“We’ve read some remarkable testimonials from nominating students, speaking to their instructors’ flexibility, creativity, and compassion in this time of crisis,” says MIT’s Sheryl Barnes.
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Congratulations to the two newest 2020 grantees in Workforce Learning Innovation Research.
“We can talk about compliance, and we can try to figure out ways to monitor student behavior, but what we’re most interested in is developing a new culture in which students are partnering with us and doing the right thing,” - MIT's John Fernandez.
“How it is that we can repurpose the same circuits and flexibly use them to solve many different problems, and what are the neural codes that are amenable to that kind of reuse?” – MIT’s Ila Fiete.
A large share of community college students drop out before they earn a credential or degree—in what is commonly referred to as a “completion crisis.”
“For much of the world, and at almost every level, education revolves around exams. Leaving aside the complex debate on the need and value of exams, an essential ingredient of learning inevitably takes a back seat: engagement.” VP for Open Learning, Sanjay Sarma.
In May Harvard and MIT facilitated four online design charrettes with a variety of school stakeholders—students, teachers, principals, district leaders, parents, consultants, state officials—to develop a design process for fall 2020 school planning.
“Covid-19 has forced changes in how we all live, work, and learn — and there may be no full return to our old ‘normal,’” wrote Rick Danheiser, chair of the faculty and Arthur C. Cope Professor of Chemistry, and VP for Open Learning Sanjay Sarma.
“Learning online requires a lot of self-discipline and perseverance. You have really achieved something very difficult and quite remarkable, that shows both your talent and your commitment.” – MITili affiliate and recent Nobel Prize winner, Esther Duflo.
“We are trying to form a basis that will allow students to tackle all kinds of problems in a structured and effective way,” Simona Socrate, senior lecturer.