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</head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>A reminder: <b>Lori Breslow & Jennifer DeBoer</b> will speak on <a href="http://odl.mit.edu/events/lori-breslow-jennifer-deboer-national-differences-in-an-internationl-classroom/" style="font-weight: bold;">National Differences in an International Classroom</a>,<b> tomorrow</b>, April 18, 2 pm, in rm 4-237. </div><div><br></div><div>Virtual classrooms of open online courses include students nested within unique social, economic, political, and educational contexts. Breslow & DeBoer will highlight systematic differences in performance and behaviors for students and countries with varying characteristics such as language, internet availability, etc. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Upcoming xTalks...</div><div>Karina Meira & Berri Jacque: <b><a href="http://odl.mit.edu/events/karina-meiri-berri-jacque/">Teaching Cutting Edge Bio-Med Science in K-12</a></b>, Thurs. May 1, 1:30, rm 76-156. (hosted by <a href="http://educationgroup.mit.edu/HHMIEducationGroup/">HHMI Ed Group</a>)</div><div>Kalyan Veeramachaneni: <b><a href="http://odl.mit.edu/events/kalyan-veeramachaneni-where-art-thou-big-data-identifying-harnessing-sources-of-data-for-mooc-data-science/">Where Art Thou Big Data? Identifying & Harnessing Sources for MOOC Data Science</a></b>, Wed. May 14, 2:30, rm 32-155.</div><div>Carl Wieman: <a href="http://odl.mit.edu/events/carl-wieman-expertise-in-science-and-engineering-how-it-is-learned-and-taught/"><b>Expertise in Science & Engineering, How it is Learned & Taught</b></a>, Mon. May 19, 11am, <b>3-270</b>,<b> </b>new location. (co-sponsored with the <a href="http://www.mitspi.org/">MIT Science Policy Initiative</a>) </div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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