Monday, September 12, 2011

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Room 5-231

Notes for this meeting

1. Online Education

   Recently Stanford announced new educational initiatives from the CS department and the School of Engineering. (See Links below)

   http://www.i-programmer.info/news/150-training-a-education/2917-more-free- online-courses.html

   http://see.stanford.edu/

   Discussion: What are the implications for MIT strategy?

2. Modularity Experiments
   • Discussion on the ME and Chemistry experiments and next steps
   • Discussion of EECS Proposal (Sent earlier by Dan. Attached)
   • Other projects
   • Communication plans:
     • Academic Council; Departments;
     • Other
o Desired Outcomes
     • Timetable for MITCET Experiments (Please see attached draft)

   Discussion: What does MITCET want to learn from the experiments, and what are the implications for data collection and assessment?

3. LMS Strategy: Review of the results of the Blackboard experiment. Implication and next steps.