From April 13-22, 2009, 20 representatives of 15 public universities in Chile participated in the Program on Curricular Innovation, which was organized by LASPAU through its Initiative for the Development of Academic Innovation (IDIA). The Program, which was funded by MECESUP, a higher education initiative of the Chilean government, took place on the campuses of Harvard University and MIT and included interactive sessions on student-centered teaching, curricular reform, trends in higher education in the United States and throughout the world, student mobility, systems of accreditation, outcomes measurement and quality assurance, and the experiences of teaching and learning centers at U.S. universities.
Participants also had the opportunity to meet with students and professors at MIT to discuss their experiences in classes that have implemented a competency and project-based curriculum, as well as observe classes at the Harvard Business School and Harvard Graduate School of Education. For more information on the Program, including details of the 31 professors and researchers who led the conferences, workshops, and informal discussions, please visit its website at: http://www.laspau.harvard.edu/idia/mecesup/mecesup_agenda.html.
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