[Mitworld] New: Vest and Hockfield on Education and Globalization, Bender on One Laptop Per Child

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[GLOBALIZATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION: COMPETITION AND COOPERATION]

Vest and Hockfield close out the first day of this conference with
reflections on the changing global landscape in higher edcuation.

SPEAKERS:
Charles M. Vest
President Emeritus, MIT
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Susan Hockfield
MIT President
Professor of Neuroscience


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/433/>

[QUOTE]
"My personal view is we are observing the early emergence of the Meta
University: a transcendent, accessible, empowering, dynamic, communally
constructed framework of open materials and platforms on which much of
higher education worldwide can be constructed or enhanced."
--Charles M. Vest


EVENT HOST: iCampus <http://icampus.mit.edu/>

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[ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD: REVOLUTIONIZING HOW THE WORLD'S CHILDREN ENGAGE
IN LEARNING]

In an informal conversation with an MIT Museum audience, Walter Bender
describes the mission and progress of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
venture--a new enterprise developed at the MIT Media Lab.

SPEAKER:
Walter Bender
Dean, MIT School of Engineering
President, Software and Content Development, One Laptop per Child
Senior Research Scientist (on leave), MIT Media Lab

PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/435/>

[QUOTE]
"We can be both consumers and creators of content. Real learning happens
while being expressive."
--Walter Bender


EVENT HOST:iCampus <http://web.mit.edu/museum/>

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