Educational and Technology at MIT

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Educational and Technology at MIT
M.S. Vijay Kumar Senior Associate Dean
Director, Office of Educational Innovation and
Technology Office of the Dean of Undergraduate
Education, MIT
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Design by Brian Chan PhD student at MIT
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Our focus is on developing skills and attitudes,
which include

• Leadership and communication,
• Comfort and experience with modern and old
  technologies,
• Confidence,
• Judgment,
• Decisiveness, and
• the ability to manage risk

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• It is the most often cited program in alumni
  success stories.
• 85 of all MIT students do at least one UROP
  project by the time they graduate.
• 900 students are engaged in UROP projects each
  summer.

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Vehicle design summit--2006
Inspired by Robyn Allen and Anna Jaffe Goal
Design and build 5 energy efficient vehicles in 9
weeks.

• Results
• 46 students, 9 countries
• 250K raised
• 4 vehicles built
• 1 Full length Discovery Channel film
• Phase II underway

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Vehicle design summit, Phase II, 2007-2008
Goal Design and build one production prototype
of a 200 mpg commuter vehicle
15 teams linked by state of the art design and
collaboration tools over the internet.
Management and system integration at
MIT. Assembly in Italy, this coming summer.
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• Bicycle Ambulance Project Jessica Vechakul in
  Zambia, 2005-2007 By 2006 six ambulances were in
  use and in 2007 WHO placed a large order.

Veuthey and Maria Luckyanova learn about the
fitment process for a below-knee amputee during
their intensive introduction to Prosthetics in
Jaipur, India.
Students Present Project Vac-Cast in May 2007,
and win the Lemelson-MIT Award at the MIT IDEAS
Competition
This spring Goutam Reddy taught a hands on
subjectSP.714 Developing World Prosthetics to
18 students
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Hands-On Experiences for an Increasingly Complex
and Connected World(Office of Educational
Innovation and Technology)
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Research Tools for Learning

• Early exposure to Research tools and Experience
• This type of hands-on interaction with the
  molecule provides levels of insights that are not
  possible by viewing static images on a page on a
  computer screen
• Graham Walker
• Used by 1000 MIT students 300 High School
  students
• StarBiogene, StarHydro, StarHPC

StarBiochem
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Utilizing Powerful Simulation Tools 16.00AJ -
Fundamentals of Engineering Design
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GIS Interface for Planning Extra Vehicular
Activity in Space 16.00AJ - Fundamentals of
Engineering Design
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Learning Spaces

• Microscale Engineering for the Life Sciences,
  (6.07J). Professors Dennis Freeman, Martha Gray,
  and Dr. Alexander Aranyosi (dArbeloff support
  Project Based Course)
• Develop research ideas in teams
• Table-top microscopy experiments along with
  specialized computational resources

Flexible Space for Project Based Experiences
(Task Force)
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• Innovative Learning EnvironmentsMove away from
  large passive lectures
• Intellectual CommonsDemonstrate intellectual and
  educational leadership by making materials freely
  available to the world
• Inter-Institutional CollaborationExplore new
  ways to collaborate with other universities and
  private industry
• Extended University CommunityUse technology to
  enhance on-campus education and engage members of
  the community, both alumni and the public

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Robot World
Project based Collaborative engineering design

• Curriculum for design fundamentals
• Simulation tools
• On-line collaboration environments
• Peer-review assessment tools.

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MIT OpenCourseware1800 courses

• Site Highlights
• Syllabus
• Course Calendar
• Lecture Notes
• Exams
• Problem/Solution Sets
• Labs and Projects
• Video Lectures

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Making a Difference Educator Use
Professor Richard Hall LaTrobe University in
Melbourne, Australia, now teaching information
systems, beginning microprocessors, and advanced
computer-aided software engineering. OCW saved
him an enormous amount of time and stress. I
was delighted by the way the material is so
coherently presented. It is truly inspiring to
see this level of excellence.
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Making a Difference Student Use
Kunle Adejumo, Engineering student at Ahmadu
Bello Universityin Zaria, Nigeria Last
semester, I had a course in metallurgical
engineering. I didnt have notes, so I went to
OCW. I downloaded a course outline on this, and
also some review questions, and these helped me
gain a deeper understanding of the material.
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Accelerating Global Movement
Higher Education
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iLabs Extending Access to MIT Nuclear Reactor
Laboratory (MIT-NRL)
If You Cant Come to the Lab the Lab Will Come
to You!
(Earth at 89 GHz courtesy of J. Grahn, Chalmers
U. J. del Alamo)
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iLabs at MIT
Dynamic signal analyzer (EECS, deployed 2004)
Shake table (Civil Eng., deployed 2004)
Polymer crystallization (Chem. E., deployed 2003)
Microelectronics device characterization (EECS,
deployed 1998)
Heat exchanger (Chem. E., deployed 2001)
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iLabs Elsewhere

• University of Queensland
• DUT iLabs- Several in EE
• Zhejiang University
• 50 Net Labs today (Electronic, Power and
  Automation/Controls)
• Strong interest in adopting iLabs

elevator system
electromotor system
triple-tank system
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• iLab Vision
• Order of magnitude more lab experiences
• More lab time to users/researchers
• Transforming hands-on to minds-on engagement
  with real science and engineering environments
• Worldwide community of discussion, discourse and
  analysis based on shared experiments

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Open Education Vision Elements

• Blended Learning
• Intelligently combine the physical and the
  virtual (MIRTLE)
• Integrate conventional pedagogy with net-learning
  to deliver quality (relevant) educational
  opportunities
• Intelligent combinations of formal and non-formal
• Boundary-less Education
• Beyond Geo-political
• Research-Teaching
• Disciplines -- Thematic and World Problem based
• Teacher-Learner
• Expert-Novice
• Off-Campus-On Campus
• Living-Learning

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Linked Learning Flashback/forward

• Professor Karen Willcox, MIT Dept. of Aeronautics
  Astronautics
• Teaches required aero/astro course to MIT juniors
• Surprised to find many MIT students were
  lessproficient in relevant math than she
  expected
• For example, even though I reliedheavily on
  material from Differential Equations,I had no
  idea how it was being taught -- or whatwas being
  taught.
• Now refers students to relevant OCW course
  sites,with problem sets, as a flashback to
  what maththey need to understand for her course
• Down the line, Id like to bring more of the
  technology into the classroom, so that while I
  was giving a lecture, I could give them a
  flashback to something they had seen in a
  previous course This will create better
  linkages, and to fully integrate the learning
  experience.

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The Carnegie Foundations Book on Open Education
(August2008, MIT Press)
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Context MIT Core Values
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As we attempt to conceive educational experiences
that provide our students with the knowledge,
skills and attitudes essential to success, we are
mindful of the quote from Yeats that ..

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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the
lighting of a fire

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Thank Youvkumar_at_mit.edu
The Carnegie Foundations Book on Open Education
(August2008, MIT Press)
The Carnegie Foundations Book on Open Education
(Winter 2008, MIT Press)