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Date: 23 November 2016

Jeff Gore provides concrete examples of how he incorporates Active Learning into his Systems Biology course.

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Date: 15 November 2016

Simona Socrate, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at MIT, talks about shifting her course in mechanical engineering to a blended learning approach.

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Date: 1 February 2017

Emmanuel Sachs, professor of mechanical engineering at MIT, discusses why we need to teach engineering students and engineers to do both synthesis and analysis. He argues that we need to encourage...

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Date: 1 February 2017

Associate Professor Cuthbert describes tools and techniques he uses to teach his online music theory class.

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Date: 2 February 2017

Dourmashkin, senior lecturer in the Department of Physics, screened portions of a video lecture series he and other instructors created using a new lightboard technology that was developed at MIT...

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Date: 1 February 2017

MIT Professor Lorna Gibson explains how she shifted her Materials Science course from a traditional lecture format to a flipped classroom.

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Date: 3 March 2016

Lecturer in Digital Learning Jennifer French and graduate student Martin Segado describe the sketch tool they developed for MITx mathematics courses.

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Date: 3 March 2016

Elizabeth Huttner-Loan describes the use of forums in several educational technology MOOCs run on the edX platform.

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Date: 1 February 2017

Denny Freeman, professor of electrical engineering at MIT, discusses task-based, task-centered learning.

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Date: 22 November 2016

Professor Steven Hall discusses active learning in his Aeronautics and Astronautics course.

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Date: 16 November 2016

Dr. Wiltrout describes how in professors Solomon and Martin’s Cell Biology class, Dr. Thornton created video animations to help students who are inexperienced in lab work to better understand...