The development of internet based education is a huge step forward for reaching many talented people in places that are located where the campus is inaccessible for them.
But what a campus and residential education should offer that the web...
Idea Bank: Educational experiences
4/3/13
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While learning and teaching styles will continue to evolve through experimentation and research (e.g., PER), MIT should remain focused on its true strength -- mentoring.
MIT excels at mentoring with often copied programs such as UROP and UPOP as...
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4/3/13
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Remember, back in school, that professor who was an absolute genius but couldn't teach his way out of a paper bag?
And did you ever have a teacher who was truly masterful at transferring his or her knowledge to you?
There is a wide...
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Especially as we leverage both in person and virtual learning, it feels a bit arbitrary to me that we only teach things that require between 30 and 75 hours of instructor led instruction (15 weeks in a semester x 2-5 hours per week). I look at the...
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4/3/13
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Learning by doing will be the norm.
I imagine people going to MIT for short and regular periods of times with questions and challenges, people will gather around unstructured knowledge, and solve problems, come up with ideas and transform...
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It is becoming increasingly well understood that students' abilities to take advantage of their education is based in large part on how well prepared they are for the school that they attend. MIT seeks to offer world class education to a diverse...
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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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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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I attended MIT for undergrad and then again a few years later for MIT Leaders for Global Operations (LGO). LGO has a fantastic model that should be rolled out across the institute of having industry partnerships which supplement education. LGO has...
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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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