Faculty and Staff Support: Academic Technology

The Academic Technology Group supports technology-enhanced teaching and learning and academic workflow throughout Harvard FAS via the following:

  • Multimedia teaching materials (academic web pages, interactive software and custom courseware, digital video, podcasts)
  • Technology and classroom support for a variety of pedagogical models (e.g. lecture demonstrations, online tools for collaboration, mobile devices for activity-based learning, learning space design)
  • Visualization and simulation tools (3D, virtual worlds, biocomputation)
  • Academic administration software (course selection, placement, and evaluation; online testing)

ATG welcomes questions and comments from faculty, teaching staff, department administrators, or students about any aspect of educational technology in FAS. We also welcome input, suggestions for collaboration, and general inquiries from colleagues at other institutions. Contact us at atg@fas.harvard.edu or visit our website at atg.fas.harvard.edu.

How we can help

At a place as complex as Harvard, figuring out where to go for assistance with educational technology can be confusing. If you are unsure where to turn, our staff will gladly help you determine what resources are available to you and guide you through the process of integrating technology into teaching and learning.

Our Services page describes ATG's consulting, training, multimedia and software development offerings in detail.

We regularly partner with many other Harvard groups in the course of our work, including Media Technology Services, the Media Production Center, iCommons, Harvard College and University Libraries, the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, the Language Resource Center, DCE, the Office of Undergraduate Education, Physical Resources and Planning, and Research Computing as well as other subgroups of FAS IT. During Fall 2008 we will be forming a Student Advisory Group to encourage student input on Harvard's academic technology environment.

Our page on Teaching With Technology outlines what additional resources are available at Harvard and provides links to outside sites related to educational media and technology.