Idea Bank: Educational experiences

4/11/13
Use scientific approaches to study various options
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I think whatever is done to enhance the education through media and technology, the phsycial presence in Cambridge (or satellite locations) where people experience labs, camus life and build strong bonds with fellow classmates is irreplaceable. It is...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Physical spaces, Global Implications of EdX, Beyond the residential campus, pilots, experiment, head-to-head, scientific
4/11/13
The idea of a "lectureless" class sounds absurd, depending on implementation.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of brad.lichtenstein@verizon.net.**

The idea of a "lectureless" class sounds absurd, depending on implementation - not even high-bandwidth...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Academic year, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX, Beyond the residential campus
4/11/13
Some of the curriculum needs to be revamped.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of northpoint.dave@gmail.com.**

I do think some of the curriculum needs to be revamped as well such as marketing and marketing with analytics that...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences
4/11/13
Very interesting and valuable initiative.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of subbukdg@gmail.com**

Very interesting and valuable initiative. It is interesting that you have listed the following as the needs:
• Are in-person...

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX
4/11/13
• Are in-person lectures a thing of the past? Not necessarily. However what is true is that a video lecture is systemic, at least in the sense that every viewer, at every point in time and at every location sees exactly the same thing.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of hgross3@comcast.net (www.mathasasecondlanguage.com).**

Let me apologize in advance for what might...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX, Beyond the residential campus
4/11/13
Offer classes during the summer.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of barbkanter@gmail.com.**

I think you should make it easier to graduate in 3 years by offering classes during the summer. There would be lower...

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Education & Facilities, Educational experiences
4/11/13
Education from now on will be a very individual, personalized matter
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of dmaxwel3@tampabay.rr.com.**

I'm working on a memoir that deals partly with my very unpleasant year at MIT in the mid-1950s. My interest was in...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences
4/11/13
Encourage (do not require) senior engineering students and graduate students to take the Fundamentals of Engineering exam
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of t.sheskin@csuohio.edu**

Have professors, not graduate students, teach undergraduate recitations that accompany lecture courses. Add the track,...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences
4/11/13
Is MIT trying to foster Science or Scientific Education?
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association on behalf of Kenneth Finn '67, MS '69**

The problem you will be facing, in addition to the concept of re-positioning M.I.T. for the future, will be the drag caused by the old faculty perceptions. Please...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX
4/11/13
We should not ignore the personal approach where professors and teachers mix and expound - and exchange ideas with the students.
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**Posted by the MIT Alumni Association of behalf of alum Donn W. Barber**

As a 1942 graduate, it seems like a long time since I went to MIT. Even though I try to keep in touch, it is not the same , very simply because the current educational...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences