New avenues in education
Building on the University’s commitment to innovation and collaboration, the Graduate School of Education (HGSE) held an Askwith Forum Tuesday examining innovations in learning. The event, which helped kick off the School’s first Teaching and Learning Week, was hosted by Dean James Ryan and featured developmental psychologist Robert Kegan, the William and Miriam Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development, and Meira Levinson, an associate professor of education. The HGSE professors introduced teaching projects aimed at tapping the potential of online learning and communicating educational theories in real-world settings. Kegan, whose research focuses on adult learning, is working with lecturer Lisa Lahey to develop the first HGSE course on the edX platform, “Change Course,” which begins Jan. 20. Thus far, more than 24,000 people have signed up for the class on personal growth — six times the number of students Kegan has taught in all his 35 years at HGSE, he said. Kegan...