From Dec 13–15, Expo 2020 Dubai staged its flagship education event, the RewirEd Summit, hosted by Dubai Cares and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. …
The MIT Future Heritage Lab’s project Textile System for Experimental Research in Alternative Impact (T-Serai) has been awarded the $20,000 acknowledgement prize in the regional category for Middle East/Africa, plus a commendation in the Global category, from the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. The Holcim Awards are internationally recognized as…
Dr. Luke Hobson is a Senior Instructional Designer and Program Manager at MIT xPRO, an Online Instructor for SNHU, and host of the Dr. Luke Hobson Podcast and YouTube Channel. He is also the author of the book, What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer. …
Is your ideal online course synchronous — requiring you to be present for a virtual lecture on a fixed schedule? Or, is it asynchronous — providing pre-recorded materials to review on your own time? …
By Katherine Ouellette
The MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) funds, supports, and shares research into learning effectiveness at all ages, levels, and scales. As part of this effort, MITili provides research grants to MIT faculty and research teams investigating myriad aspects of brain and cognitive science, digital and augmented technologies…
By MITili Staff
Saif Rayyan is Assistant Director of Academic Programs at the MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL). Saif was born in Amman, Jordan. He holds a BSc in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan and a PhD in Physics from Virginia Tech. …
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL), the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education (AGFE), the American University of Beirut, and Community Jameel hosted a roundtable meeting on December 14 at the Dubai Exhibition Centre as part of the RewirEd Summit, Expo 2020’s flagship education…
James Glapa-Grossklag is Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning at College of the Canyons (California, USA). He supervises Distance Learning, Libraries, Tutoring, and OER. From 2016–19, he co-coordinated the Zero Textbook Cost Degree grant program for the California Community Colleges. Previously, he served as Board President of Open…
