One thing that I've noticed lacking with the majority of teachers I've ever had is their failure to explain the purpose/end result of a lecture or technique at the beginning of their lesson. A clear idea of the applications of a new concept (either...
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4/3/13
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The future of education at MIT is going to require flexibility in its administrative processes and systems, in how they identify, manage, track and bill for learning experiences. The current model of "everything is a course" that is "offered by the...
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4/3/13
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This is small, but I find it very frustrating that course evaluations are due DURING exam period. It is a busy time and I never do the evaluations because I need to be studying, but I'd love to contribute feedback on courses. Why can't we have...
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4/3/13
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My work in planning and current research is indicating that cities - independent of location and culture - show an adherence to power laws to the effect that in doubling the population size requires only about 85% of the investment in infrastructure...
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4/3/13
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I love how online texts, demos and videos are increasingly available to students. But I believe that MIT courses should never totally be online. Online material offers incredibly valuable supplements, but an MIT education would simply not be an MIT...
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4/3/13
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One huge advantage of the online experience is the freedom from time and space restrictions--somtimes beneficial for the residential experience, but sometimes limiting, too (for example, I have heard professors complain that they used to teach X...
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4/3/13
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Break MIT subjects into atomistic concepts that are linked across the entire institute--each concept might take a day or a week to master, but much shorter than a semester-long class. Students learn what they want to learn, and they can see how each...
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