Harvard Bok Higher Education Teaching Certificate
Create a collaborative learning environment
Explore Higher Education Teaching and its practices offered by Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning to create an engaging learning environment.
8–10 hours per week
What You'll Learn
The Higher Education Teaching Certificate, inspired by the in-person seminar program currently offered by Harvard’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, provides you with effective postsecondary education teaching methods. Over eight weeks, you’ll engage deeply with, and reflect on, your practices, portfolio, and journey in the higher education field. Guided by experts, you’ll explore various approaches to pedagogy, discover the most relevant research on how students learn, and broaden your range of teaching skills. Learn how to adopt a more conscious, collaborative, and refined approach to your teaching practice.
The course will be delivered via Get Smarter. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Apply rapport-building techniques to create a positive, supportive, and inclusive postsecondary education learning environment
- Deliver an effective, memorable lesson that bridges the knowledge gap between yourself and your students
- Raise your institutional profile as a reflective teacher through effective third-level education teaching practices
- Implement practical strategies for classroom management and lesson planning
Your Instructors
Adam Beaver
Director of Pedagogy and Practice, The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
at Harvard University
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Pamela Pollock
Director of Professional Development, The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning
at Harvard University
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Course Outline
- Orientation module: Welcome to your Online Campus
- Module 1: How knowledge is constructed
- Module 2: How learning works
- Module 3: Building rapport
- Module 4: Lesson planning and delivery
- Module 5: Engaging students
- Module 6: Course and assignment design
- Module 7: Using feedback to improve your teaching
- Module 8: Teaching portfolio preparation