Can Virtual Reality be used in a time of extreme isolation to connect undergraduate students from Harvard with mentees in a juvenile detention center in meaningful ways? Will this service-learning environment be as fulfilling as in person work? How can VR provide unique educational opportunities to mentees now and in the future? Learn more and register.

The Digital Teaching Methods seminar provides a hands-on introduction to several approaches that have been used successfully at Harvard, all grounded in specific pedagogical examples and use cases. Whether you will be teaching with digital tools for the first time in the coming semester, or have already been doing so for some time, this remiote workshop provides a focused and supportive environment for improving your practice... Read more

Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship introduces participants to the core stages of digital scholarship’s research workflow: the acquisition, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of data. This seminar serves as a springboard for faculty, students, and staff who wish to explore the potential of digital scholarship. Register via the Harvard Training Portal.

On April 10, HUIT Academic Technology, the Harvard Library, and other members of the Harvard University Digital Scholarship Support Group held the First Annual Boston-Area Digital Scholarship Symposium, a one-day event featuring faculty presentations on digital scholarship initiatives with an emphasis on the institutional collaborations that made their projects possible.... Read more about HUIT Academic Technology and colleagues host First Annual Boston-Area Digital Scholarship Symposium

On March 6–7, the Digital Scholarship Support Group (DSSG) led a capacity crowd of Harvard faculty, students, and staff in a hands-on workshop covering the core stages of the digital scholarship workflow, the acquisition, manipulation, analysis, visualization, and presentation of data.... Read more about Academic Technology and partners teach digital methods to a packed house of Harvard faculty, students, and staff

The Digital Futures Discovery Series kicked off its 2018 schedule on Feb. 7 with a presentation on digital datasets and Virtual Reality in an ongoing cultural heritage project. The talk and interactive demonstration, titled "MorgantinaVR: Visualizing Material Culture in Virtual and Augmented Reality," was led by Alex Walthall, assistant professor of Classics at the University of Texas–Austin and director of the American Excavations at Morgantina: Contrada Agnese Project (CAP), and...

The Digital Scholarship Support Group ("DSSG," a partnership of Academic Technology for FAS, Arts and Humanities Research Computing, the Digital History program, the Harvard Library, and more) partnered to offer a one-day workshop on the use of digital tools and methods in the classroom as part of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning's 2018 Winter Teaching Week.... Read more about Academic Technology and partners offer successful Winter Teaching Week seminar on Digital Teaching Methods

Academic Technology, the Harvard Library, and the Digital History program are joining Winter Teaching Week 2018, hosted by the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, to offer a one-day workshop on the use of digital tools and methods in the classroom.  The workshop, which will be held on January 17 from 10:00am to 4:00pm in Science Center Room 300H, will provide a hands-on introduction to several approaches that have been used successfully at Harvard, all grounded in specific pedagogical examples and use cases. 

**UPDATE: The October seminar is full! The next one will be on March 6–7. Watch this space for a signup link!** Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship is a two-day seminar designed to introduce participants to the core stages of digital scholarship’s research workflow: the acquisition, manipulation, analysis, and presentation of data.... Read more about Register for the Fall 2017 Fundamentals of Digital Scholarship seminar