Idea Bank: Education & Facilities

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
4/11/13
Living-learning communities and special programs
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As we move toward creating effective online learning environments, we also need to be thinking about how the on-campus experience should change. The undergraduate experience is about many things, and not all of them are best learned online. It also...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences, residential
4/11/13
Different teaching methodologies and MOOC
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At MIT , we have 3 types of courses. 1. Action learning (Project based courses ) 2. Discussion oriented (case based ) courses 3. Lecture based courses .

I would like EdX to evolve best strategies for with both these types of courses . I also...

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences
4/10/13
Curriculum design
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It will be great if a well-designed and impactful module on ETHICS can be added to all the courses offered by MIT.

With all good wishes and goodwill for all - Shashi K. Sharma (ME '78)

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Education & Facilities, Educational experiences