I am writing as an alum, an employee at Lincoln Laboratory, and as a parent with 5 children--all of whom hope to afford college.
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Idea Bank: Educational experiences
4/5/13
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Right now, the idea of MOOCs and distance learning is the new hotness. I've seen many people (here and in the media at large) blithely assert that MOOCs, in an edX / Khan / Coursera style, can replace traditional pedagogy. That claim is dubious...
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The MIT Apprenticeship Program
We need to determine what value we must offer our students and the
world, now and in the future, that is worth their considerable
investment of time and money in us. It will turn out that this is...
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4/5/13
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Everyone interested in the future of our residential system should go
back and read Edwin Land's 1957 lecture "Generation of Greatness".
This lecture was the genesis of UROP, which was the last great
transformative idea in MIT...
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4/5/13
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I assume that the main focus is on the Undergraduate Education. Certainly the Graduate education will be affected, but I am assuming that the Undergrad is the main focus
Given that and the acknowledgement by President Reif at the first Webex...
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4/4/13
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Really loved IAP (Independent Activities Period) way back when. Would love to see a version of this that extends outside of MIT, much like an abbreviated MOOC.
Some of the reasons to do it include:
- fascinating and crazy topics that...
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Virtually every human activity is being explored or pursued for its on-line possibilities. As every former MIT (or any university) student knows, there are excellent and boring lecturers, recitation leaders, and Lab instructors. It is certainly...
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I would model my proposed college, which I call “CostCo U”, after a law firm. Just as senior lawyers own the firm and delegate out various administrative responsibilities, I would have a college where faculty own the institution, and administrators...
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I think they are not obsolete because the professors serve not only as teachers but as role models, and because the classroom or lecture hall gives the student the opportunity to speak up in front of a group.
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4/4/13
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Even if distance learning and other models take the place of many traditional lecture classes, there is one learning model that is particularly effective in the residential-university setting of MIT: Project-based, team-oriented learning. This is a...
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