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5/21/13
What is the Purpose of Education
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Before we can talk about the benefits of online learning to education, it helps to agree on the purpose of education. There are many concepts of what education is for. This article

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Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX, Education purpose
5/20/13
Solving the Scholarly Communication Crisis
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Significant dollars can be redirected back to universities from commercial publishers by the advocacy of publishing at reasonable prices. MIT is well positioned to lead in this transformation, thereby translating what is now a significant cost into...

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A New Financial Model, Revenue opportunities, Cost reduction strategies, publishing, communications, research, access, experiments
5/17/13
Drive self-directed learning through class on research methods
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A general goal of education is to create life-long learners who can formulate, analyze, and solve complex problems. However, most classes today focus on well defined problems, and the process of formulation along with identifying the tools and...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, research methods, self-directed learning, map-making
5/17/13
Create a system for students to get credit for creating content to an online learning platform
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In contrast with problem sets and exams, a potential method for assessment in the future could be asking students to demonstrate what they have learned by creating content for an online learning platform. This content could then be assessed by seeing...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, crowd sourcing, student created content, assessment
5/16/13
Online Education
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I wanted to thank MIT for the opportunity to converse on its future path and present my perspective on this topic. I got my bachelors degree in Course 6.1 in 1996 and currently I am a law partner and patent attorney at a local law firm in Boston....

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Revenue opportunities
5/15/13
US Secondary Education
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I've often heard faculty state that many high school students, particularly US, do not have the academic credentials to enter MIT (or other top ranked universities) and they sense this "knowledge" gap is broadening.

MIT has an incredible...

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Global Implications of EdX, Beyond the residential campus, secondary education
5/14/13
Fund undergraduate education by partnering with industry
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MIT already funds graduate education for many students via research partnerships. This is an extension of that concept outside the field of research and can be applied to any stage of a collegiate education.

I studied mechanical engineering at...

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Revenue opportunities, Education & Facilities, Educational experiences
5/13/13
Mens et Manus Goes Global -- Again
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Industry and academia are two sides of the same coin at MIT. How do you provide access to that experience for thousands of internet-based students? would propose two things. The first would be asking MIT's Global Education and Career Development...

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Global Implications of EdX, Beyond the residential campus
5/13/13
Physical spaces -- Creating a New Footprint
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MITx and EDx will change the need for physical space. Presumably, we will need less of it and will use what we have differently. I propose taking a forward look at what could be a new physical footprint for MIT by identifying those buildings that...

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Education & Facilities, Physical spaces
5/13/13
Pathways to extending MIT experience to learners around the world
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Submitted on behalf of Administrative Council, Discussion Table 14
Brainstorm question - What are the pathways and barriers to extending aspects of the MIT educational experience to learners around the world?

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