Thursday, November 30, 2006
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Welcoming reception
The welcoming reception for the attendees is at the Frank Gehry-designed MIT Stata
Center, on the fourth floor in the R & D Common Area.
An architectural tour of this unique building will be available,
which houses the MIT Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence Laboratory.
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Friday, December 1, 2006
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All sessions, except Friday lunch, will be held at the
MIT Tang Center (E51). |
7:30 AM |
Continental breakfast in Ting Foyer, Tang Center |
8:30 AM |
Welcome and opening remarks;
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9:00 AM |
Keynote:
Relearning Learning — Applying the Long Tail to Learning
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10:00 AM |
Break |
10:30 AM |
Moderated Discussion: Roles of industry, academia, and government
in addressing competitiveness through education and technology
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12:00 PM |
Lunch and facilitated discussions in
Morss Hall, Walker Memorial Building |
2:00 PM |
Moderated Discussion: Educational technology exemplars from US schools of engineering
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3:30 PM |
Break |
3:45 PM |
Keynote:
Globalization of Higher Education
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4:45 PM |
Closing:
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5:30 PM -7:30 PM |
Dinner Reception at MIT Museum
The attendees will have opportunities
to network and examine interactive exhibits demonstrating
projects supported by the MIT-Microsoft iCampus educational
technology alliance.
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Saturday, December 2, 2006
7:30 AM |
Continental breakfast in Ting Foyer, Tang Center |
8:30 AM |
Keynote: The NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative: Vision and Implementation
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9:30 AM |
Moderated Discussion: Effective examples of educational technology and priorities
for future investment
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11:00 AM |
Break |
11:15 AM |
Results from Friday's lunchtime discussions
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12:00 PM |
Workshops and demonstrations (I), with lunch
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1:15 PM |
Workshops and demonstrations (II)
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2:45 PM |
Workshops and demonstrations (III)
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4:00 PM |
Question and Answer and Closing |
4:15 PM |
Adjourn |
Copy of the Printed Agenda
MIT sophomore Fawah Akwo helps high-school juniors in
Limbe, Cameroon, access online assistance for college
applicants, as part of the iCampus OpenAfrica project
(2006).
MIT students Angus Hucknall and Chang She conduct
computer science instruction with the aid of the
iCampus xTutor system at Xi'an Jiaotung University in
Xi'an, China, in an internship co-sponsored by iCampus
and MIT International Science and Technology
Initiatives (2005).
Professor of Electrical Engineering Jesús del Alamo demonstrates
the remote access to MIT laboratory equipment (iCampus iLabs) to staff
and students at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Nigeria (2004).
Under the direction of Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering Kevin Amaratunga, the MIT flagpole in Killian court is
instrumented with a strain gauge so that it can be monitored over the
Web from anywhere in the world, by means of the iCampus iLabs
architecture (2001).
The 2002 IDC
was held at M.I.T. in Boston, Massachusetts. Students from around the
world designed and built robots to compete at the final competition at
MIT.
Dr Kimberle Koile using Classroom Learning Partner (CLP) in MIT Structure and Interpretation of Computer
Programs (6.001) recitation class.
Professor of Electrical Engineering Hal Abelson teaching undergraduate students about recursion.