The New Landscape for Innovative Transformation of Education M.S. Vijay Kumar Ed. D Senior Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education and Director Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, MIT 1

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An opportune moment for Educational Transformation  Demand  Rapid development agenda  Unaffordable and Unmanageable cost of education  Agility needed for rapidly changing knowledge and skills  New Generation of Diverse learners  Supply  Technology  The Open Movement  Readiness? 3

Click to edit Master title style Open  Content  Tools/Applications  Finding; Getting; Using  Knowledge  Enabling Resources  Legal  Policy  Community Technology  Networks ; Devices; Software ; Architecture; Processes  Mobile Computing  Cloud Computing  Data Visualization & Analytics  Simple Augmented Reality  Game-Based Learning  e-Books  PLEs  Social Networks Technology + Open = Innovation, Change Educational Innovation and Transformation 4

Internet Diffusion 5

Broadband: Mobile vs. Fixed 6

Unlocking Knowledge Inspiring a Movement ~250 institutions 100 live OCW sites ~13,000 courses 2,051 Courses- Syllabi & reading lists ; 17,531 lecture notes; 9,460 assignments; 980 exams 705 projects Include: Audio/video (~60); Complete texts (~30) Simulations/animations 2,035 courses, 77 million visitors 7

K-12 8

Unlocking Knowledge Highlights for High School Launched Nov. 28, 2007 Organizes ~70 introductory courses Maps ~2,600 resources to US AP curriculum Provides materials to inspire STEM study 9

Innovations in Open Education 10 OCL Logo Credits: Timothy Valentine & Leo Reynolds CC-BY-NC-SA Timothy Valentine Leo Reynolds CC-BY-NC-SA

Comparing Content to Courses 11

The Open Explosion: Internet for “Non-Traditional” Education hubble pictures by 250,000 “citizen scientistsillion classifications of H” in 3 years Computer-based courses with intelligent tutoring, virtual laboratories, simulations, assessment, and ongoing feedback Collectively aggregated, edited, and organized knowledge base; 150,000 visitors a month Over 39 million views of short instructional videos made by one MIT alumnus IGNOU Mentors and stipends for students who complete free or open-source coding projects

STAR: Software Tools for Academics & Research: Innovative tools to bring the practice of research to the process of learning StarGenetics StarBiochem protein visualization genetic cross simulator StarOrf gene finder StarMolSim materials modeling StarHydro hydrology visualization StarHPC parallel programming Expose students to the discovery aspect of research and to the processes of doing research using interactive technology 13

14 Hands-On Experiences for an Increasingly Complex and Connected World (Earth at 89 GH;courtesy of J. Grahn, Chalmers U. & J. del Alamo ) Protein Visualization using STARBiochem

MITx: 6.002x Circuits & Electronics 15

MITx: 6.002x Circuits & Electronics 16

iLabs: “If you can’t come to the lab… the lab will come to you!” U.S., Australia, China, India, Africa: iLabs Consortium Shake table (Civil Eng., 2004) Dynamic signal analyzer (EECS, 2004) Order of magnitude more lab experiences More lab time to users/ More sophisticated labs available Communities of learners created around iLabs Sharing educational & research content 17

Real laboratory accessed through the Internet From anywhere at any time Not a “virtual laboratory” (simulations) The Example of iLab 18

iLab Partnerships for K-12 ( with Northwestern University)  NSF-funded project focused on integrating iLabs into secondary schools  iLabs are used to demonstrate science relating to topics of interest  Makes STEM programs more engaging  Presently focused on physics, though new iLabs in biology and chemistry are forthcoming 19

Deeper Learning and Leveraged Resources 20

Transformative Potential Access; Alternative Models and Pathways Blended Learning; Boundary-less Education Continuous improvement; Continuous Education B C A 21

Value: Customization; Flexibility; Cost 22 CK-12 has produced several open textbooks called “flexbooks”., Their Physics Flexbook is in use in Virginia high schools; developed and delivered within 6 months FWK 800 colleges will utilize their open textbooks this year, saving 150,000 students $12 million or more in textbook expenses. A professor at the UMich School of Information, took an existing Computer Science Python textbook that was licensed under an open license and remixed the book in only 11 days. Michigan’s espresso book machine printed copies for $10

Value: New Frameworks for Teaching/Learning and certifcation (?) 23

24 VisibleUsable; SituatedAnywhere; Virtual; Blended Receiving/KnowingAffecting Limited TermVarying; Lifelong Enrolled StudentRegistered; Life-long Member Dropouts100% completion DE as 2 nd ClassNet-Enabled, Open as Central Modality UniversityMetaversity

If We Don’t See You in the Future……….. …..We Will See You in the Pasture 25