HILT Curriculum Mapping: Across Harvard Schools

TL;DR

The video discusses three curriculum mapping projects at Harvard, focusing on ethics instruction, applied quantitative methods, and content sharing.

Transcript

All right. So we're going to move on to a different category. And we're going to go in this order. And then at the end, we're going to have a little more depth about the Social Innovation project. So I love this project. It's the project that when everyone says to me what is curriculum mapping, it's the one that I bring up because it's just so clea... Read More

Key Insights

• 📽️ Curriculum mapping projects at Harvard are focused on identifying and analyzing courses in ethics instruction and applied quantitative methods.
• 👨‍🔬 Data collection methods include using weighted algorithms, searching syllabi, conducting surveys, and collecting teaching and learning assets.
• 📽️ The projects aim to develop communities, promote collaboration, support course selection, and provide valuable data and tools for exploring Harvard content.
• 🔨 The future direction involves refining methodologies, expanding data sources, and integrating tools with the Canvas learning management system.

Questions & Answers

Q: How does the first project identify ethics courses at Harvard?

The project team used an inductive and deductive approach to narrow down the range of words related to ethics instruction, developed a weighted algorithm, and searched syllabi to identify courses. They also collected data from survey responses of instructors.

Q: What is the goal of the second project on applied quantitative methods?

The project aims to identify and compare applied statistics courses taught in social sciences by non-statisticians at Harvard. It also aims to understand students' movement across different schools to take these courses.

Q: What is DART and how does it work?

DART is a search tool and repository for teaching and learning assets. It currently includes HarvardX data and Harvard YouTube video assets. Users can search for keywords, preview the assets, and easily add them to their Canvas courses.

Q: What is the future direction of the curriculum mapping projects?

The projects hope to refine methodologies, expand data sources, and develop user-friendly tools for students. The goal is to provide more support in course selection, enable cross-institutional content sharing, and explore Harvard's intellectual and curricular trends.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• The first project aims to identify and analyze ethics instruction across Harvard by using a weighted algorithm to search syllabi and survey instructors. The goal is to develop a community and promote collaboration in teaching ethics.

• The second project focuses on applied quantitative methods, aiming to identify courses taught in social sciences by non-statisticians and analyze students' paths in taking these courses. The project targets graduate students and faculty.

• The third project, called DART, is a search tool that allows users to find teaching and learning assets, such as videos, in a repository. The tool is being developed to be integrated with the Canvas learning management system.