Idea Bank: Physical spaces

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Since graduating with an SB and an ME, I have often been asked if the MIT education was worth the cost. In my younger days, I frequently answered "no" because I saw equivalently skilled people graduating from the top of their class at local state...

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One of our macro goals in the community is to retain the talent that we gather here at MIT from around the world. The more students are integrated into the life of the wider Cambridge/Boston community while they are here, the better. As such,...

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When I was a student at Sloan (SM'95) and later teaching at Sloan, some of my most powerful experiences came from being on the road with small teams. I went with teams for a week plus to Mexico, Argentina/Chile, and Singapore, and took a team of my...

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MIT would accept applications from entrepreneurs who wish to come to MIT to create new companies. Each entrepreneur would agree to give at least one seminar on entrepreneurship each semester. These entrepreneurs would be self funded or funded by...

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Both on-campus and online learning have advantages in how people learn, cost of education, accessibility, etc. The future MIT must combine the best on-campus experience with the best virtual experience offering the right material, through the right...

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In the future, lectures may become relevant for more of the reasons that live rock concerts are relevant.

In the past, one chose MIT over other experiences because of reputation.

Perhaps that was once true of rock concerts too ("You...

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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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One of the biggest difficulties with the lecture format is that it can be difficult for the lecturer to gauge whether or not the class is understanding the material. To remedy this, we should experiment with different methods for real-time feedback -...

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Let's begin to install video systems into each classroom. This will allow teachers to capture their lectures for future use. Additionally, the classes could be streamed live by students all over the world.

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