[952] in UA Senate
MIT-Online!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hawkins)
Tue Nov 30 18:28:14 2010
Reply-To: hwkns@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:28:10 -0500
From: Daniel Hawkins <hwkns@MIT.EDU>
To: UA Senate <ua-senate@mit.edu>
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Hi guys,
As I mentioned at senate last night, MIT is considering extending its
leadership and innovation in online education offerings. I've linked below
to a couple of brainstorming documents that the study group has been piecing
together. *Please understand* that these are supposed to represent the
space of possibilities; these are NOT recommendations. Believe me, the
faculty are just as opposed to online degrees as you and I are.
Please discuss these ideas among yourselves on this list and *among your
constituents*; feel free to contact me (hwkns@mit.edu) and/or the entire
student study group (mit-online-students@mit.edu), and feel free to forward
this e-mail to your living group. Most importantly, if you have new ideas,
tell us!
-hwkns
Brainstorming docs:
http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mitonline/approaches.pdf
http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mitonline/components.pdf
*WARNING*: The components document says "Do not circulate." I have
interpreted this to mean "Don't be an idiot." If you start a petition,
write a Tech article, or yell at your professor because you're retarded and
didn't read the first paragraph of this e-mail, you will destroy what has
thus far been an excellent incorporation of student input. For something
worth protesting, see http://sayno.mit.edu.
And if you're really interested or looking for something to do, take a look
at this rating chart, fill it in, and send it back:
http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mitonline/ratings_template.xlsx
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Hi guys,<br><br>As I mentioned at senate last night, MIT is considering ext=
ending its leadership and innovation in online education offerings.=A0 I=
9;ve linked below to a couple of brainstorming documents that the study gro=
up has been piecing together.=A0 <b>Please understand</b> that these are su=
pposed to represent the space of possibilities; these are NOT recommendatio=
ns.=A0 Believe me, the faculty are just as opposed to online degrees as you=
and I are.<br>
<br>Please discuss these ideas among yourselves on this list and <b>among y=
our constituents</b>; feel free to contact me (<a href=3D"mailto:hwkns@mit.=
edu" target=3D"_blank">hwkns@mit.edu</a>) and/or the entire student study g=
roup (<a href=3D"mailto:mit-online-students@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">mit-=
online-students@mit.edu</a>), and feel free to forward this e-mail to your =
living group.=A0 Most importantly, if you have new ideas, tell us!<br>
<br>-hwkns<br>
<br>Brainstorming docs:<br><a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/miton=
line/approaches.pdf" target=3D"_blank">http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mito=
nline/approaches.pdf</a><br><a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mito=
nline/components.pdf" target=3D"_blank">http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mit=
online/components.pdf</a><br>
<b>WARNING</b>: The components document says "Do not circulate."=
=A0 I have interpreted=20
this to mean "Don't be an idiot."=A0 If you start a petition,=
write a Tech article, or yell at your professor because you're retarde=
d and didn't read the first paragraph of this e-mail, you will destroy =
what has thus far been an excellent incorporation of student input.=A0 For =
something worth protesting, see <a href=3D"http://sayno.mit.edu" target=3D"=
_blank">http://sayno.mit.edu</a>.<br>
<br>And if you're really interested or looking for something to do, tak=
e a look at this rating chart, fill it in, and send it back:<br>
<a href=3D"http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mitonline/ratings_template.xlsx"=
target=3D"_blank">http://web.mit.edu/hwkns/Public/mitonline/ratings_templa=
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