© MIT 2000 The Singapore-MIT Alliance Lessons Learned in Technical Delivery Michael D. Barker...

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The Singapore-MIT AllianceThe Singapore-MIT AllianceLessons Learned in Technical DeliveryLessons Learned in Technical Delivery

Michael D. Barker

Melinda G. Cerny

MIT Center for Advanced Educational Services

Syllabus ConferenceDecember 1, 2000

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The Singapore-MIT AllianceThe Singapore-MIT Alliance

Joint effort between MIT, the National University of Singapore, and the Nanyang Technological University

Combines distance-learning with traditional on-campus learning

Provides advanced engineering degrees that are highly collaborative– Between schools

– Between disciplines

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SMA Degree ProgramsSMA Degree Programs July 1999

– Advanced Materials– High Performance Computation for Engineered

Systems

July 2000– Innovation in Manufacturing Systems and Technology

July 2001– Chemical Engineering– Materials Science and Management

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SMA Student DemographicsSMA Student Demographics Recruited from Southeast Asia

– China, India, Singapore, Malaysia– Generally in the top five of their

undergraduate institutions Receive degrees from either NUS or NTU Must meet same admission standards as

MIT graduate students Generally did as well or better than their

MIT counterparts

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SMA - Driven By TechnologySMA - Driven By Technology

MIT Center for Advanced Educational Services

NUS Center for Instructional Technology

NTU Center for Educational

Development

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SMA Synchronous DeliverySMA Synchronous Delivery

Live lecture format T.120 application sharing PowerPoint primary presentation tool Internet2

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SMA Synchronous DeliverySMA Synchronous Delivery

Control Room– Videoconferencing codec– Most components of a broadcast studio

Technical Support

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Asynchronous DeliveryAsynchronous Delivery

Central website– Built on a database server back end– Allows for easy access control and

organization of content Course materials include streamed video

lectures, homework assignments, lecture notes, readings

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SMA Cooperative ResearchSMA Cooperative Research““Distance Interaction Kit”Distance Interaction Kit”

Facilitates interaction between graduate students and faculty

Includes: – a camera– headset with microphone– drawing table with inking pen– small footprint sheet fed scanner– pc-based videoconferencing software.

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SMA Staffing RequirementsSMA Staffing Requirementsfor Infrastructurefor Infrastructure

Network engineers

Systems administration personnel

Video production technicians

Other Support personnel

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SMA Staffing RequirementsSMA Staffing Requirementsfor Personnel Supportfor Personnel Support

Faculty Liaisons– Technology in the classroom– Distance interaction kits– Web Course Site– Trouble-shooting faculty needs

Administrators– Financial– Project management

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Evaluation of Year OneEvaluation of Year One

Would Internet2 even work? How well would faculty adapt to using

the new technology? How well would the technology aid the

faculty? How could we shorten the distance

between MIT and Singapore?

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Survey Says...Survey Says...

“Distance learning facilitated more lectures from MIT, which [is] good. But at the same time, the professor is not able to judge from our faces, if we have understood something or not…”

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Year Two AdditionsYear Two Additions Two 33” diagonal plasma monitors are placed

directly in front of the lectern An auto-tracking camera is positioned directly

above the plasma monitors A 3-chip camera, mounted in the ceiling

replaces document camera Audio system is redesigned

– Push-to-talk microphones– Upgraded wireless presenter microphones

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Master Control RoomMaster Control Room

Allows any room on campus to become a potential distance education classroom

Increases operating efficiency

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Enhancements to Enhancements to Asynchronous DeliveryAsynchronous Delivery

Specialized software to automate the logging and synchronization of lectures

More compact and reusable acquisition of the in-class experience

New comprehensive web infrastructure system

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Future InitiativesFuture Initiatives

Reduce the total cost of delivery Provide a richer communications channel

for effective collaboration between faculty and students

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You Can Reach Us...You Can Reach Us...

Michael Barker– [email protected]– 617/253-0119

Melinda Cerny– [email protected]– 617/253-5414

CAES website: http://www-caes.mit.edu/

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