Posts Tagged ‘MIT’
University Unbound! Higher Education in the Age of “Free”
by John O. Harney
October 23, 2012
Innovators and entrepreneurs are using technologies to make freely available the things for which universities charge significant money. MOOCs ... free online courses ... lecture podcasts ... low-cost off-the-shelf general education courses ... online tutorials ... digital collections of open learning resources ... open badges ... all are disrupting higher education's hold on knowledge, instruction ...
Read MoreTags: assessment, Coursera, edX, Federal Researve Bank of Boston, flipped classroom, Harvard, John O. Harney, MIT, SNHU | No Comments
Tales from the BIF
by John O. Harney
September 25, 2012
Click here for videos of BIF-8 storytellers!
The Business Innovation Factory (BIF) held its eighth annual collaborative innovation summit on Sept. 19 and 20 in Providence, and the key, as always, was the art of storytelling. No themes, said summit facilitator and BIF founder and “chief catalyst” Saul Kaplan. You decide which connections you ...
Read MoreTags: BIF, Business Innovation Factory, genomics, healthcare, John O. Harney, MIT, Providence, Technology | No Comments
Hockfield to Leave MIT Presidency, Serve Until Successor Takes Office
by John O. Harney
February 16, 2012
MIT President Susan Hockfield announced she would leave the position she has held for more than seven years once a new president takes office.
As the first woman president of MIT, Hockfield presided over significant strides in hiring and promotion of women scientists and engineers after a faculty report brought national attention to inequity in ...
Read MoreTags: Comings and Goings, Hockfield, MIT | No Comments
Events: MIT to Screen Documentary on Finland’s School Success
by John O. Harney
April 20, 2011
MIT will screen “The Finland Phenomenon: Inside the World’s Most Surprising School System” on Thursday, May 5, at the Ray and Maria Stata Center, beginning with a 6 p.m. reception and followed by an 8 p.m. panel discussion with: Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville, Cambria Managing Director Ellen Kumata, Harvard Graduate School of Education ...
Read MoreTags: Cambria, Ellen Kumata, Finland, MIT, Paul Reville, PISA, Robert B. Schwartz, Tony Wagner | No Comments
Fogel to Step Down as UVM Prez, Patrick Kennedy to Lead Brown Institute, MIT Chair to Join Rice
by John O. Harney
March 23, 2011
Daniel Mark Fogel announced he would step down as president of the University of Vermont, effective June 30, 2012, after 10 years at the helm of Vermont's land-grant university. In a letter to the UVM community, Fogel cited successful UVM initiatives such as the creation of the Honors College, a six-credit diversity requirement and ...
Read MoreTags: Brown University, Daniel M. Fogel, Engineering, Institute for Brain Science, Materials Science, MIT, Patrick Kennedy, Rice University, University of Vermont | No Comments
New England Colleges Respond to Japan Disaster
by Christine Cassis
March 14, 2011
Following last week's 8.9 magnitude earthquake off Northeastern Japan, continuing aftershocks and a massive tsunami, colleges and universities are keeping a close eye on that part of the world. Below are some updates from New England institutions.
Boston University's Daily Free Press reports BU students in Tokyo O.K. 19 Yale Students Safe in Tokyo, reports The New ... Read MoreTags: Boston Globe, Boston University, christine cassis, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Earthquake, Japan, MIT, U. Maine Farmington, UNH, Yale | No Comments
Biotech Firms Still Brewing Work in Cambridge, Mass.
by Shoshana Akins
June 25, 2010
Cambridge, Mass., dominates the list of biotechnology firms with the most employees in New England—accounting for seven of the top 10 providers of biotech jobs in the region, reports the specialty newspaper Mass High Tech.
With 12,000 total employees, Genzyme Corp. employed nearly 5,000 in New England and recently announced 502 job openings in Massachusetts. ...
Read MoreTags: Biogen Idec Inc., Cambridge, Genzyme Corp., Harvard University, largest biotech employers, Mass High Tech, MIT, Shoshana Akins | No Comments
Educators to Convene at MIT on Tech and Learning
by NEBHE Admin
April 5, 2010
MIT’s Learning International Network Consortium (LINC) will hold three days of panel discussions and workshops from Sunday, May 23 to Wednesday, May 26 at MIT on “University Leadership: Bringing Technology-Enabled Education to Learners of All Ages,” National Academy of Engineering President Charles Vest will give a keynote address. Plenary speakers will include rectors of virtual universities in Mexico, Pakistan and Africa.
Read MoreTags: Charles Vest, Events, Learning International Network Consortium, LUNC, MIT | No Comments
Coming to Terms with MOOCs: A Community College Angle
by Mary L. Fifield
January 22, 2013
When MIT approached Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) to participate in edX, the new Harvard/MIT massive open online course (MOOC) initiative, we reacted with both interest and skepticism. What did MIT have in mind for Bunker Hill Community College? How would edX “transform the way that community college students learn” as edX President Anant Agarwal ...
Read MoreTags: Bunker Hill Community College, edX, Massachusetts Bay Community College, MIT, MOOCs | 2 Comments