#  Learning, Teaching & Research Themes 

 



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- [Analyzing Data](/themes/analyzing-data)
    
    Students use commercial software in order to understand how to conduct research.
- [Annotation](/themes-teaching-goal/annotation)
    
    Comments from students and teaching staff enrich learning by adding layers of information to media.
- [Assignments](/themes/assignments)
    
    Teaching staff introduce or reinforce course content and gauge student learning.
- [Attendance](/themes-teaching-goal/attendance)
- [Become familiar with Annotation tools](/themes-teaching-goal/become-familiar-annotation-tools)
- [Case Studies](/themes/case-studies)
    
    Students explore problems based on real events and information.
- [Classroom Backchannel](/themes/classroom-backchannel)
    
    Students actively communicate online to ask and answer questions, make comments, and share information.
- [Classroom Response](/themes/classroom-response)
    
    Teaching staff prompt students with questions during class and get immediate feedback.
- [Collaboration](/themes/collaboration)
    
    Students work together on projects involving textual or visual materials.
- [Digital Methods](/themes-teaching-goal/digital-methods)
- [Digital Repositories](/themes/digital-repositories)
    
    Students can access materials that have been digitally preserved, such as medieval manuscripts.
- [Exhibit Curation](/themes/exhibit-curation)
    
    Students research and create exhibits with the help of digital archives.
- [Flipped Classroom](/themes/flipped-classroom)
    
    Students watch a pre-recorded lecture; class time can be used for interaction and discussion.
- [Frequent Practice](/themes/frequent-practice)
    
    Students use regular low-risk assessments to reinforce classroom learning.
- [Library Collections](/themes/library-collections)
    
    Academic materials and library staff support research by Harvard faculty and students.
- [Maps and GIS](/themes/maps)
    
    Web-based maps encourage students to think spatially and critically.
- [Mobile](/themes/mobile)
    
    Students access and engage with course content on their smartphones, tablets, and e-book readers.
- [Modeling](/themes/modeling)
    
    Teaching staff or students create representations of complex systems.
- [Multimedia Assignments](/themes/multimedia-assignments)
    
    Students submit video or audio recordings, blog posts, or portfolio collections.
- [Museum Objects and Collections](/themes/museum-objects-and-collections)
    
    Students research tangible items in order to view course content from new perspectives.
- [Peer Instruction](/themes/peer-instruction)
    
    Students discuss concepts with, and learn from, each other.
- [Polling](/themes/polling)
    
    Teaching staff use customizable polls and surveys to gather and analyze data.
- [Portfolios](/themes/portfolios)
    
    Students engage in reflective practice and have a way to document their learning.
- [Project-Based](/themes/project-based)
    
    Students take advantage of digital tools in order to learn by doing.
- [Real-World Problems](/themes/real-world-problems)
    
    Students engage in active learning to develop solutions to fact-based challenges.
- [Second Language Acquisition](/themes-teaching-goal/second-language-acquisition)
- [Simulation](/themes/simulation)
    
    Online models offer experiential learning; students test ideas by making decisions and negotiating.
- [Synchronous Training](/themes-teaching-goal/synchronous-training)
- [Teach Remotely](/themes-teaching-goal/teach-remotely)
- [Timeline](/themes/timeline)
    
    Students use web-based platforms for visualizing, publishing, and researching chronological narratives.
- [Visualization](/themes-teaching-goal/visualization)
- [Visualizing Data](/themes/visualizing-data)
    
    Students learn representation methods and techniques that increase the understanding of complex data.
- [Wisdom of the Crowd](/themes/wisdom-crowd)
    
    Teaching staff crowdsource students to find the most effective solution to a problem or question.
- [Writing](/themes/writing)
    
    Students develop skills in building strong arguments; focus on structure, ideas, and clarity.
- [and be able to set up assignments in your course sites.](/themes-teaching-goal/and-be-able-set-assignments-your-course-sites)
- [canvas](/themes-teaching-goal/canvas)
- [i](/themes-teaching-goal/i)
- [remote](/themes-teaching-goal/remote)
- [teac](/themes-teaching-goal/teac)
- [text annotation close reading](/themes-teaching-goal/text-annotation-close-reading)