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There's still space in the following D-Lab classes!<br class="">
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MIT Course EC.S09 (2-2-5)<br class="">
D-Lab: Education & Learning<br class="">
Meets in N51-310 Th 3-5pm + field trips, labs, design reviews on some Tu 3-5pm<br class="">
(first class on Th Feb. 4th)<br class="">
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Explores learning in the international development context and how<br class="">
innovative approaches and researched best practices can overcome<br class="">
challenges such as limited resources, language barriers, large class<br class="">
sizes, and entrenched pedagogy. With an emphasis on experiential and<br class="">
project-based learning, this class explores core concepts and skills<br class="">
to nurture creativity in youth and develop interactive educational<br class="">
tools around design thinking, foundational literacy and numeracy,<br class="">
science and engineering, livelihood applications and more. Students<br class="">
collaborate on projects with partner communities through empathizing,<br class="">
defining, ideating, prototyping and testing together while receiving<br class="">
feedback from analogous users, peers, and mentors. Fieldwork<br class="">
opportunities available in the summer.<br class="">
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Join us to work with community innovation centers in engaging diverse<br class="">
learners in Colombia, Uganda, Brazil, and beyond! Projects include<br class="">
collaborating with community innovation centers in doing outreach to<br class="">
local schools, supporting the launch of mobile innovation centers, and<br class="">
working on a low-cost lighting and literacy education module with<br class="">
South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.<br class="">
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For more information, please see the attached flyer, visit<br class="">
<a href="http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/education" class="">http://d-lab.mit.edu/courses/education</a>, or email<br class="">
<a href="mailto:d-lab-education@mit.edu" class="">d-lab-education@mit.edu</a><br class="">
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MIT Course EC.S06 / EC.S11 (2-0-4)<br class="">
Innovation in Relief, Recovery, and Rebuilding<br class="">
Meets in N51-305 W 1-3pm<br class="">
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The world is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with nearly<br class="">
60 million people displaced by conflict or violence. Available<br class="">
resources are heavily strained and organizations urgently need<br class="">
creative solutions to providing basic needs to this population.<br class="">
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Taught by D-Lab founder and co-director Amy Smith and veteran<br class="">
humanitarian worker Martha Thompson, this seminar explores the role<br class="">
innovation can and does play in how humanitarian aid is provided, and<br class="">
how it can change people, products and processes.<br class="">
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Case studies and projects will look at protracted displacement as well<br class="">
as recovery and resettlement including efforts in Colombia, Uganda and<br class="">
Ethiopia. Potential for students to travel over the summer to partner<br class="">
communities. Note: Students who are taking the graduate version will<br class="">
complete additional work.<br class="">
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For more information, please read co-instructor Martha Thompson's blog<br class="">
about this course:<br class="">
http://d-lab.mit.edu/news/new-course-amy-smith-martha-thompson-innovation-relief-recovery-and-rebuilding<br class="">
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