Project Portfolio

Biostatistics 280, Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology Web Tools

A reusable, expandable web resource was constructed that could be used for future courses, help the students in their research, and evaluate the importance of each topic presented. The PITF created evaluations for each lecture to test students’...

Boston Map

The goal of this project was to develop maps and guides for student research that would act as an archive for the future in order to better understand university/community relations. Teaching Challenge: History 84Q focuses on the history of Allston and...

China Local Video Archives

The PITFs developed a tagging ontology and optimized 2,260 video clips for progressive download. Teaching Challenge: Foreign Cultures 81 provided an inquiry into social and cultural life in China, past and present, through an exploration of the patterns...

Clickers in Quantitative Methods Courses

Professor Tivnan integrated closed-question PowerPoint slides into his curriculum. These touchpoint moments were designed to gauge students' understanding while also providing the opportunity for everyone in the large class to"speak." With the help of...

Collaborative Research Tool

PITFs developed an online collaborative research tool that allowed students to work in teams to analyze primary sources and to create sets of searchable online notecards. Students used social computing-style tagging to annotate the cards. The...

Color-Coded Commenting

PITFs developed a MediaWiki template that allowed users to post inline, color-coded comments on a wiki page. This allowed students to use a different style when reviewing problem sets and enabled TFs to quickly identify students’ annotations on problem...

Comic Book

PITFs developed a Flash comic book with 3D page turn animations. Teaching Challenge: Chinese 187 explored the cultural implications of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. It was conducted in Chinese and counted toward Language Citation in Modern Chinese. The...

Conceptual Mapping As “Spatial Message Board”

The PITF initially identified a product, Mind42, which met many of Professor Fisher’s criteria. However, questions about technical viability arose, and a decision was made to use MindJet Catalyst instead. Catalyst is a robust, web-based product that met...

Customized Physics Simulations

PITFs customized existing Java applets and used Perl scripts to store simulation data. Teaching Challenge: Science A-49 explored the science of the production, transmission, and perception of sound, with the aim of expanding both scientific and artistic...

Department of Population and International Health (PIH) Travel Programs

The PIH Travel Programs website provides a central repository of knowledge, which serves as a one-stop portal for all course related information: academic, financial, and logistic. Prospective participants can now use the website to make informed...

E*vue: Emergent Vegetation of the Urban Ecosystem

This online resource helped document the emergent vegetation of the urban Northeast and illustrate the environmental role which these species could play in creating sustainable urban landscapes. Teaching Challenge: The critical question faced by the...

Ed.L.D.ePortfolio template design

Eileen McGowan and PITF Karl Wendt created an ePortfolio and collaborative database that accomplished the following: a)Provided a place for collaboration between faculty, students, and partner organizations prior to and during the residency. b)Created an...