@mitresidential empowers MIT faculty and instructors to enhance their teaching with technology. Part of @mitopenlearning, transforming MIT education.
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Joined March 2012
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Looking to level up your MIT course? Watch this 3-min video to learn how MIT Residential Education in Open Learning collaborates with MIT faculty, instructors, and staff toward their instructional goals. youtu.be/ZWto9sV4FYw
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Congrats 2025 Teaching with Digital Tech Awardees!
🎮@MIT_SHASS' @EEgozy
✏️@medialab's @zachlieberman
📈@MITSloan's Christopher Noe & Eric So
🔬@MITMechE's Anthony Pennes
🎹@mitmath's Scott Sheffield
💡@MITEECS' Shen Shen
↕️@mit_physics' Peter Dourmashkin
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What tools help to engage students in conversation and challenge them to deepen their knowledge? Learn from Nancy Rose, Charles P. Kindleberger Professor of Applied Economics, & Janis Melvold, Lecturer in Comparative Media Studies/Writing. Watch the xTalk: youtu.be/uUxxAfdhmQI
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How can the design of a Canvas course site facilitate engagement across disciplines? Learn from senior lecturer Ana Bell who teaches ES.A101 Hack Yourself: Data-driven Wellbeing and Learning. Watch the xTalk: youtu.be/uvIdaVzO7p0
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What are the benefits and challenges of co-creating with students? Learn from senior lecturer Ken Zolot who teaches 2.177 Designing Virtual Worlds. Watch the xTalk: youtu.be/UMj_1ZvWjOA
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How are MIT faculty and instructors leveraging generative AI in their teaching of MIT subjects? Learn from Per Urlaub, Professor in Global Languages, and Michael S. Strano, Professor in Chemical Engineering. Watch the xTalk: youtu.be/BYM_Bko4Tnc
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xTalk tomorrow at 11a! "Generative AI in teaching at MIT" with Per Urlaub and Michael S. Strano. Open to the MIT community. Learn more: bit.ly/4dIQVoj
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xTalk, October 16, 11a: "Generative AI in teaching at MIT" with Per Urlaub and Michael S. Strano. Open to the MIT community. Learn more: bit.ly/4dIQVoj
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"To have your students say—You're somebody that's done a great job of educating us—it's the pinnacle of what you could hope for."
See how Teaching with Digital Technology Awardee Nancy Rose engages @MITEcon class discussions: bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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"My job as an educator is to equip them with this amazing tool and teach enough so they feel emboldened."
Teaching with Digital Technology Awardee Rama Ramakrishnan empowers @MITSloan students to leverage their unique perspectives: bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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“The way information was presented made the content much easier to learn and was a great visual aid to lecturing,” said one of Michael Maune's @mit_cmsw students.
See why Maune earned a 2024 Teaching with Digital Technology Award: bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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"Great, that's all of your data. But why did you collect it? What are you trying to explain with it?"
Teaching with Digital Technology Awardee Ben Fry shares how he engages @mitsap students in information design and visualization: bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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Deciding how to use new educational tech and learning science research can be daunting.
MIT Open Learning’s Residential Education group created a tool that helps educators track decisions while keeping learners the top priority: bit.ly/3Z95LAT
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"It's gratifying to know that my students like what I'm doing."
@MITEcon Prof. @metrics52 won a Teaching with Digital Technology Award for using a digital tablet during lectures so students can engage with real data.
Learn more: bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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"To feel that students are equipped with a new skill to do things — that gives me a lot of satisfaction."
Learn why Cong Cong's @MITdusp students nominated her for the 2024 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards: bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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Students recognized 6 @MIT faculty & instructors with 2024 Teaching with Digital Technology Awards for effectively using technologies to improve teaching and learning at MIT.
Congrats to @metrics52, Cong Cong, Ben Fry, Michael Maune, @rama100 & Nancy Rose! bit.ly/3YmlP1D
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How is @MIT leveraging generative AI to support learning and work? At Festival of Learning 2024, MIT community members shared their experiments with digital tools and GenAI innovations inside and outside the classroom. Dive into their broad perspectives. bit.ly/4aeNIL7
How can technology help to identify and address gaps in student understanding of challenging course concepts? Learn from Mohamed Abdelhafez, Lecturer in Physics at MIT. Watch the xTalk: youtu.be/5mMKKdYnIgg
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At @MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.
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xTalk April 24: "Reimagining higher education: Lessons from around the world" with Bryan Penprase, visiting scholar at Harvard University who is researching the future of higher education. Open to the MIT community, April 24, 11a. Learn more & RSVP: bit.ly/3Q4EtpC
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