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 The Sixth International Conference of MIT's Learning International Networks Consortium will take place on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA from Sunday, May 26 through Wednesday May 29, 2013.
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MIT Blossoms Brings Open STEM Education to High School Students in Developing Countries
Administrators at MIT frequently poll the students, asking one simple question: How would you rather spend your time studying? According to Richard Larson, a professor and director of the Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals at MIT, one option’s always remained at the bottom of the list: In a lecture hall.
“Large lecture halls are not compelling,” Larson says, claiming the days of “chalk and talk” are severely outdated.
Teachers need a new way to reach their students, which is why Larson helped create MIT Blossoms, an open education platform that provides math and science video lessons to high school students. Designed not to replace the lecture hall, but rather enhance it, MIT Blossoms forces students to think outside the box and shows the relevance of science, engineering and math to their everyday lives.
The program can currently be found in classrooms here and abroad, being used in Jordan, Pakistan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and — soon — Malaysia. In Saudi Arabia, alone, the MIT Blossoms team has trained 400 Saudi high school STEM teachers, helping them bring an education to their students that’s both engaging and interactive.
Each video runs on, what the team calls, a “Teaching Duet.” Although there’s a “guest teacher” on the video, each film is designed to be watched in short, five-minute segments, allowing the in-class teacher to ask his or her students questions and run through various exercises. After each exercise is complete, teachers can turn the video back on for another segment.
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