How MIT (Really) Learns

Judging by the work of its students, alumni and faculty, MIT is an amazing place for learning. But how does learning actually happen at MIT?

Hear from MIT Media Lab´s Philipp Schmidt what he and his team discovered when they asked students, professors, and administrators about their most meaningful learning experiences. Hint: nobody mentioned courses; one person mentioned fire-trucks.

Philipp co-founded the Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) – the grassroots community for social open learning. An open education activist, he co-authored the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, served as a founding board member for the OpenCourseWare Consortium, and has been awarded Shuttleworth and Ashoka fellowships.

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Philipp Schmidt

Director of Learning Innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, USA

J. Philipp Schmidt is Director of Learning Innovation at the MIT Media Lab, where he leads the ML Learning initiative, teaches courses, and conducts research on learning communities. He is also a cofounder and board member of Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU), a non-profit organization that provides access to online higher education through public libraries. Philipp served on the founding board of the OpenCourseWare Consortium, co-authored the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, and is an advisor to a number of non-profit and for-profit education projects. He has received Shuttleworth and Ashoka fellowships, and came to MIT as a Media Lab Director's fellow.

Links

https://www.media.mit.edu/people/ps1http://1l2p.net/about.html