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January 28, 2014
Early Bird Registration is now open for NERCOMP 2014, March 24-26. By far New England's most popular and education and technology conference, NERCOMP brings together a vibrant community of  technologists, educators, and administrators in...
Early Bird Registration is now open for NERCOMP 2014, March 24-26. By far New England's most popular and education and technology conference, NERCOMP brings together a vibrant community of technologists, educators, and administrators in higher ed.
January 13, 2014
Creating Interactive Media Learn how to create graphics and interactive media using software tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Unity3D. This workshop introduces principles and techniques for visual communication and provides opportunities to...
ARTEMiS offers Visualization in Education IAP Workshops 1/21 - 1/30.
January 10, 2014
Last month, Una-May O'Reilly presented her research at an xTalk: Taming MOOC Big Data. Jennifer DeBoer, of TLL, summarized O'Reilly's message: "Principal Research Scientist in CSAIL and leader of the ALFA group, O’Reilly...
Last month, Una-May O'Reilly presented her research at an xTalk: Taming MOOC Big Data.
December 17, 2013
Haiti is a country in transition. It promises great potential, but also faces formidable challenges related to educational quality and access. Over the past three years and with the support of NSF, Prof. Michel DeGraff (Linguistics & Philosophy...
Prof. Michel DeGraff & Dr. Vijay Kumar and their team are working with MIT faculty and staff, alongside partner institutions in Haiti, on an exciting initiative that uses Open Educational Resources and educational technology to bring vibrant innovative pedagogies to STEM education in Haiti
December 5, 2013
xTalks: Digital Discourses Una-May O’Reilly MOOCdb: Taming MOOC Big Data while Fostering Collaboration in Online Education Research December 12 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Rm 4-231   Dr. Una-May O’Reilly is with the AnyScale Learning...
xTalks: Digital Discourses - Una-May O’Reilly to speak on MoocDB: Taming MOOC Big Data while Fostering Collaboration in Online Education Research. December 12 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm, Rm 4-231
November 30, 2013
xTalks: Digital Discourses Haynes Miller, Richard Larson, Eric Klopfer & others "Online Teacher Education in Pakistan" Wednesday, December 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, rm 66-168   MIT faculty members Miller, Larson, Klopfer, and...
xTalks: Digital Discourses - Haynes Miller, Richard Larson, Eric Klopfer & others speaks about Online Teacher Education in Pakistan, Wednesday, December 4 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm, rm 66-168
November 19, 2013
This Thursday, Nov 21 at 1:30, Isaac Chuang and Daniel  Seaton will present as part of ODL's xTalks: Digital Discourses seminar series. Their talk, titled "Research with MITx Data", will focus on their work with data generated...
This Thursday, Nov 21 at 1:30, Isaac Chuang and Danial Seaton will present as part of ODL's xTalks: Digital Discourses seminar series. Their talk, titled "Research with MITx Data", will focus on their work with data generated from MITx and edX.
October 24, 2013
ODL is excited to launch “xTalks: Digital Discourses,” a seminar series to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere.  The broad goal for xTalks is to share strategies...
ODL is excited to launch “xTalks: Digital Discourses,” a seminar series to facilitate awareness, deep understanding and transference of educational innovations at MIT and elsewhere.
October 16, 2013
The Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT/ODL) is collaborating with Massachusetts community colleges to develop technology-enabled components to expand training opportunities in advanced manufacturing. Collaborating faculty will...
The Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT/ODL) is collaborating with Massachusetts community colleges to develop technology-enabled components to expand training opportunities in advanced manufacturing.
October 14, 2013
OEIT was a critical player in breathing new life into Cultura, a legacy system of considerable pedagogical value in danger of extinction. Cultura offers students the opportunity to explore the nuances of language through a networked  inter-...
OEIT was a critical player in breathing new life into Cultura, legacy system of considerable pedagogical value in danger of extinction.
September 26, 2013
NERCOMP 2014 Opens Call for Proposals March 24-26 | Providence, Rhode Island Submit a proposal to showcase solutions and strategies at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2014, 'Designed by You.' We invite you, the people who use information...
NERCOMP 2014 Opens Call for Proposals, March 24-26, Providence, Rhode Island
August 21, 2013
An MIT-Haiti Initiative to modernize and democratize education in Haiti. Until today, quality education in Haiti has been available only to very few. This is due to brutal socio-economic impediments, including a well-entrenched language barrier:...
Until today, quality education in Haiti has been available only to the very few. Michel DeGraff shares a story to inspire current efforts to open access on a global scale.
August 19, 2013
Pakistan: Online Teacher Education OEIT is collaborating with MIT faculty to develop aspects of online teacher education courses that highlight the pedagogies favored and developed by MIT faculty.  OEIT received a grant from the Education...
OEIT is collaborating with MIT faculty to develop aspects of online teacher education courses that highlight the pedagogies favored and developed by MIT faculty.
August 5, 2013
  TA training program in Biology and Chemistry improves quality of graduate student teaching.  One goal of the HHMI Drennan Education Laboratory at MIT, led by the Chemistry and Biology Professor Cathy Drennan, is to create a supportive...
TA training program in Biology and Chemistry improves quality of graduate student teaching.
July 5, 2013
Now in its fourth year, the Timeline of the Russian Revolution is used every spring in Professor Elizabeth Wood's Russian History course for student research and scholarship. The timeline has evolved in design and focus to reveal...
June 24, 2013
OEIT Director Vijay Kumar will be the keynote speaker at this year's ICDE conference in Tianjin, China. The International Council for Open and Distance Education is the "leading global membership organization for enhancing the quality of...
OEIT Director Vijay Kumar will be the keynote speaker at this year's ICDE conference in Tianjin, China. The International Council for Open and Distance Education is the "leading global membership organization for enhancing the quality of open, distance, flexible and online education, including e-learning."
June 6, 2013
OEIT is pleased to announce the launch of the HHMI Drennan Education Laboratory’s new online science education resource at http://chemvideos.mit.edu. The aims of this group are to develop and assess in-class resources that help students...
June 4, 2013
Over 70 MIT faculty and 50 MIT staff gathered on May 17, 2013 to participate in the Office of Digital Learning's daylong meeting on technology-enabled education at MIT. Task Force Reports The morning featured chairs of the digital learning task...
Over 70 MIT faculty and 50 MIT staff gathered on May 17, 2013 to participate in the Office of Digital Learning daylong meeting on technology-enabled education at MIT.
May 1, 2013
Top 5 Reasons to Propose a NERCOMP Workshop -   NERCOMP focuses on connecting, learning and growing – all through the interactions and volunteer efforts of our members – like you!   Here are the top reasons YOU should submit a...
March 24, 2013
2013 iCampus Prize First Round Winners The MIT Council for Educational Technology (MITCET) and the Office of Educational Technology and Innovation (OEIT) are pleased to announce the winners of the first round of the 2013 iCampus Student Prize...
The MIT Council for Educational Technology (MITCET) and the Office of Educational Technology and Innovation (OEIT) are pleased to announce the winners of the first round of the 2013 iCampus Student Prize competition.

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