2020_09_23 "Highlights from MIT's Teaching and Learning response to COVID-19" - Saif Rayyan (X Jornadas eMadrid)

1. Highlights from MIT’s Teaching and
Learning response to COVID-19
Saif Rayyan,
Assistant Director, J-WEL, MIT Open Learning

2. Support for Teaching and Learning
§ Allow for flexibility needed to move remotely: Focus on improving
engagement and less on high stakes examination.
§ Support for mental health.
§ Create resources/training for faculty and students.
§ Accelerate adoption of technology for teaching and learning.

4. § Teaching and Learning Lab
§ Information Systems and Technology
§ Open Learning
§ Dean of Open Learning
§ Residential Education
§ Digital Learning Lab
§ MIT OCW, MITx
§ J-WEL
Kessler, A., Barnes, S., Rajagopal, K., Rankin, J., Pouchak, L., Silis, M., &
Esser, W. (2020). Saving a semester of learning: MIT’s emergency transition to
online instruction. Information and Learning Sciences.

5. Accelerated adoption of technology
§ Moved to CANVAS lms during the summer.
§ Site wide licenses for Zoom, Slack, Gradescope, ExplainEverything,
Notability… etc.
§ Hired several TAs over the summer to transition courses online.
§ Faculty training by TLL and Open Learning.
§ Departments with Digital Learning Lab Scientists/Fellows worked
closely with faculty.

11. What will stay after OCVID-19
§ Remote Experiential Opportunities (Labs, Research, Internships…)
§ Adoption/Expectations of Technology.
§ Remote opportunities for national and international Collaboration.
§ Challenges : being connected all the time, low quality online
instruction.