Idea Bank: Improving accessibility and affordability

4/3/13
“MIT missionaries” Concept
1
Average: 1 (1 vote)

I can imaging taking one professor, placing him in a community college with 20 (excellent) students and giving him full access to the online courses. In 4 years and with a few bucks for the professor’s time and for class projects, you could have 20...

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX, Beyond the residential campus, online, remote
4/3/13
Be a leader in accessible educational technology
5
Average: 5 (10 votes)

MIT is the premiere science, technology and engineering university in the US and the world. Whatever we do with online education, we need to be the world leader in making it as accessible and inclusive to the widest possible audience. This means...

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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, Global Implications of EdX, Global implications of edX, accessibility, usability, universal design
4/2/13
Capture each class on video
3.75
Average: 3.8 (8 votes)

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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A New Financial Model, Improving accessibility and affordability, Education & Facilities, Physical spaces