About ABLConnectABLConnect is an easily searchable database that categorizes existing active learning efforts at Harvard and other higher education institutions. The database includes active learning activities that have been carried out in departments across the university by both faculty and teaching fellows. Since ABLConnect allows the collection of information on instances of active learning, in the long term it will expand to function as a dataset that will allow panel analysis of student skill acquisition and success.ABLConnectABLC_130b39c6-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e0ABLConnect is an initiative of the Program on Experienced Based Learning in the Social Sciences (PEBLSS). PEBLSS was launched in early 2012 by Dustin Tingley, Associate Professor of Government at Harvard University. ABLCONNECT TEAM MEMBERSDustin TingleyFaculty Founder of ABLConnect -- Program on Experience Based Learning in the Social Sciences, Director, Paul Sack Associate Professor of Political EconomyLeslie FingerABLConnect Project Manager -- Ph.D. Candidate in Political ScienceWilliam O'HaraABLConnect Media Curriculum Specialist -- Ph.D. Candidate in Music TheoryKatherine McConachieABLConnect Media Curriculum Specialist -- Ed.M. in Technology, Innovation & Education, Harvard Graduate School of EducationJiho KangStudent Research Assistant -- A.B. Applied Mathematics '16Michael Zachau WalkerStudent Research Assistant -- A.B. Government '15Bok CenterABLConnect has teamed up with the Bok Center at Harvard and multiple other institutions and has received financial and intellectual support from the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching (HILT).BOK CENTER TEAM MEMBERSRobert LueRichard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Bok Center -- Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular BiologyColeen BurgessDirector of Administrative Services for the Bok CenterJohn GirashAssociate Director of the Bok Center -- Lecturer in Engineering and Applied SciencesMarlon KuzmickAssociate Director of the Bok CenterVirginia MaurerAssociate Director of the Bok CenterHarvard UniversityABLC PartnersCenter for Scientific TeachingCenter for Scientific Teaching at Yale: The Center for Scientific Teaching at Yale works to "transform undergraduate science teaching at colleges and universities across the United States" by using "evidence-based methods of 'scientific teaching' and its cornerstones -- active learning, diversity, and assessment -- in programs to train faculty, instructors, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students in teaching and mentoring." They state that their aim is "to inspire a larger, more diverse population of college students to pursue majors and careers in science."Center for Teaching ExcellenceThe Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence: The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) houses three programs: the International Teaching Assistant Program, the Teaching Assistant Program, and Faculty Program. The CTE "strives to strengthen teaching across campus in a multitude of ways, from disseminating research-based best-teaching practices to ensuring that instructors have the support and resources needed to help their students learn better. These programs support graduate students as they begin their careers as well as faculty members as they continually aspire to achieve excellence in teaching."Teaching and Learning LaboratoryThe MIT Teaching and Learning Laboratory: TLL takes part in education innovations being developed at MIT. It offers a variety of courses and workshops on pedagogy at the college-level, and it carries out assessments of and research on teaching in higher education. TLL "plays an important role in MIT-wide innovations in pedagogy, curriculum, and educational technology that both strengthen the educational experience for students and impact national and international initiatives in STEM teaching and learning."MassBay Community CollegeMassBay Community College eLearning: MassBay Community College's online program offers blended/hybrid and fully online courses. This format offers courses as rigorous and innovative as in-person courses while allowing students to "major in flexibility."Pre-TextsPre-Texts: Pre-texts is an initiative through the Romance Language and Literatures Department at Harvard University. It is headed by Doris Sommer and it integrates the arts into academic learning in order to promote passionate engagement in the learning of literacy and higher-level textual analysis. Pre-texts is appropriate for all education levels and socioeconomic statuses, since it makes creative use of everyday items.Pre-texts offers a variety of workshops, training and resources around Cambridge and throughout Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Check out pre-texts.org for more information and ample resources.SLATESLATE (Strengthening Learning and Teaching Excellence): SLATE is the Harvard Kennedy School's teaching and learning center, launched in 2007. SLATE offers pedagogical training and events to HKS faculty, including an annual "Teaching Week" when faculty members make their class available for observation by HKS colleagues._130b3b6a-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e0[To host a] searchable database that categorizes existing active learning efforts at Harvard and other higher education institutions._130b3c14-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e0Active LearningEducational Content QueryingLet educators easily search the ideas of others in a structured way, reducing the costs of developing content and bringing active learning to their classrooms._130b3ca0-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e01Educators_130b3d40-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e0Resource RepositoryCollect resources and information about specific activities, creating a common resource repository._130b3dd6-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e02_130b3e62-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e0Teaching PracticesCollect data on college-level teaching practices across academic disciplines._130b3f02-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e03_130b3f98-5c5e-11e4-a2ef-a25c99ef03e02014-10-25http://ablconnect.harvard.edu/pages/aboutOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net