detailed analysis of navigation principles c)Developed simple animations and time lapse photography of stars and sun d)Designed...

Designed to introduce the Poetry@Harvard site to all users within and outside of Harvard, this video showcased the resources uniquely available through the site and at Harvard, while also delivering to site users the voices of the people who had driven...

For an Italian course focused on the city of Rome, students developed place biographies — media-rich web pages, demonstrating their grasp of Italian language, culture, and history — and shared them on a Google map of the city. School, Library, Museum...

Digitized various examples and developed various tools for research and instruction. Teaching Challenge: Providing students and researchers with better access to these rare materials. Faculty/Instructor(s): Professor Jeffrey Hamburger Fellow(s): Jacob...

An interactive research guide for photography research, created by Harvard College librarians in collaboration with Harvard faculty and departments. Teaching Challenge: Discovery and use of library print and electronic resources for research and teaching...

Visual materials for each week were organized in separate tabs. Using resources from several databases and private collections, an array of materials was assembled that solved the dilemma of providing comparative resources. Teaching Challenge: The study...