Quotes

"The possibilities created by new web technology have advanced the quality of teaching and learning at the university, and the PITF program, I believe, has been instrumental in bringing this about. I'm glad that I have been able to play a small part in...

"Working in the program has compelled me to think more deeply about pedagogy for the instruction of graduate students. It showed me that with a little creative thinking graduate courses can be better designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of...

"The program is one of the most collaborative places at Harvard!"

"Participating in the program has improved my teaching. The project we worked on involved interviewing approximately 30 master teachers about their small group teaching techniques and experience. Between that and an extensive review of the literature on...

"The course websites we created made material available for my students' research projects, improved their abilities to stay engaged with how the readings and lectures related to research, and gave us new opportunities to interact with each other and with...

"The PITF program has absolutely improved my teaching. It has made it possible for me to make available (online) to my students reading materials and videos that would otherwise would have been unavailable or would have taken considerable class time. They...

"I was able to create a significant number of electronic teaching aids for use in my Elementary Greek class. All of these aids are available on the course iSite and have been used by my students for the past four years."

"It is hard to imagine trying to teach a lecture course without the help of a PITF."

"I have worked directly with a PITF throughout one course, and had help from PITFs on two others. In all three cases I have been able to create far more robust digital resources for teaching, including an especially rich course Web site and a customized...

"This program has opened new doors for me professionally. I have received extensive training and have had a chance to contribute directly to courses across the university."