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LINC: A brief history with Professor Richard "Dick" Larson (webinar excerpt)

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Richard Larson

Mitsui Professor of Data, Systems, and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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MIT Professor Richard Larson tells the story of how watching his son create a biology project using a computer, rare in those days, led to the beginnings of the LINC Conference.

Topics: Digital Pedagogies Digital Tools and EdTech Education Research Open Educational Practices

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LINC 2019 Keynote: What is the Potential of Education to Leapfrog Education Progress Globally? (excerpt)

Content Author:

Rebecca Winthrop

Date: 15 July 2019

In this excerpt from Dr. Rebecca Winthrop's LINC 2019 keynote address, she explains what it means to leapfrog education using an example from Brazil, where innovative techniques are being used to help kids access education in remote jungle areas.

LINC 2019 Panel: Engines for Emerging Learning Experiences

Content Author:

Sherif Halawa, Sara Monteabaro, Richard Rowe, Venkat Srinivasan

Date: 19 June 2019

Artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies present the promise of amplifying and extending learning opportunities.

LINC 2019: Opening Up Universities (Real and Virtual)

Content Author:

Naveed Malik, Zaini Ujang

Date: 19 June 2019

Dr. Naveed Malik of the Virtual University of Pakistan describes how his university was designed to deal with lack of access issues and shortage of qualified faculty members for higher education in Pakistan. Dr.

LINC 2019 Keynote: What is the Potential of Education to Leapfrog Education Progress Globally?

Content Author:

Rebecca Winthrop

Date: 18 June 2019

Dr. Rebecca Winthrop speaks at the LINC 2019 Conference in this keynote address.

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LINC 2019 Panel: The New Learning Society

Content Author:

Vijay Kumar Ed. D, Krishna Rajagopal, Claudia Urrea, George Westerman

Date: 18 June 2019

The "New Learning Society” comprises an audience that runs the gamut – from learners who may be displaced because of social and political crises to those who need re-skilling in order to engage productively in the emerging workforce and includes early learners as well as adults.

Edu Trends: Alternative Credentials

Content Author:

Technológico de Monterrey Observatory of Educational Innovation

Date: 1 May 2019

An overview of the current state of alternative credentialing.

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW): Its Present and Future

Content Author:

Curt Newton

Date: 9 March 2019

In this public webinar celebrating Open Education Week, Curt Newton, Publication Director of MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW), discusses the current state and future direction of OCW.

Freeing the Textbook: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2018

Content Author:

Babson Survey Research Group

Date: 1 January 2019

The 2017-2018 survey on teaching materials in U.S. higher education shows a steady growth in awareness of open educational resources (OER).

Guidelines for Teaching @MIT and Beyond

Content Author:

MIT Teaching and Learning Lab

Date: 3 December 2018

On this site you will find components of MIT's adaptation of the Guidelines on Learning that Inform Teaching originally created and published by the University of New South Wales.

The Science of Learning (webinar slides)

Content Author:

Jeff Dieffenbach, Aaron Kessler

Date: 14 November 2018

This document contains slides from J-WEL's November 2018 webinar, entitled "The Science of Learning," with Jeff Dieffenbach, Associate Director of the MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili), and Aaron Kessler, Se

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