Project Spotlight

Collaborative Annotation in Government 2001

Collaborative Annotation in Government 2001

April 10, 2013

There were several ambitious goals for this ATG project: synchronizing lecture slides with lecture videos at corresponding timestamps; creating an R statistical code library and attaching it to specific points in the lecture videos; building a concept map of the entire course; and parsing annotations created by students from the previous semester in order to associate them with specific points in the lecture videos.

ATG staff accomplished the following:

  • Edited full lecture videos from the entire course, then segmented them into shorter lecture topic videos and loaded...
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Collaborative Learning in Applied Mathematics

Collaborative Learning in Applied Mathematics

April 12, 2013

Students enrolled in Applied Mathematics 104 tackled topics from series expansions and their convergence to complex functions, mappings, differentiation, integration, residues, and Taylor and McLaurin expansions to wave (Fourier) and wavelet expansions and transformations and their uses in signal and image analysis and solving differential equations. The course emphasized the application of these concepts through examples from the physical and social sciences.

The goal for this project was to set up an online question tool that would allow students to ask questions (...

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Christie McDonald: Guest Speakers in Advance

Christie McDonald: Guest Speakers in Advance

February 1, 2012

Romance Studies 201 featured numerous guest speakers throughout the term. Guests recorded a 20-minute preview of the readings, which was then posted to the course website for students to watch prior to class. Class time was used for in-depth discussion with guests.

Students also used the course wiki to synthesize notes on the speakers. These were paired with the pre-lecture video and recordings of the actual lecture to create a lasting archive for future iterations of the class when that speaker may not be available.

Peter Manuelian: Videos on Ancient Egypt

Peter Manuelian: Videos on Ancient Egypt

February 1, 2012

Students created two video assignments on topics from ancient Egypt. Students were provided with training, equipment, and documentation throughout the project development process.

Ali Asani: Creative Interpretation Assignments

Ali Asani: Creative Interpretation Assignments

February 1, 2012

Students in this Culture and Belief class were asked to interpret class discussions and readings in an artistic way. This included song, dance performance, poem, sculpture, painting, or even a short story. Artifacts were uploaded into an online portfolio that could be shared outside of the classroom and that was accessible to students after they left the class.

Sindhumathi Revuluri: Music Mashups

Sindhumathi Revuluri: Music Mashups

February 1, 2012

In a First-Year Seminar on Global Pop Music, students heard a variety of music selections and genres from around the world. The class culminated with students creating their own composition—a “mashup” of sounds, songs, and samples.

Kay Merseth: Making an Argument

Kay Merseth: Making an Argument

February 1, 2012

The final assignment of United States in the World 35 was a three-minute “elevator pitch” of students' ideas to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. These pitches were captured on video to develop students’ skills in making a concise verbal argument, developing a presentation, and using their creativity.

Nicole Mills: Language Progress Evaluation

Nicole Mills: Language Progress Evaluation

February 1, 2012

Students in all levels of French were evaluated on their comfort level in specific language situations (interpersonal, cultural, presentational, etc.) at the beginning and end of each term. The goal was for students and the department to be able to assess their strengths and weaknesses as individuals and as a collective, and to see the change over the course of the term.

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Janet Browne: Student Collection Curation

Janet Browne: Student Collection Curation

February 1, 2012

In Professor Browne’s General Education course on the Darwinian Revolution, students created a “Cabinet of Curiosities” by curating their own collections of images taken at various places in Harvard Museums. The work was presented in an online interface that could be added to and built upon.
 

Jennifer Roberts: Examining Objects and Collections

Jennifer Roberts: Examining Objects and Collections

February 1, 2012

For History of Art and Architecture 172w, students were able to locate objects in local collections for their term research projects more efficiently using digital maps, guides, and photo collections.
 

Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good: Data Visualization

Mary-Jo Del Vecchio Good: Data Visualization

February 1, 2012

With the aid of visualization tools such as Gapminder and custom data sets, students examined the distribution of severe health crises around the world and, in particular, the prevalence of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.

John Huth: Primitive Navigation

John Huth: Primitive Navigation

January 11, 2012

Professor Huth’s Primitive Navigation General Education course challenged students with real-world navigation scenarios. The final project for the course included a multimedia component.

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