[Mitworld] New: iCampus on the Educational Technology, IBM-ESD Panel on Healthcare

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 6 | Number 31 | April 13, 2007
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[EFFECTIVE EXAMPLES OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
 AND PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT]

In this final panel of the iCampus series, Duderstadt asks his
colleagues to take up the question of how to propagate or scale up
successful initiatives in educational technology, so that they have a
transformative impact on higher education.

MODERATOR:
James J. Duderstadt
President Emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering
at the University of Michigan

PANELISTS:
Andrew A. Chien
Vice President, Director of Intel Research

Christopher J. Mackie
Associate Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Visiting Professor, Engineering Systems Division

Ashok S. Kolaskar
Honorary Vice Chancellor, University of Pune, India


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/438/>

[QUOTE]
"If people develop good tools for learning that are appealing, we should
be able to sell them. I wonder if this is not an incredible opportunity
for leveraging 3D internet, the virtual world, properly done for
learning purposes."
-- Irving Wladawsky-Berger


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

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[ENGINEERING SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS TO REAL WORLD CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE]

This panel makes the case that systems thinking and processes--not
unlike those used in the airline industry--can help cure the growing
problem of human errors in hospital patient care.

MODERATOR:
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Visiting Professor, Engineering Systems Division
Vice President, Technical Strategy and Innovation, IBM

PANELISTS:
Daniel Z. Aronzon
President and CEO, Vassar Brothers Medical Center

Nicholas Christiano, Jr
Vice President and CIO, Health Quest

Stephen A. Katz
Chief Medical Officer, Vassar Brothers Medical Center


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/437/>

[QUOTE]
"In 2020, an additional 75% of Americans will turn 65.... The worst
thing is, boomers will hit the system with expectations of utilization
that the system has never dealt with before."
-- Daniel Aronzon


EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division <http://esd.mit.edu/>

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Technology and Culture Forum and the MIT Leadership Center present

Philip Zimbardo
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
Stanford University

The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
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