Conversations on Quality • January 24-25, 2012 • MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts
By Invitation Only
All sessions are being held at Le Meridien, Cambridge • 20 Sidney Street
| January 24, 2012 | ||
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 8:35 a.m. | Welcome Daniel Hastings, MIT |
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| 8:35 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. | Overview Emily Dalton Smith, Gates Foundation, and Vijay Kumar, MIT |
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| 8:50 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Quality Courses: Immersive Gaming or Focused Tutoring Jim Gee, Arizona State University Kurt VanLehn, Arizona State University Moderator: Eric Klopfer, MIT |
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| 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Break | |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Assessing Quality: Learner Analytics or Human Intuition Bror Saxberg, Kaplan, Inc. Moderator: David Pritchard, MIT |
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| 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Scaling Quality Across Multiple Dimensions Cathy Casserly, Creative Commons Judy Codding, Pearson Foundation Chris Dede, Harvard University Moderator: Vijay Kumar, MIT |
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | The Practical Case for Quality: The Teacher and Student Perspective Teacher: Dana Dyer, Aviation High School Teacher: Mitch Leffler, Sammamish High School Student: Dominic Griff, Sammamish High School Student: Royce Le, Aviation High School Student: Katie McConville, Aviation High School Student: Jenna Winter, Sammamish High School Graduate Student: Katie Van Horne, University of Washington Graduate Student: Paul Teske, University of Washington Moderator: Philip Bell, University of Washington |
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| 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Summary and Workshop Plans Kim Thanos |
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| 2:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Workshop Group Meetings Theme One: Designing High-Quality Courses Workshop Leaders: Cecilia d’Oliveira, MIT Robert Torres, Gates Foundation Theme Two: Assessing Quality of Online Courses Theme Three: Scaling High-Quality Online Learning |
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| 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Reception at the MIT Museum | |
| January 25, 2012 | Revised | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast | |
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | The Opportunity and Challenge of Pervasive Quality Jim Shelton, U.S. Department of Education |
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| 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. | Break | |
| 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Workshop Group Meetings – Finish Memos and Posters | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Break | |
| 11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Workshop Results Designing High-Quality Courses Workshop Groups Assessing Quality of Online Courses Scaling High-Quality Online Learning |
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| 12:15 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Session Closing and Next Steps Emily Dalton Smith, Gates Foundation Vijay Kumar, MIT |
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