Initiated in 1999, iCampus is a research collaboration between Microsoft Research and MIT whose
goal is to create and demonstrate technologies with the potential for revolutionary change throughout
the university curriculum. iCampus-sponsored innovations have had broad and significant impact throughout
MIT, and they are continuing to evolve through worldwide multi-institutional collaborations.
iCampus projects are selected from MIT faculty responses to annually issued requests for proposals.
In addition, iCampus has awarded over $1.5M for projects conceived, initiated, and run entirely by students.
More than 400 faculty and research staff, and 300 students, have participated in iCampus-sponsored projects.
Virtually all MIT undergraduates have taken subjects whose development was sponsored by iCampus - over 100 subjects in all.
Areas of innovation have included: using Web Services to enable a new educational information technology framework of
software and services shared among universities worldwide; transforming the classroom experience by replacing
traditional passive lectures with active learning experiences supported by information technology; and
educational applications of emerging technologies such as speech recognition and pen-based computing.
MIT iCampus 1999-2006
After 7 years, iCampus has come to a successful close.
It was celebrated with a 2-day symposium,
Learning without Barriers / Technology without Borders, in early December 2006,
bringing together luminaries from government, academia, and industry. The MIT-Microsoft
alliance has successfully done what it started out to do: it fostered barrier-less
collaborations and exciting new technological developments aimed at improving education
in higher learning institutions, first at home here at MIT, then globally, across
borders, through its Outreach Initiative.
Thanks to all the faculty and student PI's and your teams for working with the
MIT/Microsoft Alliance in your iCampus research projects. Thanks to your efforts,
the iCampus Alliance has proven to be a successful engagement both for MIT and for
Microsoft.
iCampus Assessment Report
The iCampus project commissioned the TLT Group
to conduct an assessment of selected projects to determine what can be learned about
the priorities for educational technology initiatives in the future, and about how the
spread of such innovations can be more effectively supported. The results of this study
are presented here in two forms:
For more information about the iCampus Assessment study, please contact either
Phillip D. Long, Dir. Learning Outreach,
or Stephen C. Ehrmann, TLT Group.
Below are some of the highlights from the final year of iCampus:
The iCampus Outreach Initiative disseminates innovative educational technology tools
that can make a significant, sustainable difference in how students learn, remember, and shift from
absorbing facts and concepts to creating new ideas and solutions themselves. With generous support from
Microsoft Research,
iCampus Outreach seeks higher education institutions looking to adopt new educational tools, and provides
the software, supporting documentation, and guidance to assist in the successful implementation of these
tools.
To find out more information about the iCampus Outreach projects please contact
icampus@mit.edu. Join a community
of like minded faculty at institutions around the world who are seeking to transform the practice of
higher education with educational technology.
a cell show-and-smell: biological engineers develop bacterial bouquet
The International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGem 2006) takes
place at MIT on Saturday and Sunday Nov. 4-5, 2006. For more information, go to
iGem 2006 webpage.
a new MIT Museum exhibit featuring highlights from iCampus
at the MIT Museum Emerging Technologies Gallery
May 23, 2006 through the end of December 2006
This new exhibit provides a rare opportunity for educators and the general
public to learn about integrating cutting-edge technologies into the classroom
and other learning environments.
Tech’ing It to the
Next Level is a multi-disciplinary, interactive exhibition of tools and
innovations developed by MIT researchers.
Welcome to the iCampus Newsletter
iCampus, the MIT-Microsoft Update January 2006 Volume 1, Issue 3
iLabs in Australia: University of Queensland Implements iLabs Experiment
It is gratifying to see the promise of the iLabs software architecture realized. At
the University of Queensland, iLabs was applied to an on-going problem that confronts
engineering education world-wide. How do you provide enough opportunity for students
to do laboratory projects so they get the full benefits of the experiment? Answer:
extend the day virtually by making the experiment accessible beyond the physical lab
session timeframe.
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Student iCampus grants awarded for Spring 2006!
We would like to thank all of the students who submitted project proposals to
iCampus this year. The following projects were chosen from the record number of
very high caliber proposals submitted:
The Huggable: Phase 2 PI: Dan Stiehl
OpenWetWare PI: Jason Kelly
The Robotic Futbol Club of Cambridge PI: Kristina Haller
OpenAfrica: Educational Technology in
sub-Saharan Africa with a Focus on
OpenCourseWare and iLabs PI: Mohamed Haji
