can the digital revolution enhance the residential experience of students?
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Can the digital revolution enhance the residential experience of students?. Sanjay Sarma, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Director of Digital Learning. Can a 1,000 year-old industry change?. Bologna, Italy. Universities. Lecture, Circa 1308 AD. ESTABLISHED 1088 AD . From Wikipedia. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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CAN THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION ENHANCE THE RESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE OF
STUDENTS?
Sanjay Sarma, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Director of Digital Learning
Can a 1,000 year-old industry change?
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Universities
ESTABLISHED 1088 AD From Wikipedia
Bologna, Italy
Lecture, Circa 1308 AD3
Courtesy Eric Klopfer4
Today’s “consumers” are different from previous generations
• The anytime anywhere generation
• Diverse • Socially aware &
engaged• Global perspective• Other industries have
been swept up
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Academia has Had a Few Disruptive Technologies
Blackboard, 1801
* Europe U.S. 1801 at West Point* 1814: colored chalk
From Wikipedia
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• MIT & Harvard invest $30M each• Free world education• Open source platform
• We disrupted ourselves!!
Digital online delivery is the next one
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Why?Expand access to education for
students worldwide through online learning, while reinventing campus education through
blended models
And learn about learning.
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1861-2011: MIT’s Internal evolution
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MIT’s Epic Struggle with didacticism
Massively FlippedClassrooms using
edX platform
Online can make things interactive• Students view lectures
online• Interact with tutors online
and onsite• Classroom time freed up
for projects, problems, discussions, studios … and all things magical
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1968: Experimental Studies Group1969: Concourse1983: Athena System1996: Programmable Bricks (Lego Mindstorm)2001: MIT OpenCourseWare2002: Technology Enhanced Active Learning2003: CyberTutor2003: Scratch Programming Language2005: Online 6.0012012: MITx, edX
A timeline
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The 6.001 experiment (2003-2005)• Moved lectures online
– Audio-annotated power point– Interspersed “finger
exercises”– Pre-work for class
• Online tutor– Programs, other exercises– “Free checking”– Instructor dashboard
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Assessing learning outcomes
• Selected questions covering broad and detailed concepts
• Comparison: one online, one traditional lecture
• Exams normalized
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From that time our destiny was determined!
2012-present: EDX
Providing immediate feedback• Interspersed “finger exercises”
– Reinforces concepts at time of acquisition
– Link to other material– Mine data to find gaps in
knowledge• Range of tools for automated
assessment• Peer assessment can augment
learning experience• Opportunity to direct learner to
discussion forums• Early evaluations show
improved learning• Will not work for all disciplines?
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