Virtual Education
Extension School Zoom Experts
The Harvard Extension School Office sits on Brattle Street in Cambridge. Students and faculty are already familiar with the now-widespread Zoom online conferencing interface.
Harvard College Adopts Universal Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory Grading for Spring 2020 Due to Coronavirus
Harvard College will adopt a universal satisfactory-unsatisfactory grading system this semester as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay and Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda J. Claybaugh announced in respective emails to faculty and students Friday afternoon.
Harvard Courses Turn to Monitored Exams, Open-Book Assessments, and Faith in Students As Classes Move Online
With the first week of online classes underway, faculty say they have faith in the College’s Honor Code to guard against the temptation of mid-exam Googling.
Harvard College Announced a New Grading Policy Friday. Then, Undergraduates Erupted.
Almost as soon as Harvard College announced Friday that it would adopt a universal satisfactory-unsatisfactory grading system this semester, undergraduates variously responded with elation, relief, and fury at the change.
Dispersed by Coronavirus, Harvard Students Innovate Ways to Connect
When Harvard mandated that students vacate campus two weeks ago to prevent the spread of coronavirus, undergraduates were forced to bid hasty, uncertain, and often tearful goodbyes to their friends, fellow club members, and significant others.
Ed School Professors Reflect on Shift to Online Instruction
Harvard’s transition to online instruction could serve as an unprecedented learning experience for both faculty and students, according to virtual education experts at the Graduate School of Education.
Harvard Faculty Prepare to Deliver Classes Online
Harvard’s response to the novel coronavirus Tuesday triggered perhaps the largest sudden pedagogical shift in University history, as undergraduates are required to move off campus and classes transition to an online format.
New Harvard LabXchange Platform Delivers Free Science Education
LabXchange — an interactive learning platform — launched last week, bringing quality science education to students around the world.
LabXchange
LabXchange is an online learning initiative offered by Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Amgen Foundation.
Harvard Kennedy School Introduces Online Public Leadership Credential Program
The Harvard Kennedy School announced a new online public leadership credential program Thursday, joining the trend of Harvard schools expanding their online academic offerings.
Harvard Business School Online Sees Enrollment Spike 70 Percent After Rebranding
Enrollment in HBS Online, Harvard Business School’s online education program, spiked by 70 percent in the first months of 2019 following the attachment of the Business School's name in January, Dean of the Business School Nitin Nohria said in an interview April 2.
Laibson and Furman to Take Over Ec10, Increase Number of Lectures
The two professors will replace Economics Professor N. Gregory Mankiw as course heads of Ec10, the department’s year-long flagship introductory course and one of Harvard’s largest undergraduate courses. Mankiw announced in early March that he will step down from teaching the course at the end of the semester to pursue “new pedagogical challenges.”
Online Education Program HBX Rebrands as ‘Harvard Business School Online’
Harvard Business School announced Tuesday it had renamed its online education program in an effort to attract more students to its web-based offerings. The initiative, formerly known as HBX, will now be called Harvard Business School Online.
Extension School Expands Online Course Offerings
The Extension School has grown its online course catalog significantly over the past few years, according to the dean of the Division of Continuing Education.
Under Bacow, Possibilities for Growth in DCE and edX
University President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow said he is interested in creating more opportunities for underresourced communities to access Harvard and its teaching at a press conference on Sunday.
Harvard Medical School Launches First Online Certificate Program
Harvard Medical School will launch its first online certificate program this summer for people considering health careers, offering four paid courses on topics in medicine.
EdX Courses Take Less Time Than On-Campus Ones, Report Says
Students using Harvard and MIT’s edX courses take significantly less time to complete the online programs than students enrolled in the equivalent on-campus classes do, a wide-ranging report on the virtual education platform found.
Spooky Shakespeare HarvardX Course Debuts on Halloween
A new massive open online course will debut on HarvardX Monday, but with a special Halloween twist: the course is titled “Hamlet’s Ghost.”
EdX Inaugurates Financial Aid Program
The virtual education platform co-founded by Harvard and MIT now allows financially disadvantaged students to receive a 90-percent discount on course certificates.
Harvard Alumni Join in Lawsuit Against Google
Thirteen Harvard alumni have joined a group of 710 plaintiffs in a privacy lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company had been intercepting their e-mail content through the Google Apps for Education platform from 2011 to 2014.
Business School Focuses on New Online Classroom Initiative
Connecting students around the world through high-tech monitors, the HBX Live studio has begun operating, and administrators are eager to support further development of the online service.
Panel Demonstrates Divinity School’s New edX Course
Professors of the Divinity School’s new edX Scriptures course shared an array of teaching strategies and resources from each of the six course modules at an introductory panel in Andover Hall on Tuesday.
Divinity School Launches Online Religious Literacy Course
Harvard expects tens of thousands of participants for the Divinity School's new edX aimed at promoting religious literacy.
Judge Recommends that Disability Lawsuit Proceed
A Massachusetts magistrate judge recommended that the District Court deny Harvard’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the University is discriminating against deaf and hard of hearing individuals by not providing closed captioning for all online content.
New Study Raises Questions of Access for HarvardX
A new study suggests online education may not be the panacea to income-based education gaps that proponents have claimed.