Kirky DeLong | MIT J-WEL

Kirky DeLong

 

Kirky DeLong
Assistant Director for Special Projects
Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab

Kirky DeLong has over 20 years of experience in the development of learning technologies, online laboratories, and open-source projects. During her time at MIT, she has worked on many projects involving a broad range of technologies, including the MIT iLab Project, which developed online laboratories that enable students to access real instruments online that can be shared around the world; the MIT-Haiti Project, which promotes teacher professional development through active learning and Kreyòl language in STEM disciplines; and the Connected Learning Initiative (CLIx) project, which aims to improve the professional and academic prospects of high schools students from underserved communities in India.