10:30 – 12:00 pm
Rm. 5-231

Agenda

1. Finalizing the Charter and working-group for the Athena Cluster transitions.
2. CET process for exploring and developing strategy for future learning environments (e-Learning / hybrid) at MIT.
   • As MIT looks ahead to possible increased activity in online learning, it would be useful to:
   • Get some calibration on how other institutions are taking advantage of new technology For example It would be useful to consider how technology is changing the opportunities for activities like joint courses and projects across institutions and for increased use of telecommunication. This would be consistent with one of MICET’s functions to undertake periodic reviews aimed at assessing educational technology in industry and in MIT’s peer Institutions. (This has not been done as a council since MITCET was first formed in 1999)
   • Understand the implications of current educational technology initiatives at MIT on areas such as personalization of the learning process; deeper learning, learning content development, global learning experiences and bring and bringing research tools to learning.

10:00 – 11:00 am
Rm. 12-196

Agenda

1. Finalizing CET Statement on Educational Video Services Strategy.
   This statement was sent to all MITCET members for comments.
   
2. Recommendations for Athena Clusters from Institute Task Force: Process for understanding implications and developing strategy for student computing environment and technology enabled learning spaces.
3. CET process for exploring and developing strategy for future learning environments (e-Learning / hybrid) at MIT.
   • Get calibration on how other institutions are taking advantage of new technology For example It would be useful to consider how technology is changing the opportunities for activities like joint courses and projects across institutions and for increased use of telecommunication. This would be consistent with one of MICET’s functions to undertake periodic reviews aimed at assessing educational technology in industry and in MIT’s peer institutions. (This has not been done as a council since MITCET was first formed in 1999)
   • Understand the implications of current educational technology initiatives at MIT on areas such as personalization of the learning process; deeper learning, learning content development, global learning experiences and bring and bringing research tools to learning.

3:00 – 4:30 pm
Rm. 12-196

Agenda

1. Recommendations on video infrastructure/services for education.Following the presentation at our last meeting, an updated report and recommendations are being prepared by the team which will be distributed in advance of the meeting. The report will serve as the basis for the discussion and MITCET recommendations.
2. Advisory Committee and directions for Course /Learning Management Systems: (Eric Klopfer)
3. General Information Updates.

8:00 – 9:15 am
Rm. 11-103

Agenda

1. Welcome, Agenda Overview and Membership Update: Dan Hastings, Hal Abelson.
2. Discussion of MITCET Charter and activities, in light of emergent opportunities: MITCET’s engagement in relation to recommendations from the Institute Task Forces for responding to the budget situation, specifically
• E-learning and other technology-enabled opportunities for greater effectiveness/efficiency and transformation.
• Student computing infrastructure.
3. Presentation and review of recommendations for MIT Video Services/infrastructure (Steve Gass et al). Recommendations sent in advance of the meeting for review.
4. Agenda topics for future meetings – recommendations and review.

1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Rm. 11-103

Agenda

1. Brief Reports from educational technology related advisory committees**: addressing the scope/mission and key issues . This would be useful step in understanding, rationalizing and establishing the linkages with CET.
   **(A subset of advisory groups from the following initiatives; OCW; Stellar; DOS; Subject Evaluation; Student Systems Visions)
2. Follow up on the Institutional Budget Task Force on Education
   • Updates and Next Steps
3. Updates:
   • Microsoft Research iCampus Student Innovation Prize
   • Global Experience Proposals

12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Rm. 12-196

Agenda

1. Decision on Global Education proposals to fund.
2. Continue discussion on MITCET input for Education Task Force

9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Rm. 11-103

Agenda

1. Presentation/Discussion of recommendations on:
   • The value of “residentially based education”
   • The implications of these recommendations for MIT’s overall educational technology strategy
   • Based on a series of discussions led by Dan Hastings last year in response to a request from the Provost to present recommendations on this topic.
   • Issue: In a residentially based education where we feel there is value in “bumping” into each what are the learning spaces of the future? A number of trends are converging. The advent of interactive web based learning materials, the growth of open web based course material and a richer understanding of different learning styles on the part of students all will bring new mixes of teaching and learning in the future. These demand strategic thinking for MIT so that we are not complacent and passed by as a leading educational institution.
   • Related questions
   • Where will we be in twenty years given these trends if we want a substantially improved residential based education?
   • What do we have to do to get there?
   • How do we get the value proposition right for the average faculty member?
   • Can we summarize the best current thinking on these issues?
2. Update on Global RFP
3. Future Meetings